Derivatives


Policy

South Korean Presidential Committee Wants to Bring Crypto Into Mainstream Finance

Financial institutions should be allowed to launch cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, according to a government advisory body.

South Korean president's residence (Shutterstock)

Markets

GSR Partners With Canaan-Tied Startup to Offer Crypto Miners Derivatives

GSR and Interhash want to help crypto miners hedge their costs with a new series of derivatives products.

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Markets

Authoritarian Airdrop: Maduro 'Gifts' Petros to Venezuelans for Christmas

Discussing new trials of an LN point-of-sale app; updates in consumer & institutional crypto derivatives, and Venezuelan petros as holiday bonuses.

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Markets

CME Says It Will Launch Bitcoin Options in January

Chicago exchange CME Group has announced it will launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in mid-January.

Tim McCourt

Markets

Tassat Is One Step Closer to Offering Crypto Derivatives With CFTC Approval

The CFTC has granted Tassat a swap execution facility registration, bringing it one step closer to offering US customers bitcoin derivatives products.

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Markets

Bakkt to Launch Options on Its Bitcoin Futures Dec. 9

Bakkt plans to add options on its physically delivered bitcoin futures in December.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Crypto Derivatives: On Misleading Measurements

Noelle Acheson shows how using notional volumes to compare derivatives markets to spot is misleading – but, for now, it’s all we’ve got.

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Markets

Liquidity Provider B2C2 Launches Gold Derivative Settled in Bitcoin

The U.K.-licensed firm's new product allows clients to synthetically trade gold against bitcoin and aims to capitalize on a growth in haven assets.

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Markets

Now Traders Can Make Bets on When Facebook's Libra Will Launch

Crypto futures exchange CoinFLEX is issuing derivatives linked to the launch of the Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency project.

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Markets

Pantera Leads $5 Million Round for Decentralized Derivatives Market

A protocol built to put financial middlemen out of business has secured a $5 million seed round from Pantera, Ripple's Xpring, Hashed and others.

Paul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)