"Market makers were heavily short puts in the range of $52,000 to $50,000, and I estimate were forced to sell nearly 2,900 bitcoin," one trader said.
Sophisticated actors are taking from amateur investors in bitcoin derivatives trading, according to Carnegie Mellon researchers using data from BitMEX.
Binance's crypto derivatives platform sees record open interest as retail participation grows.
The BitVol index level puts the cryptocurrency's annualized volatility at 100%.
More than 57,000 BTC have been withdrawn from BitMEX since Sept. 30.
The latest CoinDesk Quarterly Review looks at some of the main drivers of crypto market evolution including DeF, derivatives and stablecoins.
Credit default swaps (of “The Big Short” infamy) have come to the Ethereum blockchain. Opium Exchange says they can help crypto investors manage risk.
The order is the regulator’s first public stance on cryptocurrency derivatives trading.
The new hire brings the London-based digital asset manager connections to major financial institutions in Europe.
The data aggregator has added a new service tracking the growing number of crypto derivatives products.
A crypto exchange has bundled altcoins into a one-of-a-kind futures index
Inconsistency in the way data providers count trades across exchanges has overstated the yen's importance as a trading pair, CoinDesk research finds.
Former Telegram director of special projects Anton Rosenberg is launching Mikado, a crypto derivatives trading platform.
France's market regulator says crypto derivatives fall under MiFID II regulation and that they should not be electronically marketed.