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FTX

Structural Issues May Be Causing BitMEX’s Low Bitcoin ‘Cash and Carry’ Returns

BitMEX may be one of the largest crypto derivatives platforms, but it offers the lowest return on bitcoin "cash and carry" trades.

Markets  ·  10 September 2020
FTX

Alameda Research Claimed Nearly 70% of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in August

The firm claimed 14,654 WBTC in August following approval of its Compound collateral proposal.

Markets  ·  4 September 2020
FTX

Exchange Outages Are Going Mainstream: What Robinhood Can Learn From Crypto

With popular online trading platforms hit by more outages amid high volumes, companies like Robinhood may learn something from crypto exchanges.

Markets  ·  1 September 2020
Acquisitions

FTX Exchange’s $150M Deal for Mobile-First Blockfolio Is a Retail Trading Play

The deal is a strategic play for FTX, whose clientele consists largely of quants and professional traders, to attract more retail customers.

Markets  ·  25 August 2020
FTX

FTX Launches Uniswap Index Futures to Meet Surging Demand for DeFi Access

FTX said customers are demanding access to DeFi products.

Markets  ·  24 August 2020
Exchanges

Fireblocks Claims Exchange Program Enables Zero-Confirmation Crypto Deposits

Fireblocks says its new system provides crypto deposits on exchanges with zero confirmations and in real time.

Markets  ·  28 July 2020
CoinFlash

FTX to Launch ‘Scalable’ Decentralized Exchange in Weeks

Building on the Solana blockchain means the new platform's operations are less restricted than those on Ethereum, the firm says.

News  ·  27 July 2020
FTX

Swipe Futures Volume Equals 42% of Its Market Capitalization

SXP futures volume signal continued interest in low-capitalization cryptocurrencies as bitcoin continues to trade in a tight range.

Markets  ·  20 July 2020
FTX

Vulgar Crypto Index (Rhymes With ‘Bitcoin’) Hits All-Time High

A novel index of 50 low-capitalization cryptocurrencies made new all-time highs as it continues to outperform bitcoin.

Markets  ·  13 July 2020
FTX

FTX Is Building Lots of Sophisticated Markets Few Traders Use

FTX has launched eight unique index futures and volatility markets in less than 12 months. But few traders use these markets.

Markets  ·  24 June 2020
FTX

Liquidity on Bitcoin Perpetuals Exchange FTX Catches Up to Industry Leader BitMEX

On a relatively new exchange like the Antigua-based FTX, the order book depth, as represented by the number of buy and sell orders at each price, now matches the depth seen on industry leader BitMEX.

Markets  ·  22 June 2020
FTX

FTX Releases COMP Derivatives to Keep Up With DeFi Frenzy

Crypto exchange FTX is launching COMP derivatives later Thursday as deposits on the Compound DeFi platform soar past $300 million.

Business  ·  18 June 2020
FTX

First Mover: US Arms of Binance, FTX Push Into Margin Trading, but Likely Not at 100x

Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors.

Markets  ·  6 May 2020
Exchanges

Binance Cut Leveraged Tokens Because Users ‘Don’t Read Warning Notices’

Binance only listed FTX leveraged tokens two months ago, but users have struggled to get to grips with the complex products.

Markets  ·  30 March 2020
FTX

FTX Exchange CEO Invests in Rival Trading Platform

Alameda Research, a crypto quant trading firm which shares it CEO with derivatives exchange FTX, has invested seven figures into new rival Folkvang.

News  ·  3 March 2020