When it comes to dealing with the BitMEX platform, a lot of users are rather dismayed. Yesterday’s sudden outage triggered a brief visual XBT/USD price drop to $0, prior to the trading engine going offline. Centralized trading platforms often struggle to keep their service accessible at all times. Another bad day at the Office for...Read More
Futures trading is a very popular and prominent market in the financial sector. With the help of ErisX, speculators can be exposed to Ethereum’s price through CFTC-regulated and physically-settled ETH futures contracts. There is more to the cryptocurrency industry than just Bitcoin. A big Milestone for ErisX Ethereum has carved out a solid position in...Read More
The last five years have been a test phase for bitcoin derivatives, which began tentatively when Bitmex eased into life in 2014. Now, as the cryptoconomy prepares to enter a new decade, derivatives products will play a pivotal role in price discovery. 2020 will be a big year for bitcoin and for the futures markets...Read More
Binance is already the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. It appears that the company will keep improving its presence across different industries. By investing in a derivatives platform, an interesting decision has been made. FTX is a hot Commodity Very few details are known about the deal at this time. Binance has invested in...Read More
Crypto exchange platform operator Bitfinex just added two derivative products with the tickers BTCF0/USDt0 and ETHF0/USDt0. The derivatives went live after Bitfinex implemented a system upgrade. The “Perpetual Contracts” Come with Up to 100x Leverage Bitfinex’s so-called perpetual contracts have been in development since at least several months. According to a whitepaper published in May,...Read More
The cryptocurrency exchange landscape has evolved significantly in 2019. The number, quality and diversity of exchanges has multiplied, giving traders an unprecedented number of venues to choose from. This smorgasbord of options risks leaving traders overwhelmed, however, as exchanges jockey for supremacy, launching new features and products designed to woo the competition and cement their...Read More
