Bitcoin hasn’t been doing well as of late when it comes to price, but in terms of options trading, things are rising higher than anyone had anticipated.Bitcoin Options Are Getting a Lot of AttentionIt is being reported that trading volumes amongst bitcoin options have broken new records. The total trading volume amongst major platforms – i.e. Bakkt, CME Group, etc. – is just shy of $200 million, thereby breaking the previous all-time high of $171 million set last February by almost $30...
Read More »Bitcoin Options Receive Massive $198 Million Worth of Traders’ Attention
Bitcoin options market is rising, per the crypto analytics firm Skew, with a massive money inflow from institutional investors. Yesterday, the volume of crypto derivatives trading was only increasing, reaching the level of almost $200 million.Bitcoin options are receiving a major call from the investors. They started selling and buying derivatives as the market went down. Let’s see what has happened here in detail.The CME Group, Deribit, Bakkt, LedgerX, and OKEx are experiencing the money...
Read More »CME Bitcoin Futures Options Overtake Bakkt with over $2 Million in Debut Trading Volume
Bitcoin (BTC) futures options trading is now live on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange – CME. The offering went live yesterday Jan. 13 and began trading after it successfully got approval from regulatory authorities. The CME Group announced this on its website as trading went live. According to the page, Bitcoin futures options were created to satisfy customers’ yearnings. It says it was done “in response to growing interest in cryptocurrencies and customer demand for tools to manage Bitcoin...
Read More »CME Group Is Launching Its Bitcoin Options amid High Anticipation in the Market
It seems that traditional institutions are finally realizing that no-can-do without cryptocurrencies anymore. If we look at the market movements, there is huge impatience for the launch of CME Group Inc. options that should happen today.It is interesting because it is not the first of a kind. Bakkt that is under New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange Inc. began with the work in December last year. Moreover, as we have recently reported, yesterday FTX crypto derivatives...
Read More »FTX Derivatives Exchange Launches Bitcoin Options Trading
FTX crypto derivatives exchange platform has begun services for Bitcoin (BTC) options. The announcement came in a tweet posted on Saturday from FTX CEO Bankman-Fried.Options are live!https://t.co/B85lrLVDQO— SBF (@SBF_Alameda) January 12, 2020The announcement did not include any specific details about the offering, only that its Bitcoin options. However, in another tweet just about two hours later, the CEO said the platform had hit $1m in volume, since the launch.FTX Bitcoin OptionsEven as...
Read More »OKEx Introduces Bitcoin Options Trades for a Few Clients Before January Launch
OKEx crypto exchange officially announced the launch of Bitcoin options trading for a chosen few clients. This has happened ahead of a public launch on January 9, 2020. In a December 26 press release, the third-largest crypto exchange by daily trading volume worldwide has confirmed that the new contract will be settled daily in Bitcoin.Increasing Hedging Strategies Options for OKEx TradersAn options contract is a popular derivative that lets traders hedge against asset price swings in all...
Read More »Merchants and Users Might Accept Bitcoin Directly, Says ICE CEO
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...
Read More »Satoshi Nakamoto’s Dream Project Bitcoin Turns 11 Today
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...
Read More »Will Bakkt’s Bitcoin Options Change the Cryptocurrency Industry?
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...
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