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CME's Bitcoin Options See First-Day Volume of $2.3M

Options on bitcoin futures from Chicago Mercantile Exchange got off to a good start on Monday, seeing trading volume reach 55 contracts in the opening session.

Tim McCourt

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Ride 'Em, Cowboy: Bitmain's Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin

Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it.

Big Tex image via Leena Robinson/Shutterstock

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Bakkt Goes Live With Options, Cash-Settled Futures Products

Bakkt’s new options and cash-settled bitcoin futures products have just gone live, joining its three-month-old physical futures contracts.

Bakkt President Adam White

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Crypto Exchange OKEx Launching Options Trading Later This Month

The Malta-based exchange is adding cryptocurrency options to its existing offerings during the winter holiday.

OKEx image via CoinDesk archives

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Tiny $217 Options Trade on Bitcoin Blockchain Could Be Wall Street's Death Knell

Skew., a startup led by an ex-JPMorgan trader, is trying to prove that bitcoin’s blockchain works better than Wall Street.

New York Stock Exchange (f11photo/Shutterstock)

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CME Group Is Launching Bitcoin Options Early in 2020

Derivatives marketplace CME Group says it will offer options on its bitcoin futures contracts starting in the first quarter of next year.

Tim McCourt