Derivatives News

Crypto derivatives mark an evolution in what crypto is capable of and demonstrate the industry’s ability to match or surpass the traditional financial markets.

Aevo has experienced a notable surge in price after the Paradigm-backed decentralized derivatives layer 2 platform announced it completed the repurchase of 1 million tokens. On Sept. 4, the Ethereum (ETH)-based crypto options and perpetuals trading platform revealed its August…

Injective, the blockchain for finance incubated by Binance and backed by prominent investors including Pantera, Jump Crypto, and Mark Cuban, has announced a key integration with Mountain Protocol.

German derivatives exchange Eurex has announced the expansion of its portfolio, listing Ethereum-based futures and options index. Eurex Exchange, a German derivatives exchange known for trading European-based derivatives, has announced the listing of Ethereum-based index products, citing a “significant trading…

Jurisdictional consistency and the equivalent treatment of centralized and decentralized digital asset providers should remain essential to upcoming regulatory frameworks.

Crypto derivatives firm Bitnomial has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to register as a derivatives clearing organization in the U.S., enabling it to settle margined futures and options contracts. The approval, secured by a four-to-one vote at…

Crypto.com has launched Strike Options, a new derivatives trading feature in its app. It lets U.S. users speculate on crypto prices with short-term, binary options. Crypto.com has recently unveiled its new derivatives product, Strike Options, marking a significant addition to…

Coinbase recently explored the acquisition of FTX Europe, highlighting the growing significance of crypto derivatives in global trading strategies.

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued orders against three defi protocols for failing to register derivative trading offerings. The regulatory body has acted against the three decentralized finance (defi) protocols: Opyn, ZeroEx, and Deridex. The regulator…

Bitcoin (BTC) recently broke above the $28,000 mark after 12 days. CryptoQuant attributes this upsurge to the derivatives market rather than the traditional spot exchanges.

The crypto exchange Gemini has introduced a platform for non-US derivatives to service clients in 29 countries and territories. The decision by Gemini to take its company outside of the US market continues a trend among cryptocurrency companies to seek…

UMA, an innovative protocol for the Ethereum blockchain, enables users to create their self-enforcing contracts that may provide respective financial and economic incentives, thus contributing to mutually beneficial outcomes for all parties involved.

Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange has announced that its bitcoin derivatives product will be available on June 27, 2022, via its derivatives exchange. Dubbed Nano Bitcoin futures contract (BIT), each contract is sized at 1/100th of a bitcoin (BTC), making it capital-efficient…

Both BTC and ETH derivatives continue being affected by the high levels of market uncertainty, indicating the high likelihood of the continuous market recession that may last about 3-6 months, according to investors’ dominant expectations.

The idea of the blockchain was created by Satoshi Nakamoto to be a tool of decentralization, where all users are equal and do not have to deal with intermediaries or third parties. Many of the exchanges that offer clients the…

Crypto derivatives volumes high record levels last month as Bitcoin rose to $12,000 and the broader crypto market saw massive gains, according to a report cited by Coindesk. Derivatives Hit Record Volume Data compiled by on-chain analytics firm CryptoCompare showed…