Derivatives


Finance

Opium Raises $3.3M to Make Exotic Crypto Derivatives Available to All

Opium has closed a $3.25 million funding round for its BYOD (build your own derivative) platform

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Markets

CME's Rise in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Signals Growing Institutional Interest

CME has risen to second place in terms of bitcoin futures open interest, passing Binance and BitMEX.

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Markets

BitMEX Delves Deeper Into DeFi With New Futures Listings

BitMEX is soon to offer futures contracts for DeFi project yearn.finance (YFI), Polkadot (DOT) and Binance coin (BNB).

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Finance

Revamped Crypto Derivatives Exchange Qume Set to Fly in Wake of BitMEX Woes

The timing couldn’t be better for regulation-focused trading platform Qume, which unveils a revamped set of services Monday.

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Markets

UK Crypto Derivatives Ban Seen Having Limited Effect on Small Market

The FCA's ban could prompt some individuals to shift their crypto trading to offshore, unregulated exchanges.

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Markets

CME Sounding Out Crypto Traders to Gauge Market Demand for Ether Futures, Options

The largest U.S. regulated market for bitcoin futures has been sounding out cryptocurrency traders to gauge their interest in a listing of futures and options on the Ethereum blockchain’s native tokens.

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Markets

These 3 Trends Are Driving Crypto Market Growth Now

The latest CoinDesk Quarterly Review looks at some of the main drivers of crypto market evolution including DeF, derivatives and stablecoins.

What drove growth in Q3? Stablecoins, DeFi and derivatives.

Markets

The UK Bans Crypto Derivatives

The crypto industry reacts to a big move from the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority, which banned crypto derivatives.

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Tech

Ripple Wins US Patent for New Oracle-Based Smart Contract Design

Ripple's patented design would allow derivatives to settle based on external information – such as temperature data.

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, speaks at Davos 2020. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's Bearish September Has Kneecapped Crypto ETP Activity: Report

Bitcoin's price woes this month likely put investors off from purchasing crypto ETPs, pushing volumes into a nosedive.

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