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Derivatives
Bullishness Building in Bitcoin Options Market, Data Suggests
Option traders look to be placing bets for a continued upward move in bitcoin.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Closing in on $9,900 as Crypto Market Volatility Persists
Crypto derivatives volume had a record month in May - and volatility contributes to fueling that growth.

Crypto Derivative Volumes Hit Record $602B in May: Report
A flurry of activity around the bitcoin halving led to crypto derivatives volumes in May gaining key market share against spot volumes.

Market Wrap: Traders ‘Whack the Beehive’ as Bitcoin Surges, Then Plunges
Bitcoin’s jump up and right back down is at least partially due to the crypto derivatives markets.

Open Interest in Ether Options Hits Record High on Deribit
Derivative contracts on ether are more popular than ever, as evidenced by record open positions in options listed on the Panama-based derivatives exchange Deribit.

Market Wrap: Short Seller Liquidations Help Push Bitcoin Beyond $9,500
Bitcoin is riding high as short sellers in the crypto derivatives market get squeezed out, triggering automatic buy orders.

Genesis Hires Ex-Galaxy Digital Staffer to Run New Derivatives Trading Desk
The derivatives desk will expand the company’s suite of products as it aims to attract more institutional clients to its newly acquired prime brokerage arm.

Bitcoin Options: Deribit Exchange Sees Record Open Interest of $1B
Open interest in bitcoin options listed on the Panama-based exchange jumped to a record $1 billion Tuesday, according to data from Skew.

Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication
Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining.

Popular BTC Derivatives Product Goes Live on DeFi's dYdX
Andreessen Horowitz-backed dYdX released its Bitcoin Perpetual Contract out of private alpha on Wednesday, bringing a key BTC derivatives product to DeFi.
