Bitcoin Derivatives

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BTC Halving: Sell-The-News or Buy-The-Alt-Rotation
Contrasting Bitcoin derivatives with Ethereum’s tells us a story around the potential opportunity for a post-halving rotation.
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Bitcoin futures traders might be betting on further price declines. Volatility could lie ahead.
Bitcoin Futures Positions at 2-Month High as Traders Go Short
A combination of falling price and rising open interest is said to signal bearish conviction on the part of bitcoin futures traders.
Bitcoin futures traders might be betting on further price declines. Volatility could lie ahead.

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CME Group's Micro Bitcoin Futures Open for Trading
The exchange is giving traders another way to bet on bitcoin.
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Retail traders were eager to get in on the bitcoin action.
US-Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Market Bitnomial Raises $11.6M in Electric Capital-led Series B
The disclosure comes shortly after U.S regulators' crackdown on retail competitor BitMEX.
Retail traders were eager to get in on the bitcoin action.

BitMEX's website, accessed from the U.S. Thursday, was explicit that its "100x" trading products are prohibited in "restricted jurisdictions."
BitMEX's Receding Market Share Might Have Spared Bitcoiners Bigger Sell-Off
When BitMEX announced its "perpetual bitcoin leveraged swap" four years ago, few traders could have anticipated the major impact it would have on the digital-asset trading lan...
BitMEX's website, accessed from the U.S. Thursday, was explicit that its "100x" trading products are prohibited in "restricted jurisdictions."

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Tassat Gains CFTC 'No-Action' Relief Ahead of Eventual Bitcoin Swaps Contract Listing
Tassat blamed COVID-19 and leadership changes for its long-delayed bitcoin derivatives contract listing.
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