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Most traders fail to understand how Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives exchanges handle their risk. There is a consensus that the winners get paid by the losing parties, but it is not as simple as it seems.Insurance funds were initially designed to protect clients positions during excessive volatile periods. Nonetheless, some exchanges
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Bitcoin has found itself stuck in the $9,000s for weeks on end. Save for a few flashes of volatility, the cryptocurrency has traded within 10% of $9,000 for nearly two months now.Historical odds say that BTC has an extremely high chance of breaking out of this consolidation, but market data
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Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $9,000 on June 15 as a new week produced fresh selling pressure across macro assets.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360Bitcoin price tests $9,000 resilienceData from Cryptox Markets and CoinMarketCap showed BTC/USD entering the $8,000 range in Monday trading — for the first time since May 28.The
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Quick take:Yesterday, Binance launched the BTCUSD Quarterly Futures Contract with a leverage of up to 125x.To promote the derivatives product, the exchange will offer users 30 days of maker fee rebates and taker fees as low as 0.020%.Within 24 hours of the launch, the product has traded over $100 million
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Bitcoin has has long been feted as a new form of money, a two-finger salute to the establishment, even as a digital equivalent to gold, but it’s not often prized for its stability. That could change with the introduction of a new futures contract. Crypto exchange BTSE has taken the unorthodox
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Data from the crypto analytical firm Skew.com shows that bitcoin options are maturing much faster than the futures markets launched in December 2017. Skew’s data shows that the open interest in bitcoin options has risen significantly in the last few months. Bitcoin options “are starting to play catch up
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[sociallocker id="55298"] According to the recent data from Skew, Bitcoin options trading is becoming more popular in the market than futures or swaps.As the cryptocurrencies’ popularity grows in the trading industry, Bitcoin options trading is attracting a significant number of investors and other market participants. Despite not being in the
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[sociallocker id="55298"] Trading Bitcoin (BTC) futures might seem easy on the surface but there are a number of fees that investors seeking big returns from high leverage trades ignore. In addition to trading fees, investors should also be aware of the variable funding rate that many exchanges levy and even maker
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Dow Jones futures rose by as much as 64 points Thursday night before paring gains. The Dow closed higher in New York, capping off its longest winning streak in five weeks. The Labor Department will release the May nonfarm payrolls report Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Eight million job losses are expected. Futures
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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures fell 136 points overnight after back-to-back gains. Wall Street analyst who nailed the March bottom sees another 9% upside in the stock market as momentum continues. Traders await a fresh round of jobless claims data, expected to come in at 1.8 million this week. The stock market
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