Bakkt, the Bitcoin futures contract platform of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has partnered with an insurance broker to increase its coverage by an additional $500m. The company also announced the onboarding of 70 new institutional clients and the expansion of its loyalty program. Bakkt Increased Its Insurance Coverage Earlier today, Bakkt’s President Adam White shared...Read More
A record-breaking number of 210 Bitcoin options contracts were traded yesterday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which set up a new all-time high of nearly $10m. Of the total amount, 202 contracts were May calls (bullish), while 8 were May puts (bearish). CME Bitcoin Options Volume On The Rise CME launched options on Bitcoin in...Read More
According to a new study, the total trading volume of cryptocurrency derivatives has increased dramatically by over 300%. At the same time, BitMEX’s leadership position in the field has been challenged by Huobi, OKEx, and Binance. Derivatives On The Rise And amid the most apprehensive days of uncertainty prompted by the eventual aftermath of the...Read More
The latest price developments helped Bitcoin’s price to recover following the massive sell-offs in mid-March. However, while most features of the cryptocurrency market have reclaimed previous positions, a few are still showing weak charts. Bitcoin Price Recovered Since Black Thursday The year started quite positively for Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market. Interest, trading volumes,...Read More
Bitcoin futures contracts allow traders to speculate on the price of Bitcoin without necessarily have to own it. They are a derivative product that gained serious popularity in the past years. Traders are always looking for information that would give them an edge in the market. Arguably, the most valuable data is that which offers...Read More
David Clifton was recently appointed Interim CEO of Bakkt by the board replacing previous CEO Mike Blandina who has only held the CEO position for less than four months. The move comes after Blandina replaced former CEO Kelly Loeffler during last December, as she opted to take a Senate seat for the state of Georgia....Read More
The recent volatility in the global markets and the cryptocurrency markets has raised most trading volumes. Bitcoin options, for instance, reached a new all-time high yesterday. The futures market also saw a massive jump in the volume, as Binance Futures breaks its all-time high record. Bitcoin Options Volume Soars The past several days have been...Read More
The competition in the field of Bitcoin margin trading exchanges continues to rise. Despite that, though, the 2014- established BitMEX exchange is recording an impressive year so far. It shows a healthy average daily volume and a notable Bitcoin wallet balance rise in the past few months. BitMEX Numbers In 2020 The popular monitoring resource,...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price increase in 2020, so does the interest in futures trading. A few days ago, for instance, CME recorded one of its best trading days with over $1 billion in daily volume. Other significant names in Bitcoin Futures trading, including BitMEX and Binance, are also noting impressive volumes lately. CME Bitcoin Futures Volume...Read More
Bitcoin’s positive price movement continued over the weekend, and it surpassed the coveted $10,000. Today, however, the largest cryptocurrency recorded a notable drop of over $500 in a few hours, which also filled the CME closing gap from Friday. Bitcoin Drops With $500 Bitcoin has been on quite the run lately. For the first time...Read More
Bakkt, the Bitcoin Futures trading platform for institutions, had caused a lot of positive noise before its actual launch in mid-2019. The platform is backed by ICE, and since its launch, there is a constant growth in its daily reported traded volume. It had crossed the benchmark of 6,000 delivered Bakkt Bitcoin Futures. Those are...Read More
The introduction of bitcoin derivatives has skewed the pricing mechanism of the top cryptocurrency, analyst says. In this environment, there’s no guarantee that the upcoming bitcoin halving will have a positive impact on price. | Image: shutterstock.com Bitcoin Asset manager claims most firms looking to speculate on bitcoin will use derivatives market instead of the...Read More
Bakkt, the Bitcoin Futures trading platform of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has recently appointed a new CEO as Kelly Loeffler stepped down. The former CPO of the company, Mike Blandina, will take her role, and, at the same time, the former COO, Adam White, will serve as President. New CEO and President of Bakkt Bakkt...Read More
The level of Bitcoin on-chain activity has declined since June, sliding just as market prices sank from their yearly peak. Transactions also saw a spike in October when BTC touched $10,000 again briefly. On-Chain Bitcoin Transactions Correlate with Exchange Price Action On-chain transactions for BTC often coincide with heightened trading interest. This led to slowing...Read More
In the past month, European business hours became extremely active for bitcoin futures trading on BitMEX futures. European Traders Pick Up the Slack on BitMEX New data shows European bitcoin traders became active in the past month, making up the bulk of volumes on the BitMEX XBT/USD perpetual contract. European hours have been the most...Read More
Bitcoin and crypto derivatives behemoth BitMEX is being sued for $300 million for providing false equity information to a couple of early investors. According to recent reports, BitMEX is in hot soup, and so is the exchange’s founder, Arthur Hayes. The bitcoin futures company and its founder are facing a $300 million lawsuit, which accuses...Read More
Bakkt has launched two new regulated bitcoin derivatives products. Within hours of launch, Bakkt announced that over 1,000 futures contracts had been traded in Asia. The platform now offers four types of regulated bitcoin derivatives products: monthly and daily physically delivered bitcoin futures, cash settled bitcoin futures, and options on monthly bitcoin futures. Also read:...Read More
Earlier we reported Bakkt launching USD cash-settled Bitcoin Futures on the ICE futures platform. The ICE Singapore platform has seen great records since this launch. The platform traded over 1,000 Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Cash Settled Futures contracts since the launch. The Bakkt team took to twitter to announce this exciting news. The ICE Futures platform...Read More
Bakkt Bitcoin Cash Settled Monthly Futures will be settled against physically delivered Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Futures contract from December 9, 2019. The Intercontinental Exchange will roll out two trading options Bitcoin (USD) Options and Bitcoin (USD) Cash Settled Monthly Futures. Bakkt will be big for being the first platform to offer futures settled in...Read More
There are many ways in which cryptocurrency trading resembles the traditional ones, but there are just as many differences, as well. That’s why it’s possible to use regular definitions, but they need to be appropriately adjusted and related according to the specifics of cryptocurrencies. Price gaps, for example, are something seen quite regularly within traditional...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an investment fund that will invest in bitcoin futures contracts. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce calls this move “a bit of progress.” The SEC has also revealed why it decided to approve such a fund. Also read: Swiss Licensed Crypto Bank Expanding Into 9 Markets Bitcoin Futures...Read More
As bitcoin price remains in its range-bound channel, other indicators are slowly turning bullish for the king of crypto. BTC has held on to five figures as we begin the weekend and bigger things could be in store as open interest mounts up. Binance and BitMEX Building Up Bitcoin Looking at on-chain flows for the...Read More
Bakkt announced that it is opening a Warehouse. Its potential clients are those customers willing to deposit Bitcoin as well as withdraw it. It seems that the company is preparing for the introduction of its futures. Today Bakkt opened its long-awaited Warehouse for customer Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals. As they said in their tweet: Today...Read More
A $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction became conspicuous because its sender spent far too much on fees. Some are guessing at the origin and destination of the funds with some believing it’s tied with Bakkt. There was a $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction whose sender spent a bit too much on fees. Social media users...Read More
After a massive demand for its Bitcoin Futures Contract this year, the CME Group is planning to introduce Bitcoin options contracts as per the internal source. Back in December 2017 when Bitcoin was trading at its all-time high of $20,000, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) was the first to launch Bitcoin Futures contracts in the...Read More
The correlation with bitcoin price is becoming obvious. | Source: Shuttertock Bitcoin (BTC) started this week off in good spirits, citing an impressive rise of around 8%. Interestingly, analysts are attributing some of this action to the close of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Bitcoin’s 8% rise this week which left a gap in the...Read More
BitMEX has released pretty damning evidence on Twitter today that Binance has plagiarised a vast majority of its bitcoin futures documentation. Binance Caught Red Handed BitMEX highlighted the similarity between the documentation for Binance’s Bitcoin Futures platform (currently in testing), and its own, on Twitter. “Congrats on the Testnet Futures launches Binance,” read the tongue-in-cheek message....Read More
While Bitcoin price makes a comeback, XRP community investors warn Ripple overselling the XRP tokens as part of the company’s investments. After last week’s poor performance, Bitcoin is back in action swinging above $10,500 levels. Bitcoin price started gaining momentum since Monday, September 2 and added $1000 over the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin price...Read More
Bitcoin Futures have faced unusual hurdles from the US authorities. There are ways around this but these ways are often limited and high risk. However, Vaneck Securities and Solidx seem to have found the solution. Due to the many regulatory hurdles that the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed on the implementation...Read More
In a relief rally for the investors, Bitcoin price jumped 6% to move above $10,000 levels. With today’s move Bitcoin alone contributes to 70% of the overall cryptocurrency market cap. The Bitcoin price is finally back above its crucial support of $10,000 levels giving its investors a sigh-of-relief. Last week, Bitcoin crashed below $9500 making...Read More
