Trading

Trading

Five On-Chain Indicators Investors Should Follow: Chainalysis

Omkar GodboleOct 23, 2020

We talk to Philip Gradwell, chief economist at the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis, to discuss the five indicators every crypto trader should track.

Trading

Traders Rotate to Bitcoin Expecting a Quiet Q4 for Altcoins

Zack VoellSep 29, 2020

Some traders anticipate the leading cryptocurrency to significantly outperforming the entire crypto market for at least the next several months.

NFTs

NIFTEX Raises $500K to Build Out NFT Trading Platform

Doreen WangNov 3, 2020

NIFTEX, the platform that allows for the fractional trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), announced a $500,000 funding round led by 1kx.

CFTC

CFTC Charges Firm With Illegally Providing Leveraged Trading of Crypto, Gold

Daniel PalmerSep 28, 2020

A Caribbean-based firm is in hot water with the CFTC for allegedly allowing U.S. retail investors to partake in leveraged trading of cryptocurrencies and precious metals.

Trading

Robinhood, Other Online Trading Platforms Having Login Issues

Zack VoellAug 31, 2020

The reported outages affect Robinhood, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade and others.

Trading

Derivatives

Japanese Financial Giant SBI Holdings Launches Short-Term Crypto Derivatives

Daniel Palmer

Already live on SBI's forex trading platform, the contracts for difference (CFDs) are available in bitcoin, ether and XRP flavors.

Bitcoin

Binance’s Bitcoin ‘Bid-Ask Spreads’ Tighten as Cryptocurrency Markets Mature

Omkar Godbole

The narrowing gap between bitcoin buy and sell orders on big exchanges like Binance shows an increasing depth to cryptocurrency markets.

Dave Portnoy

Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Is Bad at Trading Cryptocurrency

Zack Voell

The day trader now owns zero bitcoins after one week of trading.

Prime Brokers

Bequant, Now in Crowded Prime Brokerage Race, Adds Signature Bank Integration

Nathan DiCamillo

In a newly crowded market, Bequant is still adding features to the suite of services it's been building for the past two years.

dYdX

Decentralized Exchange dYdX Debuts Ether Perpetual Swaps

Brady Dale

Perpetual swaps that track the price of ether are coming to dYdX, the company announced Tuesday.

Crypto Lending

Genesis’ Crypto Lending Rebounds in 2Q; Firm Acknowledges Unsecured Loans

Nathan DiCamillo

Genesis’ crypto lending arm came back strong in 2Q after a rocky 1Q. Separately, executives acknowledged the firm makes some uncollateralized loans.

Prime Brokers

Crypto Trading Firm B2C2 Eyes Prime Brokerage Space With $30M Stake Sale to SBI

Daniel Palmer

B2C2 wants to use its new partnership with SBI Holdings as a route to becoming a crypto prime broker.