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What Are the Spot Market and Futures Market?
17.3.2021
The forex market encompasses many different financial instruments and trading arenas, each having its set of rules, peculiarities, and practices. With an extensive sphere, two main kinds of Forex are the spot market and the futures market. Both of them are famous subcategories of the Forex...
Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Hits $19 Billion, Harsh Intraday Swings, Analyst Says ‘Fresh Rally’ Expected
25.2.2021
The start of the week saw digital currency markets drop significantly in value, as billions of dollars were shaved off the entire crypto economy’s capitalization. A weekly report from Luno and Arcane Research shows February 23 captured the third-largest bitcoin daily trade volume in crypto...
$8.8 Trillion Traded in Cryptocurrency Spot and Futures Markets in Q1: Reports
27.4.2020
The combined total trading volume in the cryptocurrency spot and futures markets amounted to approximately $8.8 trillion in the first quarter, according to two new industry reports. The amounts represent a massive 314% quarterly increase for futures trading and 104% for spot trading. Further,...
Bitcoin Breaks Above $10,000 in Spot Market
9.2.2020
For the first time in three months, bitcoin’s price is being quoted in five digits to the left of the decimal
Crypto Derivatives Market Might be 'Double the Size' of Spot Market in 2020
22.1.2020
Should interest in spot trading wanes, this year will see crypto derivatives rising, with futures and options contracts taking a larger market share, estimates TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency. Also, competition for institutional clients might force exchanges to lower fees, they added....
Erisx Launches Regulated Bitcoin Futures Market
18.12.2019
Crypto trading platform Erisx has launched a bitcoin futures market regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Its physically settled bitcoin futures contracts trade alongside its spot market which supports four cryptocurrencies. Erisx has obtained a license from the U.S....
Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Shatters Records Amid Spot Market Turmoil
23.11.2019
Bakkt’s bitcoin core (BTC) futures product saw another all-time high as the spot market price of BTC plummeted under $7,000 on Friday morning, Nov. 22. Bakkt saw 2,728 contracts traded ($20 million) and $1.75 million in open interest outpacing the record of 1,179 contracts on Oct. 25. Also...
Public Perceptions of the Bitcoin Spot Market Are Wrong, Says Bitwise
27.5.2019
The bitcoin spot market is “significantly" smaller and more efficient than is generally perceived, says a Bitwise paper sent as comment to the SEC
ErisX’s Spot Market: More Institutional Participation and Regulatory Oversight Coming to Crypto?
12.5.2019
ErisX’s spot market may bring more smart money, regulatory intervention to crypto