Cryptocurrency Derivatives


Markets

Lido Dominates Booming Market for Ethereum 2.0 Staking Derivatives

The exchange allows users to earn staking rewards and still trade staked coins elsewhere.

There's no shortage of staking on Ethereum 2.0.

Markets

Crypto Options Market Makers Starting to Influence Bitcoin Price

"Market makers were heavily short puts in the range of $52,000 to $50,000, and I estimate were forced to sell nearly 2,900 bitcoin," one trader said.

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Markets

Crypto Derivatives Boom Leaves Small Traders Vulnerable to Liquidation: Carnegie Mellon

Sophisticated actors are taking from amateur investors in bitcoin derivatives trading, according to Carnegie Mellon researchers using data from BitMEX.

Building on Carnegie Mellon campus.

Markets

Binance's Crypto Derivatives Platform Sees Record Open Interest of $10B

Binance's crypto derivatives platform sees record open interest as retail participation grows.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Markets

Bitcoin Volatility Index 'BitVol' Makes First Trade

The BitVol index level puts the cryptocurrency's annualized volatility at 100%.

Traders now have another tool for betting on bitcoin's notorious volatility.

Markets

BitMEX Says It's 'Business as Usual' Despite 30% Drop in Bitcoin Balance After CFTC, DOJ Action

More than 57,000 BTC have been withdrawn from BitMEX since Sept. 30.

The total amount of coins held on BitMEX addresses since Jan. 2018

Markets

These 3 Trends Are Driving Crypto Market Growth Now

The latest CoinDesk Quarterly Review looks at some of the main drivers of crypto market evolution including DeF, derivatives and stablecoins.

What drove growth in Q3? Stablecoins, DeFi and derivatives.

Markets

New Crypto Derivatives Let You Bet on (or Against) Tether's Solvency

Credit default swaps (of “The Big Short” infamy) have come to the Ethereum blockchain. Opium Exchange says they can help crypto investors manage risk.

Four Glowing Dice

Policy

Binance Ordered to Halt Offering Derivatives Trading in Brazil

The order is the regulator’s first public stance on cryptocurrency derivatives trading.

Brazilian law treats all derivatives products as securities, no matter the underlying asset. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk, altered with PhotoMoosh)

Finance

CoinShares Hires WisdomTree Exec as Company Plans Expansion Outside UK

The new hire brings the London-based digital asset manager connections to major financial institutions in Europe.

Frank Spiteri. Image courtesy of CoinShares

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