The future prices of bitcoin increased 18 percent to more than $18,000 on Monday morning on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Futures are a type of contract in which a buyer and a seller agree on a price for a particular item to be delivered on a date in the future. Future contracts are available for nearly everything that can be sold such as wheat, soy, gold, oil, cocoa and, now, bitcoin. The demand for bitcoin futures slowed the trading in the Chicago exchange. At times, trading on the site was not available. The price of a bitcoin itself has gone up from $1,000 at the beginning of 2017. As of December 11, it was $16,511 on the bitcoin exchange Coindesk. Bitcoin is different from other national currencies that are supported by governments and national banks. It is not a coin or printed on paper. It is stored as a line of computer code.
Title: Bitcoin Futures Rise on Financial Exchange Trading
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/bitcoin.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Bitcoin Futures Rise on Financial Exchange Trading' data-article-id='2778'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14333'>The future prices of bitcoin increased 18 percent to more than $18,000 on Monday morning on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.</span> <span data-start-time='14333' data-end-time='27063'>Futures are a type of contract in which a buyer and a seller agree on a price for a particular item to be delivered on a date in the future.</span> <span data-start-time='27063' data-end-time='44604'>Future contracts are available for nearly everything that can be sold such as wheat, soy, gold, oil, cocoa and, now, bitcoin.</span> <span data-start-time='44604' data-end-time='52125'>The demand for bitcoin futures slowed the trading in the Chicago exchange.</span> <span data-start-time='52125' data-end-time='57708'>At times, trading on the site was not available.</span> <span data-start-time='57708' data-end-time='67063'>The price of a bitcoin itself has gone up from $1,000 at the beginning of 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='67063' data-end-time='77479'>As of December 11, it was $16,511 on the bitcoin exchange Coindesk.</span> <span data-start-time='77479' data-end-time='85438'>Bitcoin is different from other national currencies that are supported by governments and national banks.</span> <span data-start-time='85438' data-end-time='89333'>It is not a coin or printed on paper.</span> <span data-start-time='89333' data-end-time='92854'>It is stored as a line of computer code.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/bitcoin.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9837 data-hint-location='89333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/what_does_code_mean.m4a'>What does code mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='computer instruction'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/future_contract.m4a'><span>future contract</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/national_currency.m4a'><span>national currency</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/computer_instruction.m4a'><span>computer instruction</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/paper_money.m4a'><span>paper money</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9838 data-hint-location='27063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2262/what_are_future_contracts_available_for.m4a'>What are future contracts available for?</div><div 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