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According to the latest data from market analysis company Skew, total open interest in Bitcoin (BTC) options passed $1.5 billion on June 9. This comes barely a month after open interest crossed $1 billion for the first time, marking a 50% increase in just 33 days.50% rise in a month
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Ethereum has seen some tempered gains overnight, recapturing its position within the $240 region as it shows some signs of technical strength.Today’s climb has largely been the result of that seen by Bitcoin, as ETH has been closely tracking the benchmark cryptocurrency’s price action over the past week.This has caused
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[sociallocker id="55298"] Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives interest is putting in “fast” growth this quarter — and CME Group is leading the way for options, new data shows.According to monitoring resource Skew, the past weeks have seen CME dramatically increase its share of open interest for Bitcoin options. CME market dominance on the
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[sociallocker id="55298"] For the first time since October 2019, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell admitted to leveraging quantitative easing (QE) tactics. Powell explained on Friday, the central bank is now comfortable with leveraging QE on a regular basis. Furthermore, the Fed is planning on utilizing negative interest rates in
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Bitcoin (BTC) interest is hitting levels that last appeared during its March crash recovery as hype over the halving finally fades.According to the latest data from Google Trends, as of May 30, search interest was back to the same position as in mid-April. At the time, BTC/USD jumped from $6,800
Read MoreFloating Point Group, or FPG, a startup delivering institutional crypto traders automation technologies, garnered $2 million of capital from several entities."It's becoming clear that sophisticated quantitative traders and platform developers are viewing the cryptocurrency markets as an exciting new opportunity," FPG CEO John Peurifoy explained in a May 28 statement. The funding
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LG Electronics has joined the governing council of Hedera Hashgraph, the enterprise-grade public distributed ledger platform. LG serves as the council’s fourteenth member, sitting alongside Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, Google, IBM, Tata Communications, and other leading organizations.Hedera Hashgraph CEO Mance Harmon told Cryptox that LG is the first home appliance manufacturer
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As interest in cryptocurrency grows among institutional investors, global investment banks, like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are reexamining their views about bitcoin. Goldman Sachs is hosting a call for its clients to learn about the implications of current policies for bitcoin, gold, and inflation.Goldman Sachs’ Bitcoin Call for
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Bitcoin price fell by 9.8% last week, registering its most significant weekly decline since mid-March. The currency hit a two-week low of $8,630 early Monday, with prices last seen at $8,730—which is down more than 11% from a post-halving high of $9,960 on May 18. The recent price drop is, in
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Since the market rout on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ bitcoin futures and options contracts have seen significant demand. On May 14, CME Group saw the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts (open interest) touch a high of $142 million. Four days later, CME broke records again.
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