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Open Interest on CME Bitcoin Options Is Up 1000% So Far This Month
15.5.2020
CME Bitcoin options open interest has soared to $142 million in the first half of May, marking an increase of over 10 times the value at the end of last month
Bitcoin Options Trading at CME Surged to New Highs in Halving Week
15.5.2020
Investor interest in bitcoin options listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange peaked to record highs in the days after Monday's halving event
Bitcoin Options Market Sends Mixed Signals
14.5.2020
With the halving in Bitcoin (BTC) block subsidy now behind us, all eyes are on the BTC market, searching for signs that the reduced supply will lead to rising prices. However, there is a continued interest in bearish bets on the bitcoin options market.
As reported last week, open interest...
Blockchain Bites: Paul Tudor Jones, Open Options and Why Bitcoin Looks Strong Heading to the Halving
8.5.2020
Bixin is launching a $66M fund, Massive Adoption's Jacob Kostecki is getting sued and Filecoin is delivering physical hard drives
Bitcoin Eyes First 9-Week Bull Run as Options Open Interest Hits $1B
8.5.2020
BTC/USD is just ten days from seeing 9 weeks of back-to-back green candles for the first time in its history as the battle for $10,000 continues
Open Positions on Bitcoin Options Pass $1B for First Time
8.5.2020
Open contracts on bitcoin options rose to record highs on Thursday as the cryptocurrency’s price rose into five figures. It's not necessarily a bullish sign, though
Open Interest in Bitcoin Options Hits USD 1B as Traders Seek Insurance
8.5.2020
Open interest (OI) in bitcoin (BTC) options surpassed USD 1 billion ahead of the halving, with an exponential increase seen across all major marketplaces over the past week. Meanwhile, the bitcoin put-to-call ratio is also on the move, revealing some bearishness in the market.
Although not unusual...
CFTC Charges Multiple Firms for $15 Million Crypto and Binary Options Scam
7.5.2020
U.S. and Israel-based firms were charged for promoting fake investment schemes and defrauding customers of $15 million
‘Black Thursday’ Distortion Makes Bitcoin Options Look Cheaper
6.5.2020
With a key metric declining to record lows, bitcoin’s options market may be underpricing the cryptocurrency’s future volatility
Here Are the Options: Bitcoin Derivatives Give BTC Halving Insight
5.5.2020
Bitcoin options experts share a few insights into market sentiment about BTC price following the halving
Options Market Shows Bearish Outlook on Ethereum Price
4.5.2020
Despite the recent strong sentiment seen in the spot market, options traders appear to be skeptical about current ethereum (ETH) price, with contracts expiring in May, June, September, and December all showing higher than 50% probability that the price will fall.
Currently trading around the...
Bitcoin Options Trading Volumes Surge as Price Moves Above $9.4K
30.4.2020
Call options on bitcoin are drawing higher prices following the cryptocurrency's quick move to two-month highs
How to Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Halving Volatility Using BTC Options
26.4.2020
The market remains uncertain in the shadow of the upcoming Bitcoin halving, but options trading makes it possible to profit from large price fluctuations
Binance Hits $295M in Traded Volume for Newly-Launched Options Contract
24.4.2020
Binance options contracts overtook competitors by daily traded volume on April 14 — just one day after their official launch
Bitcoin Hitting $8K Thanks to the Halving? BTC Options Aren’t so Bullish
22.4.2020
Data shows options open interest is flipping bearish for Bitcoin price
CFTC Approves New Cryptocurrency Derivatives Platform — Bitnomial to Offer Regulated Bitcoin Futures
21.4.2020
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved a new bitcoin derivatives trading platform. Bitnomial Exchange will list margined and physically delivered bitcoin futures and options. Besides Bitnomial, the CFTC has only approved a handful of other platforms to offer bitcoin...
CFTC Approves Bitnomial to Offer Futures Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin
20.4.2020
The CFTC has approved Bitnomial Exchange to offer margined bitcoin futures and options contracts
Pseudo-Randomly Adding Illustrations with CSS
17.4.2020
Between each post of Eric Meyer’s blog there’s this rather lovely illustration that can randomly be one of these five options:
Eric made each illustration into a separate background image then switches out that image with the nth-of-type CSS property, like this:
.entry:nth-of-type(2n+1)::before...
Bitcoin Options Trading Hits One-Month High as Price Turns Bullish
17.4.2020
Activity in the bitcoin options market picked up pace on Thursday, as spot prices jumped above key resistance over $7,000
Coinbase Custody Doubles Down on DeFi Governance Options
16.4.2020
Coinbase is making it easier for its Custody clients to vote their tokens on more DeFi protocols. New tools for Compound were announced Thursday