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Bitcoin Can’t Be a Safe Haven and 100x Leverage Is the Reason Why
21.4.2020
Excessive leverage increases bitcoin's volatility and puts off mainstream capital from entering the market, says Vishal Shah
How to Trade Bitcoin Using Leverage and Not Worry About Liquidation
1.4.2020
Options trading provides a unique type of insurance to traders and limits the possibility of being liquidated, a frequent occurrence in futures trading
Bitcoin Miners Are Selling Coins Faster Than They Can Generate Them
27.3.2020
According to data sites and a number of observers, bitcoin miners are selling coins faster than they can produce them. Ever since the market downturn on March 12 and the week of falling prices that followed, bitcoin miners have been struggling. Also read: Bitcoin Hashrate Down 45% – Miners...
Blockchain.com Will Allow Retail Wallet Users to Borrow USD Stablecoins With Cryptocurrency
11.3.2020
The digital assets lending field seems to be heating up with Blockchain.com starting to offer lending directly to retail consumers globally. Borrowed USD stablecoins can be used by crypto traders to fund their next trades and thus increase the leverage of their holdings. Also Read: Blockchain.com...
$65M Investment Fuels Natural Gas Provider’s ‘Behind-the-Meter’ Bitcoin Mining Operation
5.3.2020
On Thursday, a natural gas-based power plant in Dresden, New York, Greenidge Generation LLC, revealed the energy provider has the capacity to mine around $50,000 worth of bitcoins (5.5 BTC) every day. The 65,000 square-foot natural gas utility plant was upgraded when the firm installed 7,000...
Binance Set to Launch NEO/USDT Futures With Up to 50x Leverage
16.2.2020
Binance will allow its users to trade a new futures product tracking crypto asset NEO on the trading platform tomorrow
XRP Plummets 56% in One Candle, Bitmex Traders Outraged Over Flash Crash
13.2.2020
A number of XRP traders are complaining about massive liquidations on Bitmex as the price of XRP spiked and was brought down by 56% in a single candle. After the incident, well known traders with leveraged positions took to Twitter to complain about the upset as some investors were completely...
It’s No 100x, But It’ll Do: Coinbase Pro Re-Releases 3x Leverage
12.2.2020
Coinbase Pro now offers 3x margin trading, a fraction of that available on other exchanges but a step in the right direction
Coinbase Revives Margin Trading, With Conservative (for Crypto) 3x Leverage
12.2.2020
Coinbase is rolling out margin trading retail and institutional investors in the U.S. and nine other countries, offering a light 3x leverage to traders
Binance Introduces DASH/USDT Perpetual Contract With Up To 50x Leverage
3.2.2020
Binance has announced that it is set to launch DASH/USDT perpetual contract with up to 50x leverage on its Binance Futures trading platform. Starting February 4, traders will be able to trade DASH with USDT while hedging positions and managing risks using leverage. The move is likely to further...
Bitfinex Adds Margin Trading on Tether Gold With Pairs of Up to 5x Leverage
31.1.2020
Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold with select pairs of up to 5 times leverage
International Crypto Exchange Liquid Develops Perpetual BTC Contracts With Up to 100x Leverage
28.1.2020
Leverage allows cryptocurrency traders unsatisfied with market volatility to make stronger plays on smaller movements. Trading platforms offer various ways to use leverage in order to capture this segment. The latest example is Liquid, an exchange that developed perpetual BTC contracts with up...
Component-Level CMSs
23.1.2020
When a component lives in an environment where the data queries populating it live nearby, there is a pretty direct line between the visual component and the database where that exact content lives. That is opening up doors to site editing experiences that travel that line. We're starting to...
Developer Proposes Decentralized Bitcoin Hashrate Derivatives
20.1.2020
There’s a new concept called Powswap that lets people speculate on hashrate in order to hedge against price volatility. Powswap was developed by the software engineer Jeremy Rubin who believes hashrate derivatives products allow people to leverage new trading strategies. Also read: Regulatory...
Bitstamp Crypto Exchange to Pilot Leverage Trading via Bank Partnership
15.1.2020
Crypto exchange Bitstamp will pilot leveraged trading with crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank
Japanese Regulator Officially Proposes Cutting Crypto Margin Trading Leverage Cap
14.1.2020
Japanese financial regulators have officially proposed cutting the leverage cap for crypto margin trading from 4x to 2x
Japan’s Financial Watchdog to Set Low Leverage Cap for Crypto Margin Traders: Report
13.1.2020
Japan's top financial regulator reportedly plans to reduce the risk to crypto margin traders by cutting the maximum allowed leverage
Bitcoin’s Next Decade Will Be Shaped by Derivatives
31.12.2019
The last five years have been a test phase for bitcoin derivatives, which began tentatively when Bitmex eased into life in 2014. Now, as the cryptoconomy prepares to enter a new decade, derivatives products will play a pivotal role in price discovery. 2020 will be a big year for bitcoin and for...
CBD Coffee Company Leverages Censorship-Resistant Nature of Crypto
11.12.2019
On December 8, the U.S.-based coffee firm that uses cannabidiol (CBD) in its product, Crazy Calm, launched a promotion that aims to send $5 per order to the charity EatBCH. The founder of Crazy Calm, Matt Aaron, also detailed that the startup wanted to leverage the payment processor Shopify but...
Devs Reveal BCH Cashchannels and Simple Escrow Contracts
20.11.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters have been introduced to two new concepts that allow people to leverage the BCH network in a variety of innovative ways. On November 15, former Bitpay developer Jason Dreyzehner revealed his recurring payments system for BCH called Cashchannels. A few days later,...