Wow... I did not know this, at ALL. Although-- on some level-- it makes sense. Corporations hedge all the time... if some risk assessor decides there's a real cause for alarm, why not put in some BTC at $500, "just in case" you need to pay a ransom note when BTC *could* be $1500?

I remember when Southwest Airlines were kicking all the other airlines' butts because someone at SWA had the foresight to buy huge volumes of fuel futures when they were super cheap.