Derivatives


Markets

Bitcoin Above $52K as Market Expects More Volatility

Bitcoin's market is over-leveraged now as the cryptocurrency continues its run higher.

Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Ether Looks Overleveraged as Cryptocurrency Hits New High Over $1,900

Ether's derivative market looks overheating amid the cryptocurrency's rally to new record highs.

Ether (ETH) prices over 24 hours.

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Remains Around $48.5K Amid Flat Trading Activity

“We are at all-time-highs territory [and] the market still has to make up its mind" about next resistance or supporting levels, says one broker.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Elon Musk-Prompted Bitcoin Price Surge Causes Liquidation of $387M in Shorts

The shorts were liquidated after Elon Musk added "Bitcoin" to his Twitter bio and prices rose by over 15%.

Elon Musk

Tech

Big Guns Back $10M Investment in DeFi's dYdX

The funding round, led by Three Arrows and DeFiance Capital, was also joined by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital.

Members of the dYdX team

Markets

Bitcoin Sells Off on Bearish Sentiment, Yellen Worries

The sell-off also led to major corrections for other cryptocurrencies including ether, stellar, xrp and chainlink.

CoinDesk's BPI.

Policy

Dear Crypto Derivatives Industry, Let's Not Repeat 2008

As the crypto derivatives industry begins to take off, it needs to avoid the lack of transparency that plagued the industry in the 2000s, when the financial system collapsed.

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Markets

OKEx Adds More Coin-Margined Perpetual Swaps for Real-Time Settlement

The real-time settlement function went live on Dec. 29.

OKEx logo

Finance

Crypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Says All Users Are Now Verified

After getting in hot water with U.S. regulators last year, the exchange has rolled out mandatory verification for all users.

BitMEX

Markets

CME Becomes Biggest Bitcoin Futures Exchange as Institutional Interest Rises

Chicago Mercantile Exchange now tops the list of the biggest bitcoin futures trading platforms, accounting for nearly 20% of all open interest.

CME headquarters, Chicago