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For all the talk about liquidity, bitcoin and other crypto-assets are thinly traded. Investors that buy and sell large volumes can’t do so directly, without slippage, or a change in the price between order and execution. They turn to
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CoinGecko announced that it is launching its own cryptocurrency derivatives section.In a press release shared with CryptoX on Oct. 29, the data aggregator said that its new derivatives section will offer additional stats so users can track more than 100 derivatives products offered by over 20 derivatives exchanges.CoinGecko’s offering
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By now it is well established that market speculators dominate the cryptocurrency sphere. Hedging and actual purchase/sales volume are a tiny blip relative to the massive allocation of capital under the theme of speculation. This isn’t necessarily bad, as it means people understand the primary utility of Bitcoin is that
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In the report “Exchange Review for September 2019” recently released by CryptoCompare, a cryptocurrency market data provider, the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has earned the distinction of being the top cryptocurrency exchange in terms of derivatives monthly volume.The exchange known for its spot and derivatives trading while supporting hundreds of
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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced the latest updates and optimizations to its mobile app.New version features support for derivatives trading On Oct. 11, cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex presented the newest version of the Bitfinex mobile app, which includes derivatives trading support as well as in-app access to Bitfinex Reports 2.0.Version
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B2C2, a leading cryptocurrency over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity provider to financial institutions, has announced the launch of its gold derivatives product which it says is priced and settled in bitcoin. The firm claims the first-of-its-kind product will enable institutional investors to synthetically trade gold on its Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), a global trade association of publicly-regulated exchanges, has appealed to the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to not restrict cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors.The WFE made a statement on Oct. 7 in response to the British financial regulator’s consultation paper on a
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The Los Angeles-based Wave Financial has announced the launch of a bitcoin derivatives-based yield fund and Fidelity will provide custody for the fund’s BTC reserves. Wave Financial’s crypto fund commencement
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Roger Ver is trying to fuel the interest of institutional investors in Bitcoin Cash. According to news published from Bloomberg, September 12, the crypto-mogul Ver is thinking of launching futures contracts. BCH for Institutions Former CEO and current Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver focuses his efforts on initially promoting the first
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In recent news, Seed SX’s subsidiary Zero Hash announced that it will support derivatives transactions, thus opening the gates for institutions to clear derivatives on its platform.Seed CX is a cryptocurrency derivatives platform. Now with the help of its subsidiary Zero Hash, the company plans to offer bilateral crypto derivatives
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