Futures


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Binance Pledges New Controls After 99% 'Flash Crash' in Polkadot Futures

A single large sell order appears to have sent prices for trading contracts on polkadot tumbling from about $33 to 25 cents in less than a minute.

Chart showing the "flash crash" in Binance's perpetual futures contracts on the digital token polkadot.

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Bitcoin Rebounds to $51K as Derivatives Market Cools Off

The bitcoin market looks to be in a more healthy state after massive long liquidations blew the froth off the futures market.

Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Remains Around $48.5K Amid Flat Trading Activity

“We are at all-time-highs territory [and] the market still has to make up its mind" about next resistance or supporting levels, says one broker.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

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Ethereum Futures Are Now Trading on CME

The Chicago exchange has now traded 77 ETH contracts after going live on Sunday.

CME headquarters, Chicago

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ErisX Exchange Asks CFTC to Approve Sports Bet Futures as 'Risk Hedging' Tools

If approved, three proposed futures contracts would be tied to the outcome of National Football League games.

Miami Dolphins football

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FTX Exchange Lists WallStreetBets Futures to Capitalize on Investing Movement

The futures contract is based on a basket of stocks being targeted by WallStreetBets and dogecoin.

WSB futures index

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OKEx Adds More Coin-Margined Perpetual Swaps for Real-Time Settlement

The real-time settlement function went live on Dec. 29.

OKEx logo

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CME Becomes Biggest Bitcoin Futures Exchange as Institutional Interest Rises

Chicago Mercantile Exchange now tops the list of the biggest bitcoin futures trading platforms, accounting for nearly 20% of all open interest.

CME headquarters, Chicago

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Institutions Will Start Buying Ether in 2021, Messari Analyst Says

CME Group's announcement that it will launch ether (ETH) futures on Feb. 8, 2021, could spur heightened institutional interest.

ethereum, ether

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FTX Seeks to Launch Coinbase Futures Market Ahead of Public Listing

Launching the new futures market depends on regulatory clarity.

stocks on screen