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Major cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has halted withdrawals after suffering a $28 million hot wallet hack.Deribit exchange got its hot wallet compromised before midnight UTC on Nov. 1, the firm reported on Twitter.The exchange emphasized that client funds are safe as losses are covered by Deribit’s reserves, stating:“Client assets, Fireblocks
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Cryptocurrency options and futures exchange Deribit has been hacked, with $28 million being drained from its hot wallet. Original Source
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According to data from Glassnode, via Colin Wu, the open interest of Deribit ether options with a notional value of $5.6 billion exceeded the open interest of BTC options (about $4.3 billion) for the first time in history. Open interest is the total number of outstanding derivative contracts that have
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Court documents that describe the insolvency of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, also known as 3AC, may be overestimating the value of the firm’s remaining assets — specifically, its exposure to crypto options exchange Deribit. In a 1,100-page affidavit composed by liquidator Russell Crumpler and filed in a British Virgin
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"Genesis is aware that Three Arrows directly or indirectly owns the Deribit shares and the StarkWare shares, which could be sold to pay part of an eventual award against Three Arrows, but in light of Three Arrows' conduct it is likely that Three Arrows will seek to dissipate such shares
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Two days ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on the crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) after reports claimed that the company was allegedly struggling with financial hardship and possible insolvency. Now the crypto firm Finblox is feeling the effects of 3AC’s troubles, and a few digital currency companies have liquidated
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Summary: The team at Deribit has confirmed that Three Arrows Capital is a shareholder at the exchange. Deribit also hinted that its accounts possibly linked to Three Arrows Capital are in debt. However, the team at Deribit quelled fears of insolvency by stating that the exchange will remain financially healthy if the above-stated
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Data from website traffic metric provider Similarweb shows that Deribit and OKX continue to attract significant traffic sources from China despite a blanket ban on crypto transactions and foreign exchanges last year.China has banned the use of cryptocurrencies more than a dozen times in the last decade. However, the one
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A futures spread trade is an arbitrage technique where a trader takes two positions on a commodity to capitalize on a discrepancy in price. So a trader buys one futures contract and sells another with a different expiry date. Instead of trading the price of the underlying asset – in
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