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PortuguêsSince it was created, Bitcoin’s aim has always been to prove traditional finance wrong. Now, it seems like this aim is being fulfilled. With every passing day, Bitcoin’s price is…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) futures trading has been on a high since July 21 with both the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Bakkt seeing sizeable increases in volume and open interest for their…
Continue ReadingIntercontinental Exchange subsidiary, Bakkt, is reporting record numbers of trades for its monthly Bitcoin futures contracts as BTC prices made a new high for the year. The institutional investing platform…
Continue ReadingBitcoin is trading at $10,250 as of this article’s writing, reaching the highest price traded since June’s highs. This recent breakout has been met with much excitement from the cryptocurrency…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) derivatives have returned to the spotlight this week as price moves appear to spark a surge in open interest. Data from on-chain analytics resource Skew showed open interest…
Continue ReadingTrading activity in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has cooled notably as the leading cryptocurrency languishes in the price doldrums. Daily trading volume fell to $87…
Continue ReadingAs Bitcoinist has extensively covered over recent weeks, Bitcoin is in an odd spot. The leading cryptocurrency currently trades above the support of $8,500 and below the $10,000 resistance. With…
Continue ReadingThe growth of the crypto derivatives market in 2020 has been a story of its own, mainly driven by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) options traded on exchanges such as…
Continue ReadingData on Bitcoin futures from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), on the Commitments of Traders (CoT), shows a sharp decline in aggregate holdings by institutional traders for June. Bitcoin price…
Continue ReadingWilshire Phoenix Files Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Trust to Challenge Grayscale’s $3.4 Billion Dominance Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a publicly-traded trust called Bitcoin Commodity Trust (BCT) – putting the firm…
Continue ReadingOn June 26, $675 million worth of Bitcoin options expired, while industry experts remain divided on its potential effect on price volatility. Some believe the record expiration date will cause…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency market data aggregator Glassnode has reported that the number of Bitcoins (BTC) held on centralized exchanges has fallen to a 12-month low. The decline in exchange reserves comes amid…
Continue ReadingBitcoin has found itself stuck in the $9,000s for weeks on end. Save for a few flashes of volatility, the cryptocurrency has traded within 10% of $9,000 for nearly two…
Continue ReadingBitcoin spot volume may have been low this week, but the real action in crypto has been in the options market and decentralized finance. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $9,274…
Continue ReadingWisdomTree Investments, a New York-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, has filed for an ETF that would invest up to 5% of its portfolio in cash-settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts offered…
Continue ReadingA growing number of indicators suggest that institutional players are continuing to enter the digital asset markets, which have been dominated to date by high-net-worth individuals and actively trading crypto…
Continue ReadingFor those of us involved in the cryptocurrency space, we’ve gotten used to the fast-paced nature of this rapidly growing industry. New technology quickly becomes old, bright shiny projects lose…
Continue ReadingAccording to the latest data from market analysis company Skew, total open interest in Bitcoin (BTC) options passed $1.5 billion on June 9. This comes barely a month after open…
Continue ReadingBitcoin interest across retail exchanges and derivatives platforms has been surging throughout 2020. The Chicago Merchantile Exchange better known as CME is no different. Over at CME, short positions have recently…
Continue ReadingChina Passes Law Protecting Cryptocurrency Inheritance China has passed the country’s long-awaited civil code which expands the scope of inheritance rights to include cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. Inherited cryptocurrencies will…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) derivatives interest is putting in “fast” growth this quarter — and CME Group is leading the way for options, new data shows. According to monitoring resource Skew, the…
Continue ReadingBitcoin Futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange could form a Golden Cross in June 2020. The bullish pattern would confirm the growing presence of institutional investors in an emerging…
Continue ReadingCME Bitcoin (BTC) futures and options markets expired on May 29, and despite a $100 hiccup, the price of the largest digital asset on CoinMarketCap held up nicely around the…
Continue ReadingCME Bitcoin (BTC) futures and options markets are set to mature this Friday and traders are closely watching to see how spot prices will react to this event. The contracts…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt now sees most of its contracts settled in BTC, not cash, the latest data reveals. According to analytics resource Skew, the latest date for which…
Continue ReadingChicago Mercantile Exchange‘s, or CME, global head of equity index and alternative investment products, Tim McCourt, said traders prefer cash-settled Bitcoin trading over products backed by physical Bitcoin (BTC). “So…
Continue ReadingMainstream market exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, recently posted record numbers for its Bitcoin (BTC) trading products. May 14 yielded open interest of 10,792 Bitcoin futures trading contracts…
Continue ReadingInvestor interest in bitcoin options listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) peaked to record highs in the days after the recent halving event. Bitcoin underwent its much-anticipated reward halving…
Continue ReadingOpen interest on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Bitcoin options has skyrocketed over the past few days, to hit $142 million as of May 15. According to data from market analytics company,…
Continue ReadingBitcoin has seen steady gains in price since the halving took place on May 11. The number of institutional investors trading in the CME crypto options market is a sign…
Continue ReadingHaving recently gone through the third halving, one of the most important events in the ecosystem, Bitcoin (BTC) continues to establish itself as a new asset class and a worthy…
Continue ReadingPre-halving speculation has driven historic volumes of crypto trade, with April 30 producing the second-strongest single day for volume on record according to a report published by market data aggregator,…
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