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Bitcoin, Ethereum derivatives are unwinding
Looking at Bitcoin and Ethereum derivatives shows that they have been affected by the FTX fallout, with data analyzed by CryptoSlate showing that over 160,000 BTC has been unwound since the beginning ...
Eightcap notes increase in crypto derivatives trading
November left its mark on crypto investors worldwide. After leaked Alameda Research’s (FTX’s sister hedge fund) balance sheets revealed billions of dollars’ worth of FTX’s own token FTT was held by th...
DeFi derivatives protocol Perennial raises $12 million, launches mainnet
Perennial, a decentralized finance protocol for trading derivatives, raised $12 million in a seed funding round. Polychain Capital and Variant co-led the round, with Archetype, Coinbase Ventures...
Uniswap-based DeFi protocol Panoptic raises $4.5 million
Panoptic, a Uniswap-based decentralized finance protocol for trading perpetual options, raised $4.5 million in a seed funding round. Gumi Cryptos Capital led the round, with Uniswap Labs Venture...
BNB and its staking derivatives suffer huge dump following the Ankr exploit
Ankr suffered an exploit that led to the minting of a huge number of aBNBc tokens This exploit led traders to significantly distribute aBNBc and other staking derivatives of BNB coin In the early trad...
Ethereum derivatives look bearish, but traders believe the ETH bottom is in
Ether (ETH) rallied 5.5% in the early hours of Nov. 29, reclaiming the critical $1,200 support. However, when analyzing a broader time frame, the 24% negative performance in the past 30 days significa...
Ethereum bears have the upper hand according to derivatives data, but for how long?
Ether (ETH) price experienced an 11.9% decline from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22, bottoming at $1,074 — the lowest level seen since July. Currently, investors have reason to be concerned after crypto lending co...
CFTC Chairman: FTX US Derivatives is healthy because of CFTC’s oversight
While FTX filed for bankruptcy, its Derivatives trading arm is still standing. FTX US Derivatives is regulated by the US CFTC. Benham did not comment on any enforcement plans. CFTC regulatory oversigh...
Bitcoin derivatives data reflects traders’ mixed feelings below $17,000
Bitcoin (BTC) lost 25.4% in 48 hours, bottoming at $15,590 on Nov. 9 as investors rushed to exit positions after the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, halted withdrawals. More importantly, ...
Genesis Trading says derivatives arm has $175 million locked up in FTX account
Genesis Trading revealed late Thursday that its derivatives business has exposure to FTX amid the crypto exchange’s ongoing collapse. “As part of our goal in providing transparency a...
Chainlink’s Hybrid Oracle Solution for DeFi Derivatives
November 4, 2022, 9:50AM EDT • 4 min read Quick take Rapid Insights provide a deeper analysis of the current crypto landscape in a timely fashion. Chainlink is the leading oracle service provider in D...
How Bitcoin Derivatives Market Is Doing Ahead Of FOMC Decision
Ahead of the all important Fed FOMC meeting November 2022 that decides interest rate, Bitcoin derivatives show some important insights. It is widely believed that the meeting would result in a 0.75% i...
Ethereum Derivatives Slump, Signaling Strong Price Action Ahead
A few weeks back, the crypto market seemed to be dominated by derivatives for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Additionally, during the past few months, the leverage in Ethereum (ELR) has increased to such ...
BitMEX Cuts Staff as It Looks to Pivot Back toward Derivatives Trading
That BitMEX is cutting off some of its staff is not a peculiar move as it is an industry-wide trend. BitMEX cryptocurrency trading platform has retrenched some of its staff as it looks to cut its cost...
Bitcoin Boredom Takes Derivatives Trading Volume To One-Year Low
Bitcoin over the last couple of weeks has been in a perpetually flat state. As expected, this has spilled into the market across all spheres and all bitcoin and its related products were feeling the h...
Binance overshadows Huobi in crypto derivatives trading
Crypto derivatives trading was responsible for 63.4% of the entire crypto market in September as its trading increased by 1.54% month over month to reach $2.71 trillion, according to CryptoComapre dat...
FTX CEO advocates for knowledge tests on all derivatives trading
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, has said that he supports having knowledge tests and disclosures o...
Bankman-Fried ‘100%’ supports knowledge tests for retail derivatives traders
The founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried has backed the idea of knowledge tests and disclosures to protect retail investors but said it shouldn’t just be crypto-specific. ...
Bankman supports knowledge tests for trading broad range derivatives
The Chief Executive Officer of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, along with Christy Goldsmith, the Commissioner of Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has accepted the profits of reports and knowledge tests f...
Luxor launches derivatives product based on bitcoin mining revenue
Bitcoin mining firm Luxor, which runs a mining pool and a hardware trading desk, is launching an over-the-counter derivative product based on bitcoin mining revenues. The new product, Luxor Hashprice ...
New hashprice-based derivatives instrument gives Bitcoin miners another way to hedge
Better luck next time? Luxor’s OTC Bitcoin mining derivatives could offer miners “a much needed tool to hedge their mining operations.” Hedging against downside has always been a challenge for Bitcoin...
Upside capped at $980B total crypto market, according to derivatives metrics
It is becoming increasingly challenging to support a bullish short-term view for cryptocurrencies as the total crypto market capitalization has been below $1.4 trillion for the past 146 days. Furtherm...
Clash between FTX and CME over crypto derivatives
The world’s largest derivatives exchange, the Chicago-based CME Group, has officially applied to become a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). The Wall Street Journal reports this, noting that with thi...
CME Group Proposes Direct Crypto Derivatives Trading to Regulators
CME Group, a US-based financial derivatives exchange, has proposed to regulators its plan to offer derivatives trading directly to retail customers. According to The Wall Street Journal’s report...
CFTC Accuses Digitex of Shopping ‘Illegal’ Crypto Derivatives
CFTC’s latest filing shows regulation by enforcement may be a trend here to stay Digitex’s founder is also alleged to have been involved in a ‘pump and dump’ scheme for the exchange’s native token As ...
Derivatives Positions Leading To One Direction
In the midst of a volatile Bitcoin (BTC) trade pattern in recent times, the traders are awaiting next major move. While the cryptocurrency is down nearly 4% over the last week, Bitcoin is up around 3%...