Bitcoin Futures


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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Vulnerable to Rising Leverage Despite Short-Term Optimism

Analysts are cautiously optimistic about a sustained price rise in bitcoin.

Checking the crystal ball for 2024 (Michael Dziedzic, Unsplash)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Pullback Pauses as Traders Reduce Leverage

Technical indicators show a positive upward trend for BTC.

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VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETF Finds Cool Reception

The new investment vehicle, trading under the stock ticker XBTF, jumped into the competition with a lower fee than two similar funds launched last month. But its first-day trading volume was still comparatively anemic.

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VanEck to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Next Week After SEC Rejects Spot Offering

Chicago-based CBOE exchange says in website posting that the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF will start trading Tuesday under the ticker symbol “XBTF.”

After weeks of delays, the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF is ready to launch. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Outperforms as Traders Prepare for Next Leg Higher

Bitcoin is up about 5% over the past week, compared with a 3% rise in ether over the same period.

Bitcoin market dominance ratio (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Finance

Direxion Files for Short Bitcoin Futures ETF

Investment firms are getting creative after last week’s watershed bitcoin ETF launch.

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Markets

As the CME’s Volume Gets Pumped, the Bitcoin ETF’s Quirky Structure Could Explain Some of It

If one wants exposure to bitcoin, the purest play is buying bitcoin itself. Everything else comes with its own idiosyncrasies.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Retreats From All-Time High; Ether Outperforms

The ETF enthusiasm has faded but some investors expect pullbacks to remain limited for the remainder of the year.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops as Indicators Show Extreme Optimism

The price fell from an all-time high of almost $67K as bullish traders took profits. That may continue, but not for long.

Bitcoin 24 hour price chart (CoinDesk, TradingView)

Finance

Cboe Acquires ErisX in Return to Crypto Derivatives Market

ErisX maintains both crypto spot and derivatives trading markets in the U.S.

ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas (left) and Cboe Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Isaacson (CoinDesk archives, Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images, modified by Rob Mitchell for CoinDesk)