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In the last few months, Bitcoin futures trading is on the rise, beating up to 50% of the total spot market on 13 well-known exchanges. The futures market helps to keep the price less volatile, and it increases liquidity via the attraction of new investors. Wise actors always made predictions that cryptocurrencies would co-exist with the current banking and stock markets. They are not doing any substantial harm to banks and classic exchanges. Instead, cryptocurrencies add fungibility and...

Photo: DeribitOn Thursday, October 31, Bitcoin witnessed a major flash crash to $9000 levels on two exchanges – Coinbase Pro and Deribit. On Thursday, at 19:55 UTC, BTC spot price crashed from $9260 to $9055 in a short span of time.Just within an hour later, futures and options exchange, Deribit saw BTC futures dropping from $9150 to $7720. However, in just a few minutes BTC price bounced back to $9000. However, this rapid price fluctuation in BTC caught traders’ attention as multiple orders...

Bitcoin may have different names and “digital gold” is surely one of them. However, if it’s to believe Intercontinental Exchange’s chief executive’s words, it first has to start being used more in everyday business.ICE head Jeffrey Sprecher said on Thursday that the constant use in transactions is the crucial step for Bitcoin if it wants to be regarded as a long-term store of value. ICE’s Bakkt subsidiary, which recently (finally) started with its Bitcoin futures market, announced earlier in...

Today, October 31, marks the 11th birthday of Bitcoin after its founder Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled the whitepaper back in 2008. Over the last 11 years, Bitcoin has established its supremacy in the crypto market as the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap.On 31 October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the #Bitcoin Whitepaper.Happy Anniversary $BTC!Test your Bitcoin knowledge?https://t.co/JECDzwxCnIDiscover the history behind #Blockchain?https://t.co/EhvS2nH6BR...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 740. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Binance Bitcoin Futures Boom – 2 Mrd. US-Dollar Tagesvolumen & Bankenverband spricht sich für digitalen Euro aus. 1.) Binance Bitcoin Futures Boom – 2 Mrd. US-Dollar Tagesvolumenhttps://cryptomonday.de/binance-bitcoin-futures-boom-2-mrd-us-dollar-tagesvolumen/ 2.) Bankenverband spricht sich für digitalen Euro...

Photo: CoinGecko / InstagramCoinGecko, a coin market ranking chart aggregator that provides a fundamental analysis of the crypto market, has announced it is preparing to roll out its own section for monitoring cryptocurrency derivatives. According to the company, its offering will be the first of its kind.Announcing: CoinGecko Derivatives! ??At a glance, you'll see aggregated data for the derivatives market including pricing, funding, open interest, volume and more!Currently covering over...

To refresh our memory, Bakkt, which is backed by New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), recently in late September launched its long-awaited Bitcoin Futures platform, where investors and traders can physically exchange Bitcoin. Now, after the exchange has hit new record volumes, Bakkt announced that they will be offering Bitcoin options by December 9, 2019. “Options allow investors and traders to do different things, and will facilitate new and important...

Bakkt is currently looking to help its retail community to trade cryptocurrencies as seamlessly as possible. The platform has decided to do this with the launch of a consumer-focused app that will help these customers easily use this app for proper business interactions with several merchants, using digital assets. Starbucks that has already a history of cooperation with Bakkt will be the first merchant on the platform.According to an official Bakkt blog post, Chief Product Officer Mike...

Recently Bakkt announced that they had set a new daily record. They traded 1,183 contracts, respectively. One contract equals one Bitcoin, which means that the total volume was around $11 million. Also, this aligned with the recent Bitcoin price surge of 40%. This set people running back to the exchanges to grab a piece of the pie.Also, China news was a big factor in the recent surge in volume and Bitcoin price. China recently announced that they officially will embrace blockchain technology....

It has become known that in less than 2 months, Bakkt will introduce its regulated options contract for Bitcoin futures by December 9, 2019.  According to the blog post published by the company,  for the launch of these BTC options, Bakkt will use its Monthly Bitcoin Futures contracts.This will be a major milestone for Bakkt driving further the institutional participation in the crypto market. Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler made the announcement today. In a blog post, she wrote:“We’re committed to...