Leverage

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao
Binance Says It's Cutting Leverage Limit to 20x, a Day After FTX Announces the Same
"We didn't want to make this a thingy," Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao posted Monday on Twitter, a week after making the change.
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FTX Cuts Leverage Limit to 20x From 100x as Criticism of Margin Trading in Crypto Grows
"It's time, we think, to move on from it," CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said in a tweet.
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Breakdown 6.28.21
The Real Story of the UK Binance Ban
What recent intrigue around Binance tells us about the state of global regulation.
Breakdown 6.28.21

Bear market soon?
Bitcoin’s Bull Market ‘May Have Come to an End,’ Says MRB Partners
Some analysts expect limited upside in bitcoin despite the possibility of a brief bounce.
Bear market soon?

Breakdown 5.20.21 - crypto crash
The Real Story of the Crypto Crash Has Very Little to Do With Elon or China
It wasn’t narrative but market structure that drove yesterday’s big move down.
Breakdown 5.20.21 - crypto crash

Bitcoin Price vs. Funding Rates
Bitcoin Recovers From Panic Zone as Funding Rates Reset
Bitcoin's funding rate turned negative over the weekend, which typically precedes price recoveries.
Bitcoin Price vs. Funding Rates

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Here's How the Archegos Debacle May Have Spilled Over to Bitcoin
The difference between bitcoin futures premium on CME and other crypto exchanges has widened since the end of March, when Bill Hwang’s troubles surfaced.
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For the Daring but Lazy, a New DeFi Product Simplifies Leveraged ETH Bets
Leverage has been a killer use case for DeFi from the start. But rarely has making such big wagers required so little work.
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