Derivatives


Markets

Terra’s LUNA Notches New Record High Above $90 Even as ‘Shorts’ Keep Piling

LUNA has rallied 58% this month, decoupling from the broader market.

Chart showing a surge in amount of dollars locked in LUNA perpetual futures (Laevitas)

Markets

Ether Call Demand Signals Anticipation of Year-End Rally

Investors who buy calls are implicitly bullish on the market.

Positive ETH put-call skews indicate fears of a deeper price decline

Policy

Derivatives Trade Association ISDA to Develop Common Standards for Crypto Assets

ISDA is aiming to characterize the different features of crypto assets and their relevance to contractual standards.

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Policy

Binance Is Threatening to Block UK Derivatives Traders in a Move to Keep Regulators at Bay

U.K. users have until February to confirm if they are private investors or be blocked from accessing futures, margin, leveraged tokens and more.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

FTX US Joins International Swaps and Derivatives Association

The crypto exchange plans to work with the association to build up crypto derivatives markets in the U.S. and around the world, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted.

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Finance

Crypto.com to Acquire Nadex, Small Exchange From IG Group for $216M

The deal for the trading platforms will enable Crypto.com to offer certain derivatives and futures products to U.S.-based customers.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek speaks at RISE 2018 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Finance

Hxro Raises $34M on Promise of Derivatives Trading Infrastructure for Solana

TradFi stalwart Susquehanna International Group and DeFi upstart Jump Crypto co-led the network’s latest token round.

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Markets

Open Positions in Ether ‘Calls’ Hits 1 Million Mark as Traders Pile Onto Higher Strike Options

Open interest in ETH call options, or bullish bets, is twice more than that in puts.

ETH open interest in calls and puts (Laevitas)

Policy

Dubai Issues Rules for Security, Derivatives Tokens

The regulator also plans to roll out rules for exchange and utility tokens as well as stablecoins.

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)

Finance

Huobi Japan Gets Regulators’ Go-Ahead to Offer Derivatives

Japan’s top financial watchdog has some of the strictest rules for crypto in the world.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)