Customized Crypto Options Seeing Record Demand From Funds, Miners, Says GSR
The Hong Kong-based firm is seeing soaring interest in its customizable options contracts amid high price volatility.
The Hong Kong-based firm is seeing soaring interest in its customizable options contracts amid high price volatility.
Bitcoin shot past $6,800 on Friday, helping the cryptocurrency erase a significant portion of its recent losses.
Prices in the crypto market are seeing such a steep upward trend that arbitrage traders are able to trade between exchanges to easily capture profit.
The new liquidation mechanism would pull the plug on futures trading should prices become too volatile.
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Bitcoin is gaining amid a selloff in most fiat currencies and could rise further if the U.S. stock markets track European equities higher.
Demand for bitcoin options on regulated U.S. derivatives exchanges has dried up even as price volatility reaches record highs.
As the global equities markets continue their free fall, stablecoins seem to be weathering the storm.
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Bitcoin remains at the mercy of the equity markets, which are struggling to gather upside traction despite the Federal Reserve's massive stimulus package.
Cryptocurrency markets stabilized somewhat as traditional financial markets found some footing Tuesday.
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The Fed's cutting of interest rates to zero has done little to calm the markets.
Effectively, this is “QE4,” the fourth major round of quantitative easing by the American central bank since the global financial crisis a little more than a decade ago.
Bitcoin has recovered slightly from Thursday’s brutal selloff as global financial markets creep back into the green.
Data on the flow of funds into exchanges suggests big investors were preparing to dump bitcoin on the market five days before Thursday’s price rout.
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The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange has started grouping multiple bitcoin transactions together to benefit both users and the blockchain.
Bitcoin has erased a dip to $3,867 seen early on Friday, alongside positive action in global equities.
Quedex's new bitcoin derivatives contracts, which expire in December 2021, saw more than $5 million in volume last weekend.
Bitcoin fell below $5,000, but some investors maintain hopes for their long-term prospects.
The pumping of trillions of dollars of fresh liquidity into the financial system recalled the central bank’s unprecedented efforts during the last crisis.
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