2019-10-10 14:15 |
CME Group expects its new Bitcoin options to be highly popular in Asia
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The upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) options may be a hit product with miners and traders based in China, the CME Group believes. CME Notes Robust Interest from Asian Traders Tim McCourt, CME Group’s global head of equity products, expects to see the new options contracts surpass the popularity of futures.
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Bitcoin futures trading is up. American financial market company CME Group Inc. announced on Twitter early on the morning of Wednesday, October 17, 2018, that its futures products are experiencing rising volume, explaining, “In Q3, Bitcoin futures average daily volume rose 41% and open interest was up 19% over Q2.
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Tether bought 8,888 Bitcoin in Q4 2025, lifting its holdings above 96,000 BTC, according to a post by CEO Paolo Ardoino. The purchase extends a strategy Tether has tied to operating results: allocating 15% of quarterly profits to Bitcoin.
Capital is flowing into crypto startups like Rocket that are building more complex financial systems and infrastructure. The post Rocket Raises $1.5M as Prediction Markets Attract Fresh Capital appeared first on DeFi Rate.
Gondor is betting it can build the missing financial layer for on-chain prediction markets—starting with lending against Polymarket positions. The post Gondor Raises $2.5M to Bring Lending and Leverage to Prediction Markets appeared first on DeFi Rate.
With tokenized event contracts now live on Solana, Kalshi is stepping directly into territory dominated by Polymarket and other decentralized platforms. The race just got a lot more interesting.
Ripple Labs closed a $500 million strategic funding round in 2025 at a $40 billion valuation, led by Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities with participation from Brevan Howard, Marshall Wace, Pantera Capital, and Galaxy Digital.
October closed roughly 4% down for Bitcoin, yet venture funding hit $5. 1 billion in the same month, the second-strongest month since 2022. According to CryptoRank data, three mega-deals account for most of it, as October defied its own seasonal mythology.
Sui, a prominent Layer 1 blockchain platform, has announced a collaboration with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi protocol partly owned by President Donald Trump. This partnership aims to foster a more open and transparent financial ecosystem.