Over $1.17B of Bitcoin Longs Liquidated as Price Slumps Below $30K; What’s Next?

Bitcoin derivatives traders who opened bullish positions as the cryptocurrency reached its record high, near $34,500, are now staring at massive losses.

Bitcoin Derivatives Action Swells: A Few June Futures Trade for $30K, Deribit Adds $140K Options Strike

Bitcoin derivatives markets have been seeing significant demand in recent months at the same time bitcoin spot markets climbed to all-time price highs and surged 149% during the last three months.

Think Bitcoin will hit $100K? These traders will take that bet

Bitcoin derivatives trading is on the rise; one platform is letting traders bet on a $100,000 BTC moonshot by Sept 2021.

Bitcoin Derivatives Firm ErisX Adds Cash-Settled Contracts After Physically-Settled Futures Fall Flat

Cryptocurrency derivatives platform ErisX launched cash-settled bounded futures on Tuesday.

CME Group Outpaces Competition Becoming the World’s Largest Bitcoin Futures Market

Financial derivatives products for bitcoin have grown massively during the last few months.

CME overtakes OKEx as largest Bitcoin futures market

Bitcoin derivatives trading is on the rise as institutional investors flood the market.

Bitcoin Derivatives See Record Highs, Year-End BTC Options Show 29% Chance Price Crosses $20K

As the crypto economy sets its sights on half of a trillion in USD value, digital currency derivatives markets are swelling significantly.

BTC Options Open Interest Surges, Traders Look to an Unfilled Bitcoin Futures Gap at $18K

Bitcoin prices have been volatile during the last few weeks, but have managed to climb higher in value at the same time.

Spot Markets, Not Leverage, Fuel Bitcoin’s Price Rally Amid Mild Derivative Liquidations

Derivatives' role in bitcoin's rally is "muted" this time, said one trader.

Genesis Doubles Crypto Loan Issuance for the Third Quarter to $5.2 Billion

Crypto lender Genesis provided $5.2 billion in new loans in the third quarter of 2020, more than double its previous record of $2.2 billion in the preceding quarter.

Pro traders added to shorts as Bitcoin price broke $12K — Data shows

Bitcoin derivatives favor bulls but data shows top traders added to their short positions as BTC rallied above $12K. As Bitcoin (BTC) breaks the $12,000 resistance, derivatives markets are flirting with overly excessive bullish sentiment.

You Can Now Trade “Turbo” Bitcoin Derivatives

Delta Exchange has unveiled a new “exotic” Bitcoin derivative product—offering up to 200x leverage.

Analyzing the full extent of Bitcoin derivatives ban

The current regulatory concerns around Bitcoin must be paid close attention to, especially for the individuals in the countries that have unclear regulations. Recently, the Financial Conduct Author The post Analyzing the full extent of Bitcoin derivatives ban appeared first on AMBCrypto.

BitMEX CTO Samuel Reed Released On A $5 Million Appearence Bond

Samuel Reed, the CTO of the popular Bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX, has been released on a $5 million appearance bond.

Bitmex CEO Hayes Steps Down Following US Criminal Charges

Arthur Hayes, chief executive officer of bitcoin derivatives exchange Bitmex, is stepping down from his position a week after US prosecutors filed criminal charges against him.

BitMEX CEO Steps Down After CFTC, DoJ Accusations

The changes follow a string of recent charges levelled at the BitMEX Bitcoin derivatives exchange.

Key Bitcoin price metric at 10 week low after traders close long positions

Bitcoin derivatives data show pro traders increased their short positions in the past three weeks. October has barely started and the price action in the crypto markets has been both exciting and worrisome.

US-Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Market Bitnomial Raises $11.6M

The disclosure comes shortly after US regulators' crackdown on retail competitor BitMEX.

Bitcoin’s Black Swan: What Happens If The CFTC Targets Tether Next?

The unthinkable just happened: Bitcoin derivatives trading platform BitMEX is being targeted by the CFTC for a variety of charges, and the company’s CTO has already been arrested related to the case.

Open Interest on Bitmex Drops 16%: Investors Withdraw 37,000 BTC in Less Than 24 Hours

Data from Arcane Research shows that open interest on Bitmex’s bitcoin derivatives market touched a new low of 45,122 BTC on October 1.

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Heads Lower on BitMEX News. Will $10K Hold?

Bitcoin’s price continues to tumble in response to yesterday’s breaking news that the United States Commodity and Futures Commission (CTFC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have both decided to take legal action against leading Bitcoin derivatives exchange, BitMEX.

BitMEX’s Receding Market Share Might Have Spared Bitcoiners Bigger Sell-Off

When BitMEX announced so-called "perpetual bitcoin leveraged swap" four years ago, few traders could have anticipated the major impact it would have on the digital-asset trading landscape.

Bakkt Bitcoin futures smashes daily volume record by 36%

Despite the milestone, Bakkt’s future volumes pale in comparison to those of top crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi. Bakkt, a regulated platform for crypto asset custody and trading owned by Intercontinental Exchange, has reported record daily trading volumes for its physically-settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts. On September 16, Bakkt announced that more than $200 million worth of BTC contracts had been traded over a single day — breaking its previous record by 36%. According to crypto market data aggregator Skew, the record figure is roughly double the average daily volumes posted throughout September so far. Bakkt daily Bitcoin futures volume: SkewDespite being touted as the likely catalyst for an institutional-led bull market, Bakkt’s Bitcoin derivatives failed to meet the expected impact — seeing sustained periods of complete inactivity during January of this year.

Tassat Regains CFTC ‘No-Action’ Relief Ahead of Eventual Bitcoin Swaps Contract Listing

Tassat blamed COVID-19 and leadership changes for its long-delayed bitcoin derivatives contract listing.

Bitcoin Derivatives Exchange LedgerX Moving Beyond Crypto

The CFTC has granted LedgerX its request to clear collateralized futures, options, and swaps on things other than digital assets.

Crypto market remains bullish as $1B in Bitcoin derivatives expire

Major monthly Bitcoin options and futures expiry sees markets becoming bullish on BTC. Bitcoin derivatives witnessed a major expiry event with a notional value of over $1 billion.

Here's what to expect as 66k Bitcoin Options await expiry

With another month coming to an end, it is important to note that month-ends are generally associated with the expiration of Bitcoin derivatives products.

Price Analysis 8/21: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LINK, LTC, BSV, ADA, BNB, CRO

Bitcoin and several altcoins have formed bearish divergences, which suggests that the bullish momentum has weakened. Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki believes that Warren Buffet’s recent closure of his bank stock positions is a warning sign that the world might be starting a “major banking crisis.” Therefore, Kiyosaki suggests traders buy safe haven assets such as gold, silver and Bitcoin (BTC) to protect themselves from the downward spiraling value of the fiat currencies. Popular Bitcoin derivatives trader Tone Vays believes that Bitcoin could breakout to new all-time highs in 2021.

Trading Light: A New Approach to Bitcoin Derivatives

The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Cryptocurrency derivatives have been carving out their market for half a decade now, and a June report by data analytics company CryptoCompare shows that they now make up 32% of the market and have been growing at a significantly faster pace than spot trading.

Market Update: BTC Inches Toward $12K, ETH Jumps 12%, Report Says LINK May See ‘Rough Waters’

Digital currency markets have increased significantly in value during the last 24 hours as the market capitalization of all 5,700+ coins is up over 2.4% on Friday.