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UK Regulator Ramps up Crypto Investigations and Considers KYC for Wallets
8.10.2019
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been relentlessly scrutinizing cryptocurrency startups and investigations are up 74% from last year. Meanwhile, proponents of decentralized software development models and open collaboration are upset about the FCA aiming to extend KYC/AML...
Major Exchanges Urge UK Regulator to Not Restrict Crypto Derivatives
7.10.2019
The WFE has appealed to the United Kingdom’s financial regulator not to ban cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors
Now Traders Can Make Bets on When Facebook’s Libra Will Launch
7.10.2019
Crypto futures exchange CoinFLEX is issuing derivatives linked to the launch of the Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency project
Crypto-Derivatives Can Be Tagged as Illegal in the UK by Next Year as Per the Latest Proposal
4.10.2019
Cryptocurrencies, since their launch, have always had to bear a certain amount of uncertainty from the financial world. Taking pride in being the first virtual currency, Bitcoin has been at the forefront to experience the good as well as the bad waves in the first place. Till date, governments...
Pantera Capital Leads $5M Seed Round of Decentralized Derivatives Startup
3.10.2019
Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital leads a $5 million strategic seed round of decentralized derivatives protocol Vega
Pantera Leads $5 Million Round for Decentralized Derivatives Market
2.10.2019
A protocol built to put financial middlemen out of business has secured a $5 million seed round from Pantera, Ripple's Xpring, Hashed and others
Financial Giant Fidelity Backs Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund
1.10.2019
The Los Angeles-based Wave Financial has announced the launch of a bitcoin derivatives-based yield fund and Fidelity will provide custody for the fund’s BTC reserves. Wave Financial’s crypto fund commencement is part of a growing trend toward launching BTC derivatives products....
Are Trading Vehicles Dragging Crypto Into Maturity?
30.9.2019
A key component of a mature cryptocurrency economy is derivative instruments, which allow hedging, risk optimization and more. But what’s available?
Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund
30.9.2019
The Los Angeles-based Wave Financial has launched what it touts as the first crypto-derivatives-based yield fund on the market
Appetite for Bitcoin Futures Is Growing
25.9.2019
After all the fanfare, fevered anticipation, and breathless media coverage, Bakkt’s launch of bitcoin futures on Monday was a damp squib. Despite the rollout of physically delivered BTC futures going without a hitch, volumes were low, while the less said about bitcoin’s price in...
Kleiner Perkins Backs $2 Million Seed Round for Crypto Derivative Data Firm
25.9.2019
Crypto data analytics startup Skew has raised $2 million in seed funding from several VC firms including Silicon Valley icon Kleiner Perkins
Crypto Exchange OKEx Confirms Tether Margin Futures Launch in October
23.9.2019
OKEx confirms plans to launch Tether (USDT) futures margin trading next month
Bakkt Regulated Bitcoin Futures Now Live on Major Exchange
23.9.2019
Trading is now live for Bakkt’s regulated, physically-delivered daily and monthly bitcoin futures, with the first trade executed at 8:02 pm ET on Sunday. Customers’ bitcoins are stored in the Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian, regulated by the New York State Department of Financial...
Derivatives Giant CME to Add Another Option for Bitcoin Investors
20.9.2019
In response to "growing interest" in crypto and customer demand, U.S.-based CME Group said it aims to launch options on bitcoin futures in the first quarter of 2020, pending regulatory review.
"These new products are designed to help institutions and professional traders to manage spot market...
Bitcoin Cash Futures Expected to Open up US Market by Q1 2020
18.9.2019
Futures contracts on bitcoin cash can be available at a CFTC-regulated exchange by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2020. This will allow institutional U.S. investors to trade on a derivative of the cryptocurrency and bring in more trading volume for BCH overall. Also Read: HTC Adds...
Market-Neutral Derivatives Trading as explained by CMC
16.9.2019
In this post, we seek to explore the topic of “Market-Neutral Crypto Derivatives Trading”. There has been a slew of derivatives exchanges launching in the last couple of years, many offering Perpetual Swaps and Futures. This post will be a […]
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eToro Aims to Put Derivatives on the Blockchain With Lira Programming Language
15.9.2019
At the Ethereal Summit Tel Aviv 2019, project lead Omri Ross said the new programming language will reduce the risks involved in settling financial contracts and enable the creation of new derivative products
Rebranded TrueDigital Partners for ‘Imminent’ Launch of Bitcoin Derivatives
13.9.2019
Tassat, formerly trueDigital, has teamed up with AlgoTrader to provide institutional traders access to its soon-to-launch bitcoin swaps contracts
Seed CX Subsidiary Zero Hash Launches Support for Crypto Derivatives
11.9.2019
Seed CX subsidiary Zero Hash has added support for derivatives after receiving a virtual currency license from FinCen in July
Seed CX Subsidiary Adds Crypto Derivatives Settlement for Institutions
11.9.2019
Zero Hash is launching support settlement services for bilateral derivative transactions