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Declining But Dominant: WBTC Maintains Market Lead Over BTCB, RBTC, LBTC, and Other Derivatives
2.6.2024
The Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) protocol, initiated by Bitgo in 2019, holds the title of the largest BTC derivative project by market capitalization, and to date, no other project has exceeded its scale. Nonetheless, the past few years have seen a significant decline in the number of wrapped bitcoins...
Badgerdao Introduces a New Ether-Backed Synthetic Bitcoin Token
26.3.2024
Badgerdao, in partnership with Lido, has unveiled eBTC, an ether-backed synthetic bitcoin token aimed at enhancing the decentralization and capital efficiency of borrowing bitcoin in the decentralized finance (defi) space. Badgerdao and Lido Forge Partnership to Launch eBTC Badgerdao,...
BTC and ETH Derivative Tokens Dominate by Securing Several Top Positions in the Crypto Economy
17.3.2024
Throughout this month, bitcoin and ethereum have risen to their highest valuations in years. These two pivotal crypto assets have substantially influenced the cryptocurrency market, with bitcoin currently holding a 51.9% market dominance and ethereum at 17% as of mid-March 2024. Furthermore,...
Crypto Derivative Platform Hegic’s Profitable DeFi Strategy Could Spark Probe From SEC – Here’s Why
19.12.2023
Source: Adobe Hegic, a crypto derivatives trading platform, may have just exposed itself to an insider trading probe from the U.S. government following a profitable but sketchy trade with an affiliate company. The platform recently scored $17 million when its pseudonymous founder, Molly Wintermute...
Bitcoin Minetrix Presale Enters Stage 9: Last Chance to Buy Before Price Hike
21.11.2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 – The highly anticipated Bitcoin Minetrix presale is set to enter its ninth stage tomorrow morning, marking a significant price increase in one of the most talked-about Bitcoin derivative projects of the year. This pivotal move comes as the Bitcoin Minetrix presale...
Russian President Putin Says US Dollar-Based Global Financial System Is Collapsing
8.10.2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the U.S. dollar-based global financial system is gradually collapsing. “After all, a currency is a derivative of the power of the economy of the country that issues this currency,” Putin noted, emphasizing: “The share of...
Liquid-Staking Token-Backed Stablecoin MKUSD Surges 27,000% in Under a Month
23.9.2023
Since the start of 2023, the size of the stablecoin economy has decreased amid numerous redemptions. However, new stablecoin asset projects, such as Aave’s GHO, First Digital’s FDUSD, and Paypal’s PYUSD, have emerged. On September 1, a stablecoin protocol named Prisma Finance...
Genesis Report: Crypto Derivatives Emerge as the Next Key Growth Driver in 2023
11.8.2023
According to the Q2 2023 report from Genesis Trading, crypto derivatives is set to experience substantial expansion, fueled by a massive decrease in spot market liquidity and a notable trend towards utilizing derivative instruments.
"With spot market liquidity suffering and spot order book depth...
Ethereum Liquid Staking Sees 270,000 ETH Influx in 2 Weeks
30.7.2023
Recent statistics reveal that in the past fortnight, about 270,000 units of ethereum (ETH) were deposited into liquid staking derivative protocols. Currently, these decentralized finance (defi) staking platforms hold an estimated 10.65 million ether locked within their systems. Ethereum Liquid...
Navigating the Wrapped Bitcoin Landscape: 86,000 WBTC Exit Circulation in One Year
29.7.2023
Data reveals that since the start of the year, the count of circulating wrapped bitcoins (WBTC) has diminished, plunging by more than 22,000 WBTC. Notably, a year-long assessment reflects an even more significant contraction, with over 86,000 WBTC evaporating from circulation since last July....
Bitcoin, Ethereum bears are back in control — Two derivative metrics suggest
21.5.2023
Given the uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment, Bitcoin price bulls have no reason to bet against a six-week descending wedge pattern
Crypto Options Liquidity Provider OrBit Markets Offers Bitcoin and Gold-Hybrid Derivative
9.5.2023
The company said the product’s finalized payoff depends on the joint performance of both BTC and its gold-backed token XAUT
Liquid staking solutions now have more TVL than DEXs: DeFi Llama
1.5.2023
From April 13 to May 1, decentralized exchanges declined in TVL by $1.66 billion, while liquid staking protocols increased by $280 million
Crypto Derivative Volumes Rose in March for Third Straight Month
14.4.2023
A report noted an increase in spot DEXs offering derivatives trading on their platforms
Dfinity Foundation Launches Chain-Key Bitcoin, a Native Internet Computer BTC Derivative Token
3.4.2023
On April 3, 2023, the Dfinity Foundation, a development team behind the Internet Computer (ICP) network, announced the launch of a native ICP token called “chain-key bitcoin” or “ckBTC.” The bitcoin derivative is backed 1:1 with the leading cryptocurrency asset....
Bitcoin Spot & Derivative Trading Volumes Surge – Bullish for the BTC Price?
24.3.2023
Bitcoin spot and derivative trading volumes have been surging in the past few weeks in tandem with the cryptocurrency’s aggressive rally from early monthly lows under $20,000.
That suggests there is a lot of conviction behind the recent move higher, which saw Bitcoin eclipse $28,000 this week...
Bitcoin’s Price Drop Causes Over $200 Million in Long Liquidations Across Crypto Derivative Exchanges
3.3.2023
On Feb. 24, 2023, bitcoin’s price remained above the $23,000 threshold and then rose to a peak of $23,829 per unit on March 1. On March 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, the price of bitcoin fell, dropping below the $23,000 mark. This decline resulted in a significant $237.97 million worth of long...
Crypto Market February Roundup: Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol Stacks, Ethereum Staking Derivative Tokens Surge
1.3.2023
Stacks’s STX token was the biggest winner among 160 assets in the CoinDesk Market Index, soaring 216% during the month
Coinbase hit with proposed trademark lawsuit over Nano derivative products
27.2.2023
NanoLabs has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase for its Nano Bitcoin futures contract and Nano Ether futures contract
Binance Closed Derivative Positions of Some Australian Users, Will Compensate Them for Losses
23.2.2023
Binance's futures trading products were offered to only licensed participants in the region