Goldman Sachs plans to trade Bitcoin futures contracts

Goldman Sachs already hired Justin Schmidt as head of digital asset markets to help clients gain exposure to cryptocurrencies. He will sit on the firm's currency desk, a source said, discussing intern

Don’t call Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s long-awaited Bitcoin-trading business a full-fledged desk, and don’t expect it to buy and sell bitcoins, at least at first.

The bank, preparing to pioneer a new cryptocurrency market on Wall Street, plans to start small and offer a limited number of derivatives, according to a person briefed on the decisions. It will trade Bitcoin futures in a principal, market-making capacity and will also create non-deliverable forward products. 

Wall Street firms began offering clients futures from Cboe Global Markets Inc and CME Group Inc in December. But one issue with buying and selling actual bitcoins