Bitcoin’s Implied Volatility Falls Sharply Ahead of Jerome Powell Speech
Bitcoin’s options market foresees little price turbulence in the short-term, even as markets await a key speech from the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Bitcoin’s options market foresees little price turbulence in the short-term, even as markets await a key speech from the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to announce new measures to control inflation at his annual speech on the U.S. central bank's policy approach during the Jackson Hole symposium Thursday.
The New York Stock Exchange may now allow some companies to raise capital via direct listings rather than IPOs.
Update: Deribit had faced missing today's expiry, but has now announced trading is once more live.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech Thursday at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium highlights how much has changed over the past year.
Bitcoin price is trending up while crypto keeps flooding into DeFi.
The company gains 3,304 ASIC miners through the merger.
Binance's new "DeFi Index Futures" show the push by centralized crypto exchanges to cash in on this year's frenzy in so-called decentralized finance.
Bitcoin’s latest price drop may have a silver lining.
The deal is a strategic play for FTX, whose clientele consists largely of quants and professional traders, to attract more retail customers.
Bitcoin’s price plunged Tuesday while DeFi is giving Ethereum miners more fee revenue, causing difficulty to hit a 2020 record.
PAX Gold, a gold-backed digital asset created by Paxos, will soon launch for trading on Binance.
The success of DeFi on the Ethereum blockchain has brought traders more than just congestion and high transaction fees: Volatility in ether prices.
The Federal Reserve chief is expected to bolster expectations of inflation in a keynote address Thursday. That may be bad for the U.S. dollar but good for bitcoin.
DeFi credit market Aave has pulled ahead of stablecoin mint MakerDAO for the title of most collateral staked on Ethereum, according to DeFiPulse.
Bitstamp is shifting client accounts from London to Luxembourg, possibly due to the impact of Brexit.
Many bitcoin stakeholders expect a weak market this week to cap August while DeFi continues to stretch Ethereum’s network.
The "Bitcoin Rich List" reached a new high, possibly because of more interest from institutional and high-net-worth investors.
DeFi needs to self-regulate or, as happened with ICOs, regulators will punish irrational exuberance in the crypto markets.
FTX said customers are demanding access to DeFi products.
Investors are pricing more volatility in ether compared to bitcoin. It's yet another consequence of this year's boom in decentralized finance, or DeFi.
The company expects 1,000 more S19 machines by December.
Venture capital is no longer just for the rich, as crypto markets let traders bet on early-stage digital-asset startups, risks included.
The funds likely boosted short positions to take advantage of attractive "cash and carry" yields.
The relationship between economic crisis and crypto exchange activity in Turkey appears to have changed, with bitcoin coming out on the winning end.
Bitcoin’s price is trending down while ether options traders expect bearish moves to come.
The day trader now owns zero bitcoins after one week of trading.
The network’s hashrate has fallen 74% since January.
For clues to the future of decentralized finance, it's useful to look at waves of financial innovation past.
Markets excited by the prospect of declining ETH fees may have caused a surge in 0x, an Ethereum-based DEX that will benefit from decongestion.
