Options investors appear to be eyeing more gains for the top cryptocurrency, which is now just 2.8% below a record high.
The bitcoin perpetual futures "funding rate" has shot up, suggesting the market may be overleveraged to the bullish side.
CoinDesk Research's Monthly Review for October focuses on Bitcoin and Ethereum plus some of the stories their on-chain metrics are telling us.
The bitcoin options market looks to be predicting a pick up-in price volatility following the U.S. presidential election.
"Traders can hedge themselves against a potential rise in the DeFi market volatility by taking a long position in the cVIX," according to COTI.
With the U.S. elections just five weeks away, the crypto market's focus looks to be shifting back to bitcoin from ether.
Paul Brodsky is helming a new crypto investment firm called PostModern Partners that bets on volatile digital assets, not bitcoin.
Analysts warn against reading too much into the complacency suggested by the volatility metrics.
Many investors conflate volatility with risk, a fundamental error that says more about our collective psychology than it does about portfolio management.
Bitcoin’s options market foresees little price turbulence in the short-term, even as markets await a key speech from the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Investors are pricing more volatility in ether compared to bitcoin. It's yet another consequence of this year's boom in decentralized finance, or DeFi.
The two biggest cryptocurrencies are hitting 2020 highs, though for different reasons.
The commission’s technology advisory committee made several presentations on various blockchain applications including CBDCs and digital tokens during a four-hour-long remote meeting last Thursday.
The ratio of low exchange volume to high on-chain transaction volume frequently corresponds with increased volatility.
Bitcoin is locked in a low-volatility squeeze similar to one seen ahead of a 40% price crash in November 2018. This time may be different.