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Surging Bitcoin futures volume highlights increasing institutional interest
15.10.2020
Futures volume and open interest spiked at derivatives exchanges after Bitcoin price hit $11.7K, highlighting increasing participation from institutional investors
Bank of England Moves Closer to Negative Interest Rates, Asks Banks if They Are Ready
13.10.2020
The Bank of England has moved closer to adopting a negative interest rate policy. The central bank has asked commercial banks in the U.K. to provide details of how ready they are to deal with negative interest rates, asserting that for the policy to be effective, commercial banks need to be ready...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bumps Close to $11.6K; Ether Options Open Interest Dips
12.10.2020
Bitcoin price jumped after a sleepy weekend while ether options interest has been weaker than the past month
Near-Zero Interest Rates & Resurgent Inflation Are Here to Stay, What to Do?
10.10.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
Report: Bitcoin Surges With Rising Real Interest Rates and Economic Stimulus While Gold Performs Better With Rising Inflation
8.10.2020
A new report by Bitstamp and Bytetree says bitcoin responds better to the rising money supply, rising real interest rates and a strong economy. This is in contrast to gold which appears to perform better when real interest rates are falling while inflation is rising. To support these findings,...
Japan’s Messaging Giant Line Introduces Crypto Lending Services
7.10.2020
Back in the summer of 2018, the Japanese messaging giant, Line Corp., launched a cryptocurrency exchange with over 30 digital assets. Now Line is introducing crypto lending services with five different crypto assets and a new lineup of decentralized applications (dapps). The Japanese messaging...
Bitcoin Correlations Depend on What Phase It Is In
7.10.2020
Bitcoin's correlations with gold and the stock market appears contradictory on the surface. There are deeper machinations at work
BitMEX Open Interest Drops, Withdrawals Increase
6.10.2020
The troubled major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has seen large drops in both open interest, and bitcoin (BTC) balances held on the platform.
Following the news last week that three owners of BitMEX and five related companies charged with operating an unregistered trading platform...
Open Interest in CME Bitcoin Futures Slides as Market Sapped by Surging DeFi
5.10.2020
Institutional interest in bitcoin futures has plummeted as the DeFi explosion made carry trades less attractive, said Bequant's Denis Vinokourov
Bitcoin options open interest sets new high sparked by rising liquidity
4.10.2020
Bitcoin options open interest hits an all-time high as increased liquidity points to investors still being bullish on BTC
Interest in Bitcoin Soars in Egypt Amid Economic Crisis and Unemployment
3.10.2020
A growing number of Egyptians are reportedly turning to bitcoin amid rising unemployment and the economic crisis. An Egyptian bitcoin community is seeing a huge spike in the number of members interested in bitcoin mining and trading. Egyptians Increasingly Attracted to Bitcoin Many Egyptians...
Open Interest on Bitmex Drops 16%: Investors Withdraw 37,000 BTC in Less Than 24 Hours
2.10.2020
Data from Arcane Research shows that open interest on Bitmex’s bitcoin derivatives market touched a new low of 45,122 BTC on October 1. The figure represents a 16% drop since the CFTC announced charges against Bitmex and its executives for allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform....
DueDEX is Paving the Way, Launching Fee-Free LINK/USDT Futures Trading
1.10.2020
1th October 2020, Belize City, Belize: With new exchanges cropping up, trading becoming ever-more popular, and the interest in Crypto and DeFi rising by the day, the trading market has been crying out for something special to hit for quite some time. That moment comes now, as DueDEX releases news...
Bitfinex will offer 6.2% interest on three popular coins
30.9.2020
Holders of these coins have a new way to get passive income
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits Record High in Expiry Week
24.9.2020
Bitcoin's options market is more popular than ever with record open interest of more than $2.10 billion
Crypto Companies Are Lining Up to Work With Us, Says Visa Exec
24.9.2020
A growing force in the crypto space, Visa says it's getting more and more industry firms interested in payments partnerships
Over 40 Bitcoin Forks Are Down More Than 98% Since 2017’s Forking Fiesta
21.9.2020
Since the summer of 2017, more than 44 forks of the Bitcoin network were created and so far many of them have lost considerable value and are near worthless. To-date only a few of the forks that stem from Satoshi’s creation have remained relevant during the last three years. There are three...
DeFi Unlocked: How to Earn Interest Lending Crypto using Aave
20.9.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/aave.aave
DeFi is all the rage in the digital asset market. There is seemingly something for everyone among the crypto-savvy folk, from incredibly high-yielding (and unsustainable) new protocols to established blockchain-powered savings apps.
In our new “DeFi...
UK Mulls Over Negative Interest Rates, US to Keep Near Zero Rates for Years
18.9.2020
The Bank of England is now seriously considering implementing negative interest rates while the U.S. Federal Reserve has pledged to keep interest rates near zero for years. Some analysts say even the Fed will soon consider negative interest rates. Meanwhile, many expect a boost to the price...
Bank of England talks negative interest rates in best ‘ad’ for Bitcoin
17.9.2020
Bitcoin hodlers could not ask for more, says Tone Vays as the U.K. central bank looks for protection against Brexit and coronavirus fallout