Derivatives


Finance

PsyOptions Raises $3.5M for Options Liquidity Mining and NFT Derivatives

A Solana-based options platform from a pair of twin brothers has raised $3.5 million in an initial funding round.

A screen showing the German DAX Index during a trading session on the floor of Frankfurt stock exchange.

Finance

With $8.5M in Funding, Can Strips Finance Make DeFi Derivatives Click?

The funding round for the Arbitrum-based platform included Sequoia Capital India and Multicoin Capital.

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Markets

Dying for a Bitcoin Futures ETF? Watch Out for ‘Contango Bleed’

There’s a downside to SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s preference for an exchange-traded fund focused on bitcoin futures. But it’s unlikely to deter investors.

A little-known risk of a bitcoin futures ETF is that it could bleed investor returns. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Futures Premium on CME Surges, Hinting At Institutional Demand

A futures-based ETF, if approved, could bring more buying pressure for the CME futures.

CME Group headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday Feb. 5, 2021. CME Group Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 10. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Binance to End Crypto Derivatives in Australia by December

Existing Australian users have 90 days to close their positions on options, futures and leveraged tokens.

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

Finance

Staking Giant Lido Expands to Solana

Lido controls over 80% of the fast-growing market for ether staking derivatives.

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Markets

Ether Futures Open Interest Hits New High of $11.6B

Open interest has more than doubled since late June, signaling an influx of money into the market.

Open interest in ether futures has jumped in recent weeks. (Glassnode)

Markets

Ether’s Options Market Sees Highest Trading Volume Since May

Ether calls at $6,000 and $7,000 strikes were most popular on Wednesday

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Videos

FTX.US to Acquire Crypto Derivatives Firm LedgerX

FTX.US, the U.S. arm of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto trading empire FTX, is acquiring crypto derivatives firm LedgerX to possibly offer crypto futures, swaps, puts, and calls to retail traders across America.

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Markets

Bearish Bitcoin Bets Might Signal Return of This Popular Trade

The data doesn't necessarily indicate that the traders are betting on price declines.

Crypto traders might be returning to a once-popular market bet as bitcoin's price recovers.