Derivatives


Markets

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.

Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

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.

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Markets

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.

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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.

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Markets

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.

Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

Finance

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.

Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

Markets

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.

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Markets

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.

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Tech

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.

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Markets

First Mover: Derivatives May Have Blunted the Halving's Volatility Spike

The anemic price action surrounding bitcoin's third halving has led to head-scratching over why the cryptocurrency didn't moon. One possibility: Derivatives are bringing more price discovery.

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