Derivatives


Markets

Crypto Exchange BIT Expands Product Suite With Toncoin Options

The decision to add the options suggests growing investor interest in derivatives tied to alternative cryptocurrencies. TON is the native cryptocurrency of the decentralized layer 1 blockchain The Open Network.

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Finance

Investment Manager Wilshire Teams Up With Crypto Trading Firm FalconX to Develop Digital Asset Indexes

The two firms will jointly develop a set of single-coin, multicoin and thematic indexes to offer institutional investors with access to the crypto derivatives market.

FalconX's investment management platform (FalconX)

Markets

Crypto Analysts Warn Against Shorting DYDX Ahead of $200M Token Unlock

The token unlock, which will take place on Feb. 2, will release 150 million coins worth about $200 million and 15% of the total supply.

Crypto Unlocked at Consensus 2022

Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Companies Need to Better Manage Risk

The energy and gold mining industries have historically accounted for price volatility with structured financial products. Do crypto miners need similar hedges?

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Markets

The Ether Trade That Made the Most Noise Last Week

A so-called whale placed a large buy order for bearish put options tied to ether, seeking protection against an extended price slide to below $400 by the end of June.

Una orden de opciones bajistas de ether captó la atención de los participantes del mercado. (선인장 mustachescactus/Unsplash)

Finance

CME Crypto Trading Volume Slumped to 2-Year Low in December

Poor market sentiment and an extreme lack of volatility were the likely culprits behind the declines.

The CME is set to launch ether options trading (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)

Opinion

DeFi Derivatives Trading Has Untapped Potential

If we learn to read the markets, make smart use of the data at our disposal and overcome a few speed bumps along the way, options will certainly drive the next era of DeFi to higher highs than ever before.

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Finance

Crypto Trading Protocol Drift Relaunches Into Rocky Solana DeFi Landscape

The derivatives trader is back after an eight-month hiatus.

Drift v2 (Drift Protocol)

Markets

Cumberland Favors Bitcoin Option Trades to Profit From US CPI

Sell bitcoin June expiry calls and hedge the same with short-dated December expiry options, Cumberland said.

Cumberland favors bitcoin options strategy to profit from post-CPI price action. (Krzysztof Hepner/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Perennial Launches, Announces $12M in Funding

Polychain Capital and Variant co-led a seed round for the decentralized derivatives protocol.

DeFi protocol Perennial makes public a $12 million fundraise. (Unsplash)