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Marchés

Large Ether Options Flow Guards Against Price Slide Below $2.2K

Sophisticated traders bought put options to protect against a continued ether price drop, one observer said.

Chart showing a big rise in the number of open positions in ETH $2,200 put expiring on March 18 (Laevitas)

Finance

CME Group to Offer Micro Crypto Options After Introducing Futures

The options trading debut comes after the derivatives marketplace added micro bitcoin and ether futures last year.

CME headquarters, Chicago

Marchés

Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Suggests Recovery Set to Continue

"Short-term implied volatility exceeding long-term implied volatility indicates a likelihood of market reversal," one observer said.

Bitcoin's short-term volatility expectations top long-term expectations as Russia goes to war. (Source: Skew)

Vidéos

Bitcoin Traders Prepare for a Tumultuous March

New data by Glassnode shows bitcoin traders are getting ready to ride out a rocky month ahead. Traders are pricing in uncertainty via the derivatives market, but on-chain supply of the crypto remains stable indicating that the market is ready to “ride out the storm ahead.”

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Finance

DARMA Capital Unveils CFTC-Regulated Filecoin Swap Product

The crypto investment firm is making $100 million worth of filecoin available for the first-of-a-kind derivative.

Darma Capital Managing Partner Andrew Keys (CoinDesk archives)

Marchés

Crypto Options Trading Volume Surged in January as Prices Fell

The drop in prices kicked off certain trading strategies.

Chart from Deribit shows monthly options-trading volumes for ether. (Deribit)

Marchés

Paradigm Offering 'Futures Spread Orderbooks' on Deribit and Bybit

Futures spread trading is considered less risky compared with futures contracts but there are still risks.

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Finance

Genesis Posts Another Record Derivatives Trading Quarter With Over $20B in Volume

Bitcoin’s share of its loan mix fell thanks to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust discount, Genesis said in its Q4 report.

Genesis CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

Vidéos

Bitcoin May Soon Wake From Slumber, Derivatives Data Indicates

Day traders bored of bitcoin's recent slumber may soon have to remain glued to their screens, as a large number of open futures positions signal renewed price turbulence ahead. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Marchés

Bitcoin May Soon Wake From Slumber, Derivatives Data Indicates

Futures markets remain a powder keg for short-term volatility, one observer said.

Bitcoin traders may get busy again, as high futures open interest points to renewed price volatility (Source: Pixabay)