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Markets
Ether
Ether’s Options Market Sees Highest Trading Volume Since May
Ether calls at $6,000 and $7,000 strikes were most popular on Wednesday
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By Omkar Godbole
Sep 2, 2021 at 11:55 a.m. UTC
Sep 2, 2021
EtherOptionsDerivatives
Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Online As Its Stocks Soar
Finance
Deribit
Tapiero’s 10T Holdings, Akuna Capital Buy $100M Stake in Bitcoin Options Exchange Deribit
The transaction occurred on the secondary market; Deribit declined to state its current valuation.
Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Online As Its Stocks Soar
By Danny Nelson
Aug 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 20, 2021
DeribitOptionsDan Tapiero10T Holdings
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Markets
Derivatives
Delta Exchange to Simplify Bitcoin Options Trading With Automated Product
Delta said its "Enhanced Yield Product" allows users to avoid high-risk scenarios without the need to learn complex options strategies.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Aug 12, 2021 at 2:13 a.m. UTC
Aug 12, 2021
DerivativesBitcoinEtherOptionsDelta Exchange
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Markets
Bitcoin futures
FTX Market Share in Bitcoin Futures Nearly Doubled Since June
From the end of June through now, FTX’s market share has grown from 9% to 16%.
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Aug 10, 2021 at 6:24 p.m. UTC
Aug 10, 2021
Bitcoin FuturesOptionsFTXArcane Research
The London hard fork is influencing trades in the ether options market.
Markets
Derivatives
Ether Options Activity Increases as London Hard Fork Goes Live, $50K Call Most Popular
"There was a flurry of call buying and put selling after the London fork," one trading firm said.
The London hard fork is influencing trades in the ether options market.
By Omkar Godbole
Aug 6, 2021 at 11:29 a.m. UTC
Aug 6, 2021
DerivativesEtherOptions
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Markets
Derivatives
Bullish Flows Push Bitcoin's Put-Call Ratio to 2021 Low
Put-call open interest ratio measures the number of open positions in put options relative to calls.
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By Omkar Godbole
Aug 3, 2021 at 10:33 a.m. UTC
Aug 3, 2021
DerivativesBitcoinOptions
BTCUSD dailies
Markets
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Drops After $1.6B Monthly Options Expiry
The "max pain point" for the July expiry was $35,000.
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By Omkar Godbole
Jul 30, 2021 at 11:03 a.m. UTC
Jul 30, 2021
BitcoinOptions
The put-call skew on the bitcoin options market has become less bearish.
Markets
Derivatives
Bitcoin, Ether Options Markets Pare Bearish Bias
The short-term put-call skews have pulled back due to a flurry of call buying.
The put-call skew on the bitcoin options market has become less bearish.
By Omkar Godbole
Jul 27, 2021 at 3:07 p.m. UTC
Jul 27, 2021
DerivativesBitcoinEtherOptionsBitcoin OptionsEther Options
Crypto traders are getting creative as they look for ways to bet against Tether.
Markets
Bitcoin
The Tether Put: Crypto Equivalent of Credit Default Swap?
Cryptocurrency market makers say they're fielding inquiries about how to bet on a falling price for the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT.
Crypto traders are getting creative as they look for ways to bet against Tether.
By Omkar Godbole
Jul 26, 2021 at 8:37 p.m. UTC
Jul 26, 2021
BitcoinTetherOptions
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Finance
Defi
Some of DeFi’s Leading Investors Are Backing a New Options Protocol
Framework Ventures and ParaFi Capital are leading the round in a bid to see if DeFi options trading can finally click.
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By Cheyenne Ligon
Jul 26, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 26, 2021
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