Tagged: derivatives

December 4, 2019 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

A group of former Morgan Stanley executives is launching a crypto derivatives exchange in a move to rival the CME. Phemex, a trading platform that claims to be able to manage 300,000 TPS, is said to be on par with the technical capabilities of the… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) futures daily trading volumes on crypto-asset platform Bakkt recorded another all-time high, according to data obtained from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the trading desk’s parent company, which also owns the New York Stock Exchange. Over $20.3 million in Bitcoin futures contracts, or 2728… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Interdax, a digital assets exchange offering crypto derivative contracts has opened its testnet to the public, according to a company release. Interdax, registered in the Seychelles, said its crypto derivatives platform takes a “novel approach to trading” by giving investors the option to interact and… Read More

September 15, 2019 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Social trading giant eToro has introduced a new programming language, Lira, which makes it easier for users to engage in derivatives trading. Chief blockchain scientist at eToro, Omri Ross, noted that Lira aims to reduce the risks associated with executing financial contracts while enabling the… Read More

August 22, 2019 @ 1:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Huobi DM, now offers instant settlement for Bitcoin contracts, according to a company release. Huobi says this is a market first. Huobi DM (derivative market) is part of the larger Huobi Group – a digital asset ecosystem that claims to be one of the largest… Read More

July 4, 2019 @ 9:28 am By Cali Haan  |  

ErisX, a Chicago-based derivatives dealer licensed to sell cash-settled SWAP futures since 2011, has announced it has been granted a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license for digital assets futures under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in the USA. ErisX said they worked collaboratively with the Commodity… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 1:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX (Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange), has announced two new crypto based trading products. ETHUSD perpetual swaps, and UPs and DOWNs, the company’s first call and put options. Just like more traditional securities  markets, derivative security products are quickly becoming ubiquitous. And why not? Derivatives can help with… Read More

July 6, 2018 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Kleros, a decentralized “dispute resolution layer” has announced a partnership with MARKET Protocol, a company building a platform for decentralized derivatives markets. The two companies say they will provide a completely decentralized trading and dispute resolution technology platform for secure and trustless transactions. Kleros says… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Advisory pertaining to “virtual currencies” and “derivative product listings.” The CFTC staff states: “Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) staff believes it is important to encourage innovation and growth in these products, but within an… Read More

May 3, 2015 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

With the booming popularity of marketplace lending, Wall Street is “scoffing” no more.  An article in Bloomberg recently described P2P lending as a “seemingly wacky idea” instead of the natural evolution that it truly is. But where the article is spot on, is the growing… Read More