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Halving Hype Drives Second-Strongest Spot Volume on Record
10.5.2020
While spot volumes held strong, monthly derivatives trade fell by 25% last month
Bitfinex Now Has a Derivatives Contract Offering Exposure to Bitcoin Dominance
8.5.2020
Bitfinex says the perpetual swap provides investors with a less volatile form of exposure compared to a plain-vanilla bitcoin futures contract
Decentralized Finance Startup Focused on Bitcoin Cash Raises $1 Million for Expansion
7.5.2020
On May 7, the decentralized finance (defi) startup General Protocols revealed the team has raised over $1 million from investors. The creators of General Protocols have introduced innovative projects on the Bitcoin Cash network such as Anyhedge, and have also participated in helping forward...
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Buys Bitcoin to Hedge Against Inflation
7.5.2020
Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Tudor Investment Corporation, reportedly revealed that Bitcoin is part of his portfolio
WazirX’s Native Token, WRX Gets Listed on FTX Derivatives Exchange
7.5.2020
It is indeed a historic day for all the WRX holders. Now WRX is listed on the FTX derivatives exchange. The growth trajectory recorded by the WRX is tremendous as within 3 months of its listing on the Binance, the valuation of the coin has grown leaps and bounds, and with this new listing,...
Market Wrap: Derivatives May Reduce Miner Selling Pressure After Bitcoin Halving
6.5.2020
The crypto derivatives market is helping to hedge the uncertainty on which way the bitcoin market will go when miners have less revenue post-halving
Bitfinex Derivatives Launches Bitcoin Dominance Perpetual Swaps
6.5.2020
The derivatives platform for Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange is launching a new perpetual swaps product today that enables traders to speculate on Bitcoin dominance
First Mover: U.S. Arms of Binance, FTX Push Into Margin Trading, But Likely Not at 100x
6.5.2020
Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors
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
Japan Implements Significant Changes to Cryptocurrency Regulation Today
1.5.2020
Major changes are happening in the cryptocurrency space in Japan as new cryptocurrency regulation enters into force today. Among notable changes are the regulation of crypto custody service providers and crypto derivatives businesses. Japan has 23 regulated crypto exchanges; unregulated platforms...
Crypto Data Provider Skew Raises $5M, Launches Trade Execution Platform
29.4.2020
The $5 million round, led by Octopus Ventures, adds to a $2 million seed round raised in September of last year
Crypto Derivatives Skyrocket, Mining Pool Industry Heats Up + More News
27.4.2020
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TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency, reports that the total crypto derivatives trading volume in the first...
$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,...
Crypto Industry Divided Over Introducing Circuit Breakers on Exchanges
25.4.2020
Experts discuss how the traditional markets crashing can propel cryptocurrency to new heights
Total Crypto Derivatives Volume in Q1 2020 Spikes 314% from Q4 2019’s Average
25.4.2020
Total futures trading volume strongly surged during Q1 2020 and printed an average volume of $23.3B
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
BitMEX to Launch Bitcoin-Settled Futures Tracking Ether Price Against Dollar
24.4.2020
BitMEX plans to launch the ETHUSD futures contracts with a maximum leverage of 50x on May 5, 2020
Surviving Crypto Volatility With Derivatives Contracts
23.4.2020
More transparency in the crypto market could be achieved by different derivatives trading options
BitMEX Reportedly Continued to Lose Market Share to Binance Futures
21.4.2020
The world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance now tops the list of largest BTC futures markets, while BitMEX continues to suffer market share drop
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...