Derivatives


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Ether Prices to Stabilize as Options Market Makers Hedge Their Books, Analyst Says

Ether options dealers have built a net positive or long gamma exposure and are likely to buy low and sell high, arresting the price volatility ahead of next Friday's derivatives expiry.

Balancing (Michaela J/Unsplash)

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Crypto Whale Trades $150M in ETH Call Options, Trading Data Tracker Shows

The large flow was concentrated in the so-called out-of-the-money calls, indicating a bullish outlook on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market volume, according to Greeks.Live

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Crypto Price Whipsaw Triggers $256M in Liquidation Losses

Liquidations are likely to have less impact on spot prices thanks to declining open interest, FalconX's head of research noted.

The swift price movements over the past two days wiped out leveraged long and short positions. (Kurt Anderson/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Price-Volatility Correlation Turns Negative Again as Crypto Traders Eye FTX Liquidations

The shift from positive correlation comes amid concerns the looming $3 billion FTX liquidations will crater the crypto market.

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CFTC Commissioner Pitches Pilot Program for U.S. Crypto Regulation

Commissioner Caroline Pham is outlining a “time-limited” program to start allowing regulated crypto markets and tokenization, an approach she says has precedents.

Commissioner Caroline Pham is proposing a crypto regulation pilot program at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Crypto Exchange Kraken's UK Derivatives Unit Looking to Expands Its Service: Bloomberg

The firm is looking move into a void in the crypto derivatives market left when FTX collapsed last November.

Página de inicio del sitio web de la Autoridad de Conducta Financiera para la organización de regulación financiera del Reino Unido. (Shutterstock)

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Binance to Offer 'T+3' Daily BNB/USDT Options

The new T+3 BNB/USDT options will have a trading lifetime of three days.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Uptick Fails to Inspire Bullish Positioning in ETH Options

Options skew remains in favor of ether puts across different timeframes despite the past week's increase in the ETH/BTC ratio.

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Crypto Investors Can Now Trade XRP Options on BIT Exchange

XRP is the world's fifth largest cryptocurrency, boasting a market capitalization of $30.88 billion at press time.

XRP's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)