A former executive director of Goldman Sachs in London has launched a bitcoin derivatives exchange called Crypto Facilities.
After a torrid week for the bitcoin price, which saw it trading below $300 and suffering a major exchange outage, questions arise about what's next.
Bitcoin's price crashed over the New Year weekend, losing $51 over two days. Why?
Bitcoin's answer to the VIX 'fear index' will soon arrive in the form of a volatility index published by derivatives exchange BitMEX.
Bitcoin derivatives fall under the remit of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the body's chairman has claimed.
Traders and analysts are leaving Wall Street for cryptocurrency markets as banks reel from fines and volatility vanishes.
Bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX has won the Slush Hong Kong competition, where startups pitched their plans to venture investors.
Chinese exchanges and yuan trades now dominate bitcoin markets, as macro factors and fee structures pump up volumes.
A new working paper from the Bank of Canada suggests that arbitrage opportunities don't exist in the cryptocurrency markets.