Deribit Options Market Sees Record High Volume as Bitcoin Upside Demand Grows

The structure of the entire cryptocurrency market has been shifting throughout 2020, with traders placing an increased emphasis on options contracts to capitalize on the volatility seen by Bitcoin and other digital assets. дальше »

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Bakkt Futures Volume Hits $122 million, as Bitcoin Reached New 11-Month High

Volumes on bitcoin futures offered by Bakkt set a record high on July 27, with 11,500 contracts traded on the institutional exchange. Altogether, the contracts are worth about $126 million, at the time of writing. дальше »

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Expectations for Even Further Bitcoin Gains Keep Lid on Futures Contracts Liquidations

Only $133 million in futures were liquidated on BitMEX as bitcoin soared above $11,400. дальше »

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Why Bitcoin Suddenly Spiked to $10,200, Instantly Liquidating $75M

The price of Bitcoin abruptly surged to $10,200, as it liquidated $75 million worth of short contracts.

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Chainlink’s (LINK) latest partnership changes how digital contracts are verified

Chainlink does not seem like it’s stopping with its partnerships and adoptions anytime soon. The post Chainlink’s (LINK) latest partnership changes how digital contracts are verified appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Could Compound’s Governance Token COMP Be Deemed a Security?

Examining COMP’s ability to pass the Howey test for being qualified as investment contracts and to be considered a security.

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?When blockchain wins, we all win?: Interview with Block.one?s Bart Wyatt on Telos, EOSIO and Ethereum

U.Today discussed Telos? new Ethereum-compatible smart contracts with the Solutions Architect Director for Block.one дальше »

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Bancor Invites Bounty Hunters to Peek Into Its Code Ahead of V2 Launch

Bancor V2 is getting ready for release as it publishes both the code of its smart contracts and a bug bounty for researchers to report vulnerabilities. дальше »

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Top Spanish Banks Finalize Trial of Payments Using Smart Contracts

Five major Spanish banking institutions have completed a proof-of-concept for payments using smart contracts.

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Chainlink (LINK) Eyes Lucrative Vietnamese eSports Industry With KardiaChain Partnership

With a special goal of promoting blockchain interoperability and true utility, KardiaChain has announced its integration of Chainlink decentralized oracles as per a blog post on July 16, 2020. Oracles enable smart contracts to obtain external triggers. дальше »

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Huobi Becomes The Latest Exchange to Enter Bitcoin Options Market With a Q3 Launch Date

The bitcoin derivatives market has seen some astonishing demand this year with the trading volumes soaring all-time highs. The derivative market that primarily dominated by futures contracts; however, there has been a recent surge in demand for options as well, which has forced significant players in the field to take notice and launch a product […] дальше »

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SEC, CFTC Penalize Abra Crypto Wallet $300K for Selling Unregistered Stock Swaps

The SEC and CFTC have charged Abra with facilitating unregistered stock swaps on their crypto wallet app. Abra Offered Securities Contracts Abra is a multi-coin wallet that allows users to... дальше »

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20,000 Helbizcoin Investors Accuse Company of Trying to Destroy Evidence, Seek Court Injunction

A group representing about 20,000 investors in Helbiz Inc has filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the company. Investors want a motion granted to stop the company from destroying smart contracts that supports Helbiz Inc. дальше »

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Bitcoin Script and Onchain Contracts: Two High-Level Programming Languages for Bitcoin Cash

Last May, the software developer and creator of revoke. cash, Rosco Kalis, released Cashscript version 0. 4 that included a number of optimizations. Cashscript’s new website highlights the high-level language that “offers a strong abstraction layer over Bitcoin Cash’ native virtual machine, Bitcoin Script. дальше »

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Bityard Exchange Review 2020 – Is This a Legit Crypto Contracts Trading Platform?

One of the major complaints newcomers into the crypto space have is the complexity of the whole bitcoin world. From unintuitive and user-unfriendly trading platforms and wallets, to completely new terminology and philosophy, bitcoin is a lot to digest for a newbie trader and investor. дальше »

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Brave (BAT) Collaborates with NYIAX to Bridge the Gap Between Advertisers and Consumers

Brave Software–the developers of the privacy-focused Brave browser, and NYIAX—the New York-based platform that describes itself as the first futures trading marketplace for digital advertising contracts, are partnering as per an update on July 9, 2020. дальше »

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Bitcoin Volatility Makes Comeback as Gold Rallies

Coinspeaker Bitcoin Volatility Makes Comeback as Gold RalliesBexplus provides BTC, ETH, LTC, EOS and XRP perpetual contracts for futures trading as well as 100x leverage. With its intuitive interface and demo account, beginners can learn to trade and improve their skills. дальше »

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Smart Contracts ‘Have Limited Potential’ Without IoT Sensors

Smart contracts in the trade sector will need to rely on IoT sensors to live up to their full potential new research suggests.

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Bitcoin's perpetual contracts performance overshadowed by altcoins

With an unexpected pandemic crippling financial markets across the world, people all over have been trying to secure themselves financially. However, a volatile market is no one's first choice. While The post Bitcoin's perpetual contracts performance overshadowed by altcoins appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Smarter contracts: Unraveling the upcoming Goguen era of Cardano (ADA)

During Cardano’s (ADA) 2020 summit, more details about Goguen, the blockchain’s smart contract era, were revealed. The post Smarter contracts: Unraveling the upcoming Goguen era of Cardano (ADA) appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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The CME is Losing Its Bitcoin Options Market Dominance

The options market is becoming a prominent part of Bitcoin’s ecosystem, with the total open interest seen across all platforms rocketing higher in recent times. Late last month, the benchmark digital asset saw its largest options expiry ever, with nearly $1 billion worth of monthly and quarterly contracts expiring on a single day. At the […] дальше »

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Indian IT Giant Tech Mahindra Launches Blockchain Platform to Protect Content Creators from Piracy

Tech Mahindra, an Indian multinational company providing information technology services and business process outsourcing to companies, has launched a distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution called the Blockchain Based Contracts and Rights Management System (bCRMS). дальше »

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Ethereum Developer Tool Surpasses 3.5 Million Downloads

A smart contracts development tool used by ethereum coders has reached more than 3.5 million total downloads, most of it in the past two years. Truffle, which is as easy... дальше »

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FORSAGE Members Made Over US $48M Already

Decentralized marketing – a revolutionary technology based on smart contracts that guarantee reliability and transparency.

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Huobi Global to Run Chainlink (LINK) Node After Partnership

The pricing data of Singapore-based Huobi Global will be availed to smart contracts through Chainlink’s decentralized oracles, a blog post published on July 3, 2020, has revealed. The partnership will also see Huobi wallets run live Chainlink nodes further fortifying the oracle’s network. дальше »

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Bitcoin derivatives are playing catch-up

The Bitcoin derivatives market was supposed to have its day in the sun last Friday, on the 26 of June 2020. Even with over 115,000 Bitcoin Options contracts expiring, the price has not budged. The larThe post Bitcoin derivatives are playing catch-up appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Charles Hoskinson Opens Shelley Summit With Big Plans for Cardano

Q2 2020 has been very positive for ADA, Cardano’s cryptocurrency. The token is up 16.3% on the year and has even outpaced the king of smart contracts, Ethereum. This bullishness comes... дальше »

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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Faces Existential Risk in “Flood and Loot” Attack

Two cryptocurrency enthusiasts from the Hebrew University in Israel tested a known attack vector involving Hash Time-Locked Contracts on the Lightning Network. They concluded that attackers could use these vulnerabilities... дальше »

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Huobi добавит оракулы Chainlink в биржевое приложение и кошелек

Криптовалютная биржа Huobi заявила о сотрудничестве с разработчиком децентрализованных оракулов Chainlink. One of the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges @HuobiGlobal is making its exchange data available to smart contracts through the #Chainlink Network. дальше »

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Mutual Insurance Takes off As Bitcoin Futures Market Matures

The crypto futures market is heating up. On June 30, Binance launched Compound perpetual contracts at 50x leverage, around the same time Beijing-based MCDEX debuted a novel decentralized ETH perpetual contract that has no expiry date. дальше »

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Chainlink (LINK) oracles to power NFT-based blockchain games on Polyient

Chainlink’s technological capabilities are in-demand this year, with its blockchain seeing increased adoption this year courtesy its scalable smart contracts, oracles, and verifiable randomness function (VRF) features. дальше »

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Andreas Antonopoulos: Use DeFi Contracts for BTC Passive Income

HODLing Bitcoin may pay off eventually, but it means one’s money isn’t working for them now, says Andreas Antonopoulos.

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Bitcoin faces 'shift' as Options market confronts downturn

Bitcoin Options contracts worth over $1.7 billion expired on 26 June. Deribit BTC Options held close to $1.3 billion of the total contracts, but with Bitcoin's volatility preceding the expiry date, usThe post Bitcoin faces 'shift' as Options market confronts downturn appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Data: Cardano (ADA), up 150%, is the hottest smart contract coin of 2020

In 2017 and 2018, smart contracts were seen as the next big thing in crypto. The post Data: Cardano (ADA), up 150%, is the hottest smart contract coin of 2020 appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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$1bn in Bitcoin options contracts expire today

June 26 marks the expiration of that largest batch of Bitcoin options, and the...

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Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup

Cryptocurrency markets and bitcoin price stability might be coming to an end soon, as a number of skeptics and speculators expect a big move after today’s options derivatives contracts expire. дальше »

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CertiK partner with Hdac to integrate the Internet of Things with blockchain

Blockchain offers the benefits of smart contracts and enables greater scalability for the exponentially... The post CertiK partner with Hdac to integrate the Internet of Things with blockchain appeared first on Coin Journal. дальше »

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Subject to 'Intra-Day Volatility', Says Crypto Analyst Michael van de Poppe

While the majority of traders are waiting for the Bitcoin (BTC) price to move after the massive expiration of contracts, a top trader says it may be overestimated дальше »

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How Bitcoin Would React to Massive $1B Options Expiry Today

Bitcoin options contracts with a notational value worth $1 billion will expire on Friday across several derivatives exchanges. Observers anticipate the record expiration to wake Bitcoin’s volatility out of its three-months long slumber. дальше »

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First Mover: What’s Going On With Bitcoin Derivatives?

Surging open interest on bitcoin futures and options contracts might well be a sign that a breakout could be imminent. дальше »

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Deribit Has 63% Dominance Over the Bitcoin Options Market

Deribit has emerged as the most dominant Bitcoin derivatives exchange ahead of a massive expiry of options contracts on Friday. The Panama-based firm now covers nearly 63 percent of the total open interest (OI) in the cryptocurrency market. дальше »

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Analyst Who Predicted Bitcoin Would Hit $3,000s in 2020 Expects a 15% Drop

After holding in the low-$9,000s, Bitcoin finally saw a breakout recently. The cryptocurrency liquidated $15 million worth of BitMEX short contracts as it shot as high as $9,800 during Monday’s trading session. дальше »

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Bancor’s Bug Exposes Dangerously Common Practice in Ethereum DeFi

Many DeFi smart contracts can withdraw unlimited amounts of money from user wallets, potentially spelling disaster.

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IOST Blockchain-Based Voting App to Be Used by Japanese Political Party

In a bid to leverage the benefits of blockchain technology for voting purposes, Japanese political party SANSEITO has implemented GUILD VOTING, a digital voting application that utilizes IOST’s smart contracts to bring reliability, and transparency to the voting process. дальше »

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60% of Bitcoin Options Open Interest Expires in 6 Days; Will Fireworks Ensue?

The crypto market has continued extending its long-held consolidation phase, with this sideways trading largely coming about as a result of Bitcoin’s lack of momentum Analysts are now noting that it may persist further in the near-term, as there are no immediate catalysts for momentum One factor that could lend itself towards shifting this trend is the expiry of 60% of all Bitcoin options next week Close to $1 billion in contracts are expiring on […] дальше »

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Bityard Cryptocurrency Exchange Makes Trading Complex Contracts Simple

Bityard is a digital assets trading platform focused on offering fast, easy and safe contracts trading. The Singapore-headquartered exchange is regulated and licensed in multiple leading markets around the world. дальше »

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Crypto Derivatives Platform, Delta Exchange, Rolls Out BNB and LINK Options Trading

Singapore-based crypto derivatives platform Delta Exchange has now launched trading options for the Binance coin (BNB) and LINK, a brainchild of enterprise oracle solutions Chainlink. The June 19th announcement highlighted that the BNB and LINK would be corresponding to contracts they have with Tezos (XTZ), Atomic Coin (ATOM), XRP, and Litecoin (LTC). According to the […] дальше »

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Delta Exchange Launches Crypto Interest Rate Swaps

Traders may now be able to hedge the risks they face from interest rate payment fluctuations in perpetual contracts. дальше »

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Telos is the first EOSIO blockchain to implement Ethereum Virtual Machine

Telos, a blockchain network based on the EOSIO software ecosystem, today announced the launch of Telos EVM, the first deployment of an Ethereum Virtual Machine on an EOSIO blockchain. With the launch of Telos EVM now in testnet, developers can now use Solidity to run smart contracts on a platform that is more than 700 […] CryptoNinjas: Telos is the first EOSIO blockchain to implement Ethereum Virtual Machine дальше »

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Ethereum Miners Accumulate Over 15,000 ETH; Will Price Follow?

Speculation has been mounting around the upcoming protocol upgrade that Ethereum will go through. However, the price of the smart contracts giant seems to have leveled off as it continues consolidation within a $25 trading range for over the past few weeks. дальше »

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