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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 an insight into what other traders are doing.Open Interest (OI) could provide some of this information with appropriate interpretation. Understanding it and its...

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.Mike Blandina had come into his role with high expectations having previously held roles at PayPal and Google. However, he didn’t hold in the position at the popular Bitcoin futures...

It looks like the popularity of bitcoin futures has taken a turn for the worse.Bitcoin Futures Trading Reaches New LowsCME Group in Chicago, Illinois reports that only three bitcoin futures were traded last Tuesday. Approximately 80 bitcoin units were involved in the contracts, totaling approximately $80,000 at the time of the trades. This, according to CME Group, establishes a new low for the company, beating the previous record of $125,000 BTC posted in late January.While CME still boasts...

OKEx surpassed BitMEX in the Bitcoin futures volume while exchanges face challenges in dealing with extreme market.The cryptocurrency market fell prey to the global instability, which contributes to the catastrophic falling of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, from $9K level to $3k level. Starting from 7 March, the asset showed pressure on the resistance level, and continued the downwards trending until today, without indicating any strong bounce back signals yet.OKEx Dominates the Bitcoin...

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 SoarsThe past several days have been quite harmful to the cryptocurrency market in terms of price action. For example, the leading digital asset by market capitalization, Bitcoin, lost...

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 2020The popular monitoring resource, TokenAnalyst, recently examined BitMEX exchange‘s performance during the initial months of 2020. It concluded that its wallet balance of Bitcoin holdings...

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 SpikesThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) opened its Bitcoin Futures platform in late 2017. It’s a regulated establishment that allows contracts to be...

Seit Montag, dem 22. Juli 2019 bietet Bakkt seine Dienstleistungen für die ersten Kunden an. Zuallererst: Wer wissen möchte, warum Bakkt so heisst, findet die Aufösung unten in diesem Blogpost. Aber jetzt zum eigentlichen Thema: Seit Mitte Januar steigt das Tagesvolumen im Bakkt Bitcoin-Terminmarkt stetig an. Trotz heftiger Kritiker von einigen Investoren, welche der derzeit...

Ab dem 10. Februar 2020 bietet die Krypto-Börse Binance Futures an, die mit dem hauseigenen Binance-Coin gehandelt werden. Der Binance-Coin stellt somit die siebzehnte digitale Währung dar, die sich gegen Futures handeln lässt. Trader können dabei einen bis zu 50-fachen Hebel realisieren. Eine Pressemitteilung vom 7. Februar kündigte ausserdem an, dass die BNB-Futures ein Währungspaar mit USDT bilden...

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 $500Bitcoin has been on quite the run lately. For the first time since October last year, it went above $10,000. However, the price of the largest digital asset took a serious dive of over $500 in just a few hours.The dip aligned...