2020-10-8 12:39 |
The Financial Conduct Authority will stop the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives to retail investors... The post FCA bans sale of crypto derivatives to UK retail investors appeared first on Coin Journal. origin »
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The U. K. ’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives products to retail investors in a move that it says will save the targeted customers £53 million ($68.
2020-10-7 07:05 | |
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of crypto derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that revolve around certain cryptocurrencies to retail consumers. The agency unveiled this news via a press release on October 6.
2020-10-7 17:51 | |
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Data from Arcane Research shows that open interest on Bitmex’s bitcoin derivatives market touched a new low of 45,122 BTC on October 1. The figure represents a 16% drop since the CFTC announced charges against Bitmex and its executives for allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform.
2020-10-3 16:30 | |
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In the month of August, where bitcoin’s price largely traded in the range of $11,000 to $12,000 turned out to be a good one overall, with the volume soaring on both spot and derivatives platforms.
2020-9-9 12:54 | |
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Credit default swaps (of “The Big Short” infamy) have come to the Ethereum blockchain. Opium Exchange says they can help crypto investors manage risk.
2020-9-3 16:00 | |
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Institutional investors and their interest in Bitcoin Futures are driving growth on derivatives exchanges like the CME and Bakkt. In fact, just recently, Bakkt Bitcoin Futures volume hit a new high ofThe post Bakkt's Bitcoin Futures - Is something holding it back? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-9-1 23:30 | |
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Not much has changed in the bitcoin market. Yes, we go up towards $12,000. Yes, we then go down to $11,000. But it is nothing new. August has been all about — BTC price surging and falling but remaining in the range.
2020-8-28 17:58 | |
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As we enter into the last week of August, it’s time for bitcoin derivatives to expire. This week, 62,000 BTC worth about $730 million of Bitcoin options will be expiring on Friday. June’s $1 billion bitcoin derivatives expiry was a non-event for the price of the digital asset. Now, it’s to be seen how the […]
2020-8-24 18:16 | |
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In 2017 and 2018, Bitcoin proponents coined the term “the institutional herd” to describe the flood of Wall Street investors and companies that were then expected to grace the cryptocurrency market.
2020-8-19 18:00 | |
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Several key derivatives indicators show investors are still strongly bullish on Bitcoin despite $1 billion in liquidations.
2020-8-5 01:32 | |
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Surging open interest in crypto derivatives suggests investors are seeking alpha in other investments, like bitcoin, said the co-founder of an index fund provider.
2020-8-4 15:20 | |
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Despite the pullback from the Monday highs, Bitcoin remains above key resistance levels. As of this article’s writing, the leading cryptocurrency trades for $11,300. There are some bears that believe this rally is just a deviation from the range BTC was trading in.
2020-8-1 04:00 | |
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Bybit exchange’s CEO believes maturity of the crypto derivatives market plays an important role in attracting more institutional investors.
2020-7-30 00:30 | |
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Injective Protocol, a fully decentralized derivatives exchange protocol, has raised $2. 6 million dollars in a seed funding round led by Pantera Capital with participation from other institutional investors including QCP’s investment arm QCP Soteria, Axia8 Ventures, and OK’s strategic investment partner K42.
2020-7-29 16:03 | |
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7% of derivatives market participants anticipated that the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum would climb over $480 by the end of this year. This was observed by the crypto analytic platform, SkeThe post Investors confident of Ethereum's value as stablecoins and DeFi grow appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-6-23 23:00 | |
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Open interest on Ethereum options contracts surged 315% to $158 million, but are investors using derivatives for bullish or bearish positions?
2020-6-15 23:10 | |
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Bakkt, the bitcoin derivatives and custody platform owned by Intercontinental Exchange (the operator of the New York Stock Exchange) has linked up with investment management firm Galaxy Digital to create a new platform that will cater to institutional investors.
2020-6-10 21:20 | |
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The past few months and years have seen derivatives become increasingly important to crypto. This is largely due to the introduction of more institutional-centric fund managers, which can use vehicles like futures and options to hedge risk and maximize profits.
2020-5-31 07:00 | |
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ErisX has now unveiled a REST API that grants its clients access to their Block Trade. This is a facility that allows investors to make big trades, within the given array of listed spot and futures commodities, privately.
2020-5-28 19:21 | |
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New data based on the delta between Chinese buyers and derivatives markets in Bitcoin markets suggests that much of the recent rally has been driven by crypto investors in China. But why are Chinese buyers dominating Bitcoin interest, and what is sparking the unusual phenomenon? Indicator Shows Chinese Buyers Are Dominating Derivatives Bitcoin price may...
2020-5-22 23:00 | |
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Houbi aims to bring in more institutional and retail investors to trade crypto derivatives after rebranding its derivates platform as Huobi Futures
2020-5-19 17:39 | |
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Crypto derivatives exchange FTX will be issuing futures linked to the hashrate of the world’s leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC). FTX Now Has A Derivatives Contract Offering Investors Exposure To BTC’s Hashrate Hong Kong-based exchange FTX has unveiled a new product for bitcoin enthusiasts to leverage the coin’s booming network: hashrate futures calculated using the average […]
2020-5-16 20:24 | |
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BitMEX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, and its CEO Arthur Hayes has been slapped with a $540 million amended lawsuit by self-proclaimed early investors like Frank Amato and RGB Coin Ltd. They were later joined by Elfio Guido Capone.
2020-5-14 00:32 | |
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Digital assets platform ErisX, which is backed by TD Ameritrade Holding Corp, is the first regulated futures trading platform to launch Ether futures contracts in the US US users and investors can now take to the regulated crypto derivatives exchange, ErisX, to trade Ether futures contracts.
2020-5-13 18:42 | |
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Just as Bitcoin's valuation re-instilled the faith of investors, the derivatives market took a sniff of the same market optimism as well. After a devastating drop in Open Interest collectively acroThe post Bitcoin Futures benefactors of 'contango,' but signs were evident in Q1 2020 appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-5-9 19:00 | |
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Casual investors are hearing about bitcoin more often while professionals are taking advantage of a growing derivatives market.
2020-5-9 23:18 | |
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Bitfinex says the perpetual swap provides investors with a less volatile form of exposure compared to a plain-vanilla bitcoin futures contract.
2020-5-9 16:00 | |
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Bitcoin's derivatives market is currently enjoying a very fruitful period. After Bitcoin's price breached the $7000-mark on 6 April, the impact of the movement directly flooded into the Futures andThe post After Bitcoin Futures, BTC Options suggest return of retail investors appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-4-9 20:30 | |
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Institutional investors have rushed to safe havens amid the Mar. 12 crash, but crypto derivatives volumes in retail-oriented platforms remain strong. In the latest, data reveals that OKEx has taken the...The post OKEx Takes Lead Among the Top Crypto Derivative Exchanges appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-4-8 07:27 | |
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Bitcoin's derivatives market was hugely successful in 2019. The Futures and Options market enjoyed a fruitful period during the year after Bitcoin hit a year-high of $13,880. Fast-forward to March The post Bitcoin's accredited investors continue to stay put amidst crisis appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-26 11:00 | |
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Bakkt, Intercontinental Exchange’s Bitcoin derivatives trading platform, has closed a $300 million Series B financing round. Investors that participated in the round include the Intercontinental Exchange, Microsoft’s M12, PayU, and...The post Bakkt Raises $300M From Microsoft, Pantera Amid Market Crash appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-3-17 23:06 | |
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Bitcoin lost nearly half of its value this week. However, in addition to retail investors, the flow of institutional capital has also been tremendous and this was evident when Bitcoin's derivatives chThe post Bitcoin Futures: OKEx's 24-hour volume surge eclipses BitMEX appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-15 23:30 | |
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Quedex's new bitcoin derivatives contracts, which expire in December 2021, saw more than $5 million in volume last weekend.
2020-3-13 13:15 | |
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Hong Kong-based crypto derivatives exchange FTX, which became the fifth-largest exchange by adjusted volume on the back of presidential betting tokens and leveraged coins, has begun selling equity to investors.
2020-2-26 09:10 | |
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It's generally well understood that institutional investors are averse to direct exposure towards Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, which is why derivatives markets like on Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CMThe post Blockchain-based firms' publicly-listed stocks might not be valued correctly appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-2-26 00:30 | |
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The CME Group’s Bitcoin Futures market has closed at $10,475 before the weekend, indicating that even institutional investors are bullish. The CME Group is the owner of some of the largest derivatives markets in the world, from options trading to futures.
2020-2-16 00:18 | |
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Over the past year, Bitcoin's derivatives market has become crucial to the crypto-industry, with the same contributing to an increasing surge in institutional and retail involvement lately. BitcoinThe post Bitcoin's retail interest may have overtaken institutional investors appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-2-16 19:30 | |
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eToro isn't too worried about a potential U.K. ban on crypto derivatives, its U.K. managing director told CoinDesk.
2020-2-13 18:30 | |
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Institutional investors are more bullish on Bitcoin than before. Since the derivatives market began to muster significance in 2018, its growth has been essential for the industry. The Futures contrThe post Bitcoin Futures premium double; institutions poised for upheaval appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-2-9 18:00 | |
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The cryptocurrencies derivatives marketplace is expanding. While BTC options have seen increasing popularity among the institutional investors, this space is largely dominated by unregulated players aThe post Bitcoin: Deribit dwarfs CME, Bakkt options trading volume appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-2-2 22:00 | |
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The Chicago-based crypto derivatives platform, ErisX has partnered with Etale’s institutional trading platform. This partnership aims to enhance the trading experience for institutional investors.
2020-1-24 19:47 | |
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CME Group successfully launched Bitcoin options trading on its derivatives exchange this week. Investors, Bitcoin companies, and miners can now hedge or speculate on the price of BTC using regulated Bitcoin options.
2020-1-16 14:07 | |
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Regulated derivatives exchange CME Group launched its bitcoin option on Monday with a bang and beats Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt in the process. As per the CME Group website, it traded 55 contracts worth about 275 BTC (1 BTC contract equals 5 BTC) or $2.
2020-1-15 21:00 | |
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For the first time, investors can trade gold-backed futures contracts on a leading crypto derivatives exchange. In addition to its spot market trading, PAX Gold is now available as perpetual and quarterly futures contracts on FTX.
2020-1-14 18:00 | |
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Building from the ground-up. One of the main developments of 2019 which brought in investors and dollars was the rise of institutional investors. Derivatives saw much fervour created around them, wThe post Chainalysis' Gradwell: Institutions will soon get comfortable with compliance appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-2 23:30 | |
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Over the past two years, BitMEX, a prominent Bitcoin derivatives platform, has gained much traction within the cryptocurrency trading community; in 2017, most BTC traders kept to trading on spot exchanges, meaning without leverage, though the tides have changed in the past two years as investors seek more profits.
2019-12-30 23:15 | |
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Bitcoin and crypto derivatives behemoth BitMEX is being sued for $300 million for providing false equity information to a couple of early investors. According to recent reports, BitMEX is in hot soup, and so is the exchange’s founder, Arthur Hayes.
2019-12-12 11:00 | |
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Paul and Juthica Chou were responsible for the founding of LedgerX, and have been the CEO and COO, respectively, as well as husband and wife. The platform provides US-based retail and institutional investors with Bitcoin derivatives products.
2019-12-10 16:20 | |
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Tether’s market capitalisation slid 1. 5% over the last seven days as broader MiCA regulations across crypto asset service providers in the Eurozone kicked in on Dec 30. These regulations include some stringent rules for global stablecoin providers as some European exchanges have begun to delist USDT.
The UAE updated its tax laws to exempt crypto transactions from value-added tax. The change will take effect on November 15 but retroactively apply to transactions from January 1, 2018. The UAE government amended its regulations around value-added tax laws to exclude digital assets and transactions involving them.
The UAE Central Bank approved a framework for stablecoin regulation which allows only dirham-backed stablecoins to be used for payments. Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Ethereum will be restricted to trading, investment, and corporate treasury purposes while foreign stablecoins will only be permitted for purchasing specific virtual assets like NFTs.
Starting Monday, July 8th, Kucoin will charge a 7. 5% tax on all transactions made by users registered in Nigeria. This decision comes from a regulatory update from the Nigerian SEC. Kucoin exchange took to Twitter (X) to announce that starting Monday, July 8th, Nigerian users will be charged a 7.
The IRS has set up a tax reporting framework for cryptocurrency brokers, which will be implemented in 2025. The framework does not include decentralised finance and non-hosted wallets, although rules for those will come later in the year.
The upcoming changes to Belgian gambling laws include bans on certain devices, gifts, bonuses, and free games. The age limit for punters will also be raised from 18 to 21 years. Many Belgian gamblers are shifting to online crypto casinos to circumvent the new changes.
The New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the lawsuit against Gemini, Genesis and DCG on Thursday. It’s alleged the crypto firms lied to investors and concealed losses of over $1 billion.