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Ether

Open Positions in Deribit’s Ether Options Hit Record High Above $500M

Omkar GodboleSep 2, 2020

Ether option contracts listed on Deribit, the largest crypto options exchange, are more popular than ever.

Outages

Exchange Outages Are Going Mainstream: What Robinhood Can Learn From Crypto

Muyao ShenSep 1, 2020

With popular online trading platforms hit by more outages amid high volumes, companies like Robinhood may learn something from crypto exchanges.

Bitcoin

Structural Issues May Be Causing BitMEX’s Low Bitcoin ‘Cash and Carry’ Returns

Omkar GodboleSep 10, 2020

BitMEX may be one of the largest crypto derivatives platforms, but it offers the lowest return on bitcoin "cash and carry" trades.

Huobi

Huobi Futures to Launch Options Trading This Week, Joining Throng Challenging Deribit

Omkar GodboleAug 31, 2020

Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets.

Exchanges

Deribit Suffers Outage Over ‘Hardware Issues,’ May Miss Thursday’s Options Expiry

Daniel PalmerAug 27, 2020

Update: Deribit had faced missing today's expiry, but has now announced trading is once more live.

Deribit

Deribit Reports Daily Record $539M of Bitcoin Options Traded, More Than Double Prior High

Paddy BakerJul 28, 2020

Exchange Deribit has more than doubled on its previous daily record with well over $500 million worth of bitcoin options traded.

Bitcoin

No One Has Traded Bitcoin Options on Bakkt for Over a Month: Deribit Continues to Dominate

Zack VoellJul 23, 2020

Open interest for Bakkt's bitcoin options market has stayed at $0 since June 15.

CME Group

CME Bitcoin Options Flatline After Record Growth in June

Zack VoellJul 20, 2020

Less than 0.2% of Friday's daily options trading happened on CME, according to data from Skew.

Options

Bitcoin Options: Deribit Exchange Sees Record Open Interest of $1B

Omkar GodboleMay 20, 2020

Open interest in bitcoin options listed on the Panama-based exchange jumped to a record $1 billion Tuesday, according to data from Skew.

Anti-Money Laundering

The Netherlands’ AMLD5 Interpretation Appears to Be Killing Crypto Firms

William FoxleyApr 27, 2020

The announced closure of one-man bitcoin startup Bittr may be the first of many in the Netherlands as contentious new AMLD5 regulations come into effect.

Markets

Here’s Another, Surprising Reason Why Crypto Prices Fell – Derivatives

Daniel CawreyMar 10, 2020

The traditional markets' recent sell-off drove cryptocurrency prices down, but the way it did so was more complicated than even many of the most sophisticated players in crypto were able to grasp.