Derivatives


Markets

Ether Options Activity Increases as London Hard Fork Goes Live, $50K Call Most Popular

"There was a flurry of call buying and put selling after the London fork," one trading firm said.

The London hard fork is influencing trades in the ether options market.

Markets

Bullish Flows Push Bitcoin's Put-Call Ratio to 2021 Low

Put-call open interest ratio measures the number of open positions in put options relative to calls.

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Markets

US Derivatives Traders Are Easily Bypassing Blocks on Offshore Exchanges: Report

U.S.-based traders are able to use virtual private networks designed to mask the country where they are based. Or they simply lie about where they are from.

U.S. investors are finding ways to access offshore exchanges.

Policy

Binance to Wind Down Derivatives in Europe; Malaysia Orders Closure

Users in some European countries will be unable to open new derivative positions, effective immediately.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Options Markets Pare Bearish Bias

The short-term put-call skews have pulled back due to a flurry of call buying.

The put-call skew on the bitcoin options market has become less bearish.

Markets

Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Hit $48K on Binance

The gap over the spot market price widened to more than $8,000.

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Markets

Binance Says It's Cutting Leverage Limit to 20x, a Day After FTX Announces the Same

"We didn't want to make this a thingy," Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao posted Monday on Twitter, a week after making the change.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Markets

Bitcoin Options Market Sees Low Chance of Record High This Year

Options traders are pricing an 8% chance of the cryptocurrency rising to a new peak above $64,800 by Dec. 31.

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Markets

Bitcoin Futures Positions at 2-Month High as Traders Go Short

A combination of falling price and rising open interest is said to signal bearish conviction on the part of bitcoin futures traders.

Bitcoin futures traders might be betting on further price declines. Volatility could lie ahead.

Finance

DeFi Derivatives Protocol Vega Raises $43M in CoinList Token Sale

Some 21,000 unique participants took part in the offering.

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