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Open Positions in Deribit’s Ether Options Hit Record High Above $500M
2.9.2020
Ether option contracts listed on Deribit, the largest crypto options exchange, are more popular than ever
Exchange Outages Are Going Mainstream: What Robinhood Can Learn From Crypto
1.9.2020
With popular online trading platforms hit by more outages amid high volumes, companies like Robinhood may learn something from crypto exchanges
Huobi Futures to Launch Options Trading This Week, Joining Throng Challenging Deribit
31.8.2020
Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets
Crypto market remains bullish as $1B in Bitcoin derivatives expire
28.8.2020
Major monthly Bitcoin options and futures expiry sees markets becoming bullish on BTC
Deribit Suffers Outage Over ‘Hardware Issues,’ May Miss Thursday’s Options Expiry
27.8.2020
Deribit faces missing today's expiry, but said it would "manually adjust" late contracts to reflect the expiry time
Crypto Derivatives Set New Records, ETH Futures Set All-Time Highs, CME Open Interest Spikes
5.8.2020
Digital currency derivatives have been on fire during the last two weeks as ethereum futures volumes touched an all-time high on Sunday. The popular derivatives trading platform Deribit saw 1.9 million ETH contracts traded and CME Group is now the third-largest exchange in terms of bitcoin futures...
Bakkt Futures Volume Hits $122 million, as Bitcoin Reached New 11-Month High
29.7.2020
Volumes on bitcoin futures offered by Bakkt set a record high on July 27, with 11,500 contracts traded on the institutional exchange. Altogether, the contracts are worth about $126 million, at the time of writing. Each contract is equivalent to one bitcoin (BTC). Total open interest –...
Deribit Reports Daily Record $539M of Bitcoin Options Traded, More Than Double Prior High
28.7.2020
Exchange Deribit has more than doubled on its previous daily record with well over $500 million worth of bitcoin options traded
No One Has Traded Bitcoin Options on Bakkt for Over a Month: Deribit Continues to Dominate
23.7.2020
Open interest for Bakkt's bitcoin options market has stayed at $0 since June 15
CME Bitcoin Options Flatline After Record Growth in June
20.7.2020
Less than 0.2% of Friday's daily options trading happened on CME, according to data from Skew
Crypto Derivatives Volumes Crash 36% to $393 Billion in June, a Low for 2020
7.7.2020
Crypto derivatives trading volumes plunged 36% to $393 billion in June, the lowest they have reached in 2020, according to a new report by Cryptocompare. The decline may be the result of a lull in investor interest in the instruments during the month in review. In May, derivatives – contracts...
Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup
26.6.2020
Cryptocurrency markets and bitcoin price stability might be coming to an end soon, as a number of skeptics and speculators expect a big move after today’s options derivatives contracts expire. Bitcoin prices have been less volatile during the last three weeks, but over 114,000 bitcoin options...
Interest in Ether Options Outpaces Bitcoin, Can Drive ETH to New Highs
21.6.2020
Ether options could be the new fuel that drives growth in the crypto market
Data Shows Bitcoin Options Markets Are Maturing Much Faster Than Futures
10.6.2020
Data from the crypto analytical firm Skew.com shows that bitcoin options are maturing much faster than the futures markets launched in December 2017. Skew’s data shows that the open interest in bitcoin options has risen significantly in the last few months. Bitcoin options “are starting...
Open Interest in Ether Options Hits Record High on Deribit
2.6.2020
Derivative contracts on ether are more popular than ever, as evidenced by record open positions in options listed on the Panama-based derivatives exchange Deribit
Bitcoin Futures, Options, and Open Interest: Crypto Derivatives Break Records After the Halving
22.5.2020
Since the market rout on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ bitcoin futures and options contracts have seen significant demand. On May 14, CME Group saw the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts (open interest) touch a high of $142 million. Four days later,...
Bitcoin Options: Deribit Exchange Sees Record Open Interest of $1B
20.5.2020
Open interest in bitcoin options listed on the Panama-based exchange jumped to a record $1 billion Tuesday, according to data from Skew
The Netherlands’ AMLD5 Interpretation Appears to Be Killing Crypto Firms
27.4.2020
The announced closure of one-man bitcoin startup Bittr may be the first of many in the Netherlands as contentious new AMLD5 regulations come into effect
Money Printers Might Help Bitcoin & Its Derivatives Market - Deribit CCO
20.3.2020
Anti-crisis measures taken by governments and central banks around the world might indirectly help bitcoin (BTC) and its derivatives market, according to Luuk Strijers, CCO of major crypto derivatives exchange Deribit.
"Printing money and lowering rates by governments might actually turn...
BitMex Insurance Fund Tags ATH, Binance and Deribit Inject Millions
14.3.2020
Despite the insurance funds of Deribit and Binance falling by more than 50% in the crash, BitMex’s insurance fund is posting record highs