Helene is a New York-based reporter covering Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin ETFs and crypto exchanges. She is also the co-host of CoinDesk's Markets Daily show. Helene is a graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program and has appeared on CBS News, YahooFinance and Nasdaq TradeTalks. She holds BTC and ETH.

Nasdaq Inc. is planning to list options on BlackRock Inc.’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, possibly as soon as Tuesday, allowing investors to use derivatives to bet on or against the world’s largest digital asset.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF options will start trading tomorrow with significant market implications after regulatory approvals.

An industry push to offer options trading on Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recently cleared some regulatory hurdles.

Options trading on (IBIT) is expected to begin today on Nasdaq, while Bitwise Bitcoin ETF options will go live on Wednesday.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF options will finally go live on the Nasdaq stock exchange, maybe as soon as tomorrow. Alison Hennessy, Nasdaq’s head of ETP listings, dropped the news on Bloomberg’s ETF IQ. “Getting these options listed on IBIT into the market I think will be very exciting for investors because that’s really what we have

Nasdaq head of ETP listings Alison Hennessy discusses the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and says our intent is to list and trade Bitcoin ETF options "as early as tomorrow." She speaks with Eric Balchunas,