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Webull Leverages Coinbase Derivatives on Crypto Futures

Webull is working with Coinbase Derivatives to offer crypto futures, according to a note from the firm. Webull is a digital brokerage that allows investors to purchase shares, ETFs, and other investments, including crypto. It is controlled by China-based holding company Hunan Fumi Information Technology,… Read More

Cboe Global Markets Introduces Options on VIX Futures to Help Manage Equity Market Volatility Ahead of US Elections

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced its Options on Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) Futures (Ticker: UX) are planned to begin trading on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) on October 14. The Options on VIX Futures will aim to… Read More

CME Group FX Futures, FX Link Reportedly Reach ATH Trading Volume

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced its foreign exchange (FX) futures reached an all-time single-day volume record of 3.26 million contracts (equivalent to $314B notional) on June 12. The previous record of 3.15 million contracts ($296B notional) was “set on March 8, 2023.” In addition,… Read More

Jonathan Chang from Nibiru, an L1 Blockchain Network, Shares Insights on How Perpetual Futures May Transform Investment Landscape

We recently connected with Jonathan Chang, the COO of Nibiru, the new Layer-1 chain co-founded by veterans from Google, Tendermint, and JP Morgan. In addition to a throughput-optimized infrastructure with a comprehensive developer toolkit suite, Nibiru provides an open, permissionless version of interconnected CEX-style applications,… Read More

TradeStation Securities, an Online Brokerage for Trading Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Announces New Integration

TradeStation Securities, Inc., a self-clearing online brokerage for trading stocks, ETFs, options and futures, has announced its integration with Unusual Whales, an option flow platform and information service. This collaboration makes TradeStation “the first major U.S. multi-asset class broker dealer integrated into the Unusual Whales… Read More

Bitcoin Trading: Price Difference Between Monthly Settled BTC Futures Traded on CME and Crypto’s Spot Price Shows Receding Optimism from Traders, Report Claims

The futures basis, the difference in price between monthly settled bitcoin futures traded on the CME and the spot price of bitcoin, is “showing receding optimism from traders,” the team at NYDIG Research notes. The NYDIG Research team points out that the rolling 1-month futures… Read More

New York-based Independent Prime Broker Clear Street Announces Expansion into Futures Market

Clear Street, a New York-based independent prime broker, announced that it intends to enter the futures clearing market with the acquisition of React Consulting Services, LLC and its proprietary, cloud-native futures clearing platform, BASIS. BASIS will be integrated “into Clear Street’s existing cloud-native clearing, settlement,… Read More

Digital Assets: Synthetix Adds Lido Finance’s stETH as Asset for Leverage Trading on Synthetix Perps

Synthetix is pleased to announce the addition of Lido Finances’ stETH as the latest asset for leverage trading on Synthetix Perps. This new perpetual futures market “has been approved by SIP 2021 and had parameters set in SCCP 2015.” Synthetix Perps claims it is “the… Read More

FIA Tech, a Futures Industry Technology Provider, Raises Additional $25.4M

FIA Tech, which claims to be a leading futures industry technology provider, announced that it raised an additional $25.4 million in a funding round “led by six existing shareholders, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo, in addition to BNP… Read More

TradeStation Integrates with Fintech Plaid to Enhance Financial Account Connectivity Capabilities

TradeStation Group, Inc., a Florida-based company whose operating subsidiaries provide self-clearing online brokerage services for trading stocks, ETFs, options, futures, and crypto that aim to offer the ultimate trading experience, has announced its integration with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. The… Read More

FIA Tech, the Futures Industry’s Tech Provider, Introduces Cash, Collateral Reference Data Service

FIA Tech, the tech provider to the exchange-traded derivative industry, recently announced the launch of FIA Tech’s Cash and Collateral reference data service. At launch, the data set will be “used by several global clearing firms that manage more than $120 billion of collateral held… Read More

Crypto Derivatives: Bitfinex Derivatives Is Now Offering Curve DAO Token Perpetual Swaps

Bitfinex Derivatives provides a derivatives platform that’s accessible via Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform. Bitfinex Derivatives has announced the launch of a perpetual contract for Curve DAO Token (CRVF0:USTF0). Curve DAO Token (CRV) is an Ethereum token that is used to power transactions via… Read More

Citi Unveils New Suite of Intelligent Execution Algorithms for Global Listed Derivatives

Citi announced on Thursday it has launched a new suite of intelligent execution algorithms for global listed derivatives. These algorithms have been specifically engineered for the futures markets and are available across all major exchanges in the North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. According… Read More

OKEx Announces Launch of Real-Time Settlement For All Perpetual Swaps, Futures, & Options Contracts

OKEx, a top 20 crypto exchange, announced on Monday the launch of real-time settlement for all perpetual swaps, futures, and options contracts that are coming soon to the platform. According to OKEx,  the new feature will provide a better trading experience for users, improve the… Read More

CME Group Will Offer Ether Futures Beginning February 8th

CME Group intends to launch Ether futures starting February 8, 2021, pending necessary regulatory review. CME states that the new contract will be cash-settled, based on the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate, which serves as a once-a-day reference rate of the U.S. dollar price of… Read More

BitTorrent (BTT), Elrond (ELGD), ICON (ICX), Sola (SOL) Perpetual Contracts to be Offered via Binance Futures

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, will be offering cryptocurrency futures contracts for Elrond (EGLD), the native token of a “highly” scalable, fast and secure blockchain platform for creating distributed apps; and Sola (SOL), the native digital currency of a “decentralized” social platform developed… Read More

Digital Assets Derivatives Exchange FTX Introduces Bitcoin (BTC) Hashrate Futures Contracts

Digital assets derivatives exchange FTX has introduced Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate futures. These financial products are being offered, so that BTC miners can hedge against the leading cryptocurrency’s continuous mining difficulty adjustments. The Bitcoin hashrate is the amount of computing power securing the BTC blockchain network… Read More

CFTC Designates Small Exchange as a Contract Market

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order of Designation to Small Exchange, Inc., located in Chicago, Ill., granting it status as a designated contract market (DCM), effective today. Small Exchange is incorporated under Delaware state law. The Small Exchange seeks to make… Read More

First Block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin Monthly Options Submitted to ICE Futures

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) recently announced the first block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Options (BTM) submitted to ICE Futures U.S. In a release, Trabue Bland, President of ICE Futures US, stated: “Based on our benchmark physically delivered bitcoin futures, these options contracts offer… Read More

Crypto Exchange OKEx Reveals Four Major Business Partners for its Global OKB Utility Token

OKEx, one of the world’s largest futures digital currency exchanges, revealed an update on November 22 regarding its four main business partners for OKB, the trading platform’s globally accessible utility token, which is aimed at “connecting digital asset projects.” According to a press release shared… Read More

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