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It should in theory track extremely closely -- any mispricing between the future/spot will be arbed out by HFTs almost instantly.

• rb808 9y ago
  How? That is the question. You can't short bitcoin so you can't arb it.
  • mathgenius 9y ago
    I agree. The only thing that would work is for a whale to sell some of their bitcoin and buy the futures. I'm guessing whales will come out of hiding to make this arb.
  • thibautx 9y ago
    To my knowledge exchanges including Gdax offer margin trading and ability to short.