Tagged: bitcoin options

May 21, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, a global markets company and the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange with over $75 billion in assets, has reported a considerable increase in its Bitcoin (BTC) options contract volume during the past week. An options contract is an agreement… Read More

May 16, 2020 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) for Bitcoin (BTC) options has surged dramatically during the past few days, following the third Bitcoin halving event, which effectively reduced the cryptocurrency’s supply by 50%. An options contract is an agreement between two consenting… Read More

April 21, 2020 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitnomial has been approved to offer Bitcoin (BTC) futures and options contracts. Established in 2015, Bitnomial acquired $7.5 million in capital through an equity raise that was finalized in December of last year. On April 20, 2020, the exchange operator confirmed that… Read More

December 27, 2019 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Malta-headquartered digital asset exchange OKEx has introduced Bitcoin (BTC) options trading for a certain group of crypto traders ahead of their official public launch, which is scheduled for January of next year. According to a release, OKEx claims it’s ranked third-largest out of all digital… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

CME Group will launch Bitcoin options on futures contracts starting Jan. 13, 2020, pending regulatory review. The move to allow Bitcoin options has been widely anticipated. Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products, said that since Bitcoin futures launch… Read More