Futures


Markets

Bitcoin Traders Cautious Despite Spot ETF Optimism, Leverage Indicators Suggest

The spot market is in the driver's seat as perpetual futures open interest to market cap ratio remains low, one observer said.

The estimated leverage ratio remains rangebound. (CryptoQuant)

Markets

Bitcoin Breakout Above $31K Elusive as Shorts Pile In

Bitcoin has failed twice this week to scale the $31,000 mark, with open interest in stablecoin-margined futures rising on both occasions.

Dice (955169/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Price Rally Puts Focus on Futures Spread That Underscores Need for Spot ETFs

Observers call for spot-based bitcoin ETF as the bull market raises cost of pre-expiry rollover of positions for futures-based ETFs.

Laser light (WikiImages/Pixabay)

Finance

CME Group Announces Plans to Launch ETH to BTC Ratio Futures

The futures will be cash-settled, the derivatives exchange said.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Exchange OKX Goes Live With ‘Nitro Spreads,’ Allowing One-Click Basis Trading

Basis traders attempt to earn returns by trading the difference in an asset’s price on two separate markets.

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Markets

Bitcoin Futures Attract Biggest Bets Since Terra's Collapse

Open interest has surged to $11 billion to its highest level in over a year.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Lots of Bitcoin Futures Traders Cash Out

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 27, 2023.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Markets

Institutions Flock to Ether After Shapella Upgrade

Open interest in CME futures has risen to the highest level since March 2022, indicating an influx of institutional traders to the crypto market.

Interés abierto y volumen de los futuros de ether del CME. (CME)

Markets

Bitcoin Drops to $29K in Sudden Sell-Off

The slide – which followed a huge market sell order at Binance – flushed millions of dollars' worth of futures positions.

Downgrade spiral staricase going down downwards (Unsplash)

Policy

Argentina’s National Securities Commission Approves Bitcoin Futures

The agency authorized the regulation of a futures contract based on a bitcoin index of Matba Rofex, an Argentinian stock exchange.

Bandera de Argentina. (Unsplash)