Over the past two months the open interest on Bitcoin options has held reasonably steady even as the figure increased by 118% to reach $8.4 billion as (BTC) price rose…
Continue ReadingAs a result of the ongoing uptrend, many prominent institutions from the realm of traditional finance have sought to join the crypto bandwagon so as to not miss out on…
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Continue ReadingIn the short term, the crucial technical resistance level is $35,500. Throughout the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has continuously rejected at that level. When Bitcoin rose to around $35,500 on…
Continue ReadingCanadian investment fund manager Arxnovum Investments has filed a prospectus for a new Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, or ETF, in Canada. On Jan. 11, the company filed a stack of…
Continue ReadingThis week’s $11,000 drop occurred in just 32 hours and this definitely an important milestone for Bitcoin (BTC) price. Many mainstream media outlets perceived the correction as the start of…
Continue ReadingAfter Bitcoin (BTC) price flirted with a $42,000 all-time high on Jan. 8, it stabilized in a tightening range between $39,000 to $41,500 for two days and the pennant structure…
Continue ReadingThe past week has been an emotional rollercoaster for Ether (ETH) traders, as there were seven four-hour candles of a 10% or larger price movement. Furthermore, the most recent 30%…
Continue ReadingEquos, a Singapore-based digital currency exchange operated by Diginex, has announced the launch of a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures product without any settlement dates, marking a substantial leap in the…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) recently reclaimed $35,000, but top traders at Huobi, OKEx and Binance are not buying the breakout. Unlike the savvy institutional investors who may be desperate for protection against…
Continue ReadingBitcoin price reached a new all-time high at $35,776 on Binance on Jan. 6. Following the explosive overnight uptrend of Bitcoin (BTC), on-chain analysts are generally optimistic about the short-term…
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago, few investors would have expected Bitcoin (BTC) price to rally any higher than $20,000. In fact, most had forecast a $30,000 BTC price by mid-2022 or late 2023…
Continue ReadingOn Jan. 4, Ether (ETH) price rallied to $1,160, which was followed by a 24% correction within the following 4 hours. What is clear is that investors are anxiously awaiting…
Continue Reading2020 was the most important year for the crypto derivatives market so far. Both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) derivatives steadily grew throughout the year, with their futures and options…
Continue ReadingEther (ETH) price has gained 88% since November, astonishing even the most bullish investors as the top altcoin secured a 2020 high at $750. Aside from the upcoming CME ETH…
Continue ReadingThe price of Bitcoin surpassed its all-time high on Christmas, reaching $24,681 on Binance. Following BTC’s strong rally, traders and analysts are exploring short-term bear and bull cases. The market sentiment…
Continue ReadingAs Bitcoin (BTC) price tested the $17,580 low on Dec. 11, investors remained relatively calm despite some analysts issuing bearish estimates. Last week’s trading may have finished at the same…
Continue ReadingA new paper released on Thursday from a team of crypto researchers hopes to add to a body of work that will eventually identify “the Black-Scholes of decentralized finance (DeFi)”…
Continue ReadingThe open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options contracts has reached a new all-time high at $6.5 billion on Dec. 17. That figure represents a three-fold increase from 90 days ago…
Continue ReadingAs of Thursday, Deribit users can bet on the flagship cryptocurrency reaching $100,000 via options contracts that expire on Sept. 24, 2021. The lofty strike price was established following a…
Continue ReadingAmid an ongoing bull run of Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin options are hitting a new historical milestone. Bitcoin options are derivative contracts that grant the holder the right, but not the…
Continue ReadingToday Bitcoin (BTC) price blasted through the $20,000 level and in the process, a record $7.9 billion in futures open interest was set. Although the price increased by 74% over…
Continue ReadingLeverj, a non-custodial derivatives platform based on an Ethereum sidechain, announced on Tuesday their cooperation with leading industry participants to support the launch and marketing of its exchange. The exchange…
Continue ReadingAs Bitcoin (BTC) tested a $17,580 low on Dec. 11, investors remained relatively calm despite some analysts issuing bearish estimates. The week may have finished at the same level where…
Continue ReadingEther (ETH) price might have had a disappointing week after its price failed to hold the $600 level, but the fundamentals of the network and cryptocurrency remain solid. Traders are…
Continue ReadingBitcoin mining started out as a small endeavor taken on by a few individuals repurposing home computers to mint virtual coins that were, at the time, almost worthless. Fast forward…
Continue ReadingOn Dec. 11, a total of $540 million in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest is set to expire. This number mimics the past month’s $525 million options expiry, as monthly…
Continue ReadingFighting Definancialization: Cryptologic Methods Like Bitcoin Could Protect Wealth From the Great Reset The Great Reset agenda is trending once again on social media, numerous news outlets, and a variety…
Continue ReadingFTX, a crypto derivatives exchange, has added Airbnb to its list of stock offerings on the eve of the online rental marketplace’s highly-anticipated IPO. As of late Tuesday, cryptocurrency traders…
Continue ReadingThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, is having a banner year in crypto enforcement. Per the commission’s annual review released on Tuesday, fiscal year 2020 featured seven monetary relief…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency derivatives platform ErisX launched cash-settled bounded futures on Tuesday, after seeing little interest from the market for its physically-settled futures. ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas said the company had released…
Continue ReadingEnd of Western Union Remittance Service to Cuba a Boon for Crypto As new U.S. government measures that impose restrictions on remittances to Cuba becomes effective after November 22, Western…
Continue ReadingA month ago, one would be hard pressed to find any investor who would have expected a $32,000 Bitcoin (BTC) price for January. At the time, a 140% upside was…
Continue ReadingThere was a time when BitMEX derivatives exchange reigned sovereign over other exchanges, and the company effectively held a 50% market share until July 2019. For this reason, traders kept…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) price failed to blast through the $20,000 level this week but multiple records related to volume and open interest were made on the way up to $19,484. One…
Continue ReadingBybit announced Thursday that it will roll out a BTC/USD quarterly futures contract on Nov. 30. Two contracts will be offered at launch — BTCUSD1225, settling on Dec. 25, 2020,…
Continue ReadingThe Colombian Stock Exchange announced it is joining the Consorcio Colibrí, a private initiative that promotes the adoption of blockchain technology within the finance industry. As Cointelegraph Español reported on…
Continue ReadingIn the last few days, Bitcoin (BTC) price has underperformed Ether (ETH) by almost 20%. Even though BTC seems to be struggling to break the $18,800 barrier, both cryptocurrencies display…
Continue ReadingA new crypto derivatives exchange, Globe, is looking to step up to the plate following crackdowns on BitMEX, the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) and a surge in the price…
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