Deribit will operate out of Panama starting Feb. 10, citing the Netherlands’ presumed adoption of “very strict” anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.
Financial institutions should be allowed to launch cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, according to a government advisory body.
GSR and Interhash want to help crypto miners hedge their costs with a new series of derivatives products.
Chicago exchange CME Group has announced it will launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in mid-January.
The CFTC has granted Tassat a swap execution facility registration, bringing it one step closer to offering US customers bitcoin derivatives products.
Bakkt plans to add options on its physically delivered bitcoin futures in December.
Noelle Acheson shows how using notional volumes to compare derivatives markets to spot is misleading – but, for now, it’s all we’ve got.
The U.K.-licensed firm's new product allows clients to synthetically trade gold against bitcoin and aims to capitalize on a growth in haven assets.
Crypto futures exchange CoinFLEX is issuing derivatives linked to the launch of the Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency project.
A protocol built to put financial middlemen out of business has secured a $5 million seed round from Pantera, Ripple's Xpring, Hashed and others.
The Los Angeles-based Wave Financial has launched what it touts as the first crypto-derivatives-based yield fund on the market.
Crypto data analytics startup Skew has raised $2 million in seed funding from several VC firms including Silicon Valley icon Kleiner Perkins.
Tassat, formerly trueDigital, has teamed up with AlgoTrader to provide institutional traders access to its soon-to-launch bitcoin swaps contracts.
Zero Hash is launching support settlement services for bilateral derivative transactions.
Blade, a crypto derivatives exchange that hasn't yet launched, has already won backing from major investors including Coinbase.