Futures

Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Bybit Climbs Past CME to Become Second-Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange

Omkar GodboleMar 15, 2021

Retail-dominated Bybit is now a bigger bitcoin futures exchange than CME.

Binance

Binance Pledges New Controls After 99% ‘Flash Crash’ in Polkadot Futures

Omkar GodboleMar 5, 2021

A single large sell order appears to have sent prices for trading contracts on polkadot tumbling from about $33 to 25 cents in less than a minute.

Futures

CME to Launch Micro Bitcoin Futures in May

Omkar GodboleMar 30, 2021

CME's micro futures contract will provide institutions and individual traders one more tool to hedge their spot market risks.

Derivatives

Bitcoin Rebounds to $51K as Derivatives Market Cools Off

Omkar GodboleFeb 24, 2021

The bitcoin market looks to be in a more healthy state after massive long liquidations blew the froth off the futures market.

Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Remains Around $48.5K Amid Flat Trading Activity

Muyao ShenFeb 16, 2021

“We are at all-time-highs territory [and] the market still has to make up its mind" about next resistance or supporting levels, says one broker.

Futures

Ether

Ethereum Futures Are Now Trading on CME

Omkar Godbole

The Chicago exchange has now traded 77 ETH contracts after going live on Sunday.

Sports Betting

ErisX Exchange Asks CFTC to Approve Sports Bet Futures as ‘Risk Hedging’ Tools

Sebastian Sinclair

If approved, three proposed futures contracts would be tied to the outcome of National Football League games.

Futures

FTX Exchange Lists WallStreetBets Futures to Capitalize on Investing Movement

Sebastian Sinclair

The futures contract is based on a basket of stocks being targeted by WallStreetBets and dogecoin.

Derivatives

OKEx Adds More Coin-Margined Perpetual Swaps for Real-Time Settlement

Tanzeel Akhtar

The real-time settlement function went live on Dec. 29.

CME

CME Becomes Biggest Bitcoin Futures Exchange as Institutional Interest Rises

Omkar Godbole

Chicago Mercantile Exchange now tops the list of the biggest bitcoin futures trading platforms, accounting for nearly 20% of all open interest.

Ether

Institutions Will Start Buying Ether in 2021, Messari Analyst Says

Kevin Reynolds

CME Group's announcement that it will launch ether (ETH) futures on Feb. 8, 2021, could spur heightened institutional interest.

Futures

FTX Seeks to Launch Coinbase Futures Market Ahead of Public Listing

Zack Voell

Launching the new futures market depends on regulatory clarity.