Derivatives
Changing Crypto Trading Patterns Reveal the Market's Power Shift to the West
Blockchain data firm Kaiko analyzed trading activity on centralized exchanges from different days and time zones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bitcoin, Ether Options Markets Pare Bearish Bias
The short-term put-call skews have pulled back due to a flurry of call buying.
Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Hit $48K on Binance
The gap over the spot market price widened to more than $8,000.
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.
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.
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.
