The use of digital currency and blockchain technology by professional participants in the US financial market.

Abstract

This article represents the chronology of the use of digital currency by professional participants in the US financial market. There are indicated main participants of the digital currency market using this asset for investment and speculative purposes. There are described their actions on the digital currency market. There are analyzed possible stages of the development of the digital currency market. Digital currency Bitcoin and Ethereum are represented. Attention is paid to the innovations of the JP Morgan Chase Corporation, the Facebook Corporation. There are described new exchange assets introduced by Cboe, CME Group, and Bakkt.