Institutions Increased Bitcoin Longs By 88% Just Before Price Rally
Data from the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission reveals that institutional investors flipped bullish on Bitcoin as of April 2nd. The date coincides with the latest bitcoin...
CME Bitcoin Futures Volume Skyrockets 950% Since April 1st
The latest rally of Bitcoin’s price has caused the volume of CME Bitcoin futures contracts to surge, trading upwards of $683 million. This marks an increase of around 950 percent...
CBOE Stops Offering Bitcoin Futures (And That’s Probably a Good...
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced it will no longer offer any new Bitcoin futures contracts moving forward amid declining volumes. But since the derivatives...
Bakkt Competitor Coinflex Sees Investments From Polychain and Digital...
Digital Currency Group and Polychain Capital have become the latest high-profile investors in the physically-delivered crypto futures exchange Coinflex. Coinflex Gaining Steam...
CME Bitcoin Futures Volume Soars Amid Buoyant Price
The Bitcoin price caused CME Group to set new daily trading records for its Bitcoin Futures this week, the company confirmed citing its public statistics. CME Futures: Rags To Riches...
CBOE and CME Bitcoin Futures See Lowest Volumes Since Launch
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) have seen the lowest Bitcoin futures volumes since they launched to much fanfare in December 2017. Battle...
Institutional Bitcoin Short-Selling Surged in Q4 2018
Intitutional interest in bitcoin soared in Q4 of 2018, particularly for short-selling, Genesis Trading revealed in their latest report. Q4 Bitcoin Loan Demand Increased Over 100%...
Bakkt Expands Compliance Capabilities With Its First Acquisition
Fresh from completing its maiden funding round, Bakkt announced its first acquisition on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. The daughter company of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is also...
Physical Bitcoin Futures Are Coming to Asia First in February
CoinFLEX plans to debut physically-settled Bitcoin futures to the Asian market beginning in February 2019. The platform is a consortium with participants such as Roger Ver (Bitcoin.com...
Bakkt Raises $182.5M From Microsoft And Other Big-Name Investors
Bakkt on Monday announced the completion of its first funding round, to the tune of $182.5 million. The platform which aims to offer the first-ever Bitcoin-settled futures contracts in...
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bears Raise the Stakes
While the short Bitcoin price rally was powerful and sweet, the overall picture for cryptocurrencies remains bearish and barring the occasional oversold bounce or two, crypto looks...
Bakkt Bitcoin-Settled Futures Set To Be Approved in Early 2019
Bakkt, a platform for the first-ever Bitcoin-settled futures contract, is expected to be approved by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to the...