CFTC bans two former Alameda Research and FTX executives from trading for five years after the firms agreed to $12.7 billion in…
Bitcoin's leveraged bulls face an escalating liquidation threat at a key price level, with thinning order book liquidity amplifying downside volatility and…
Bitcoin’s implied volatility hovers near a seasonal floor, but options still price substantially more movement than the market has produced, signaling trader…
Goldman Sachs' $2.25 billion acquisition of NEOS adds bitcoin income ETFs and expands its derivative platform to $130 billion, directly challenging BlackRock's…
SEC reopens review of bitcoin options approval as CME asserts commodity status, potentially shifting oversight to CFTC and delaying institutional access to…
Mounting concern over funding rate costs in perpetual swaps is prompting both retail and institutional crypto traders to reconsider leveraged strategies, potentially…
Perpetual contracts invented by crypto are becoming the dominant trading vehicle across all markets, says Katana Network’s Matthew Fisher, highlighting a convergence…
BitMEX’s 2016 launch of the first perpetual futures—inspired by a Hong Kong hike—eliminated expirations, introduced funding rates, and transformed crypto into a…
Bullish Exchange President Chris Tyrer challenges critics of perpetual futures, asserting systemic risk is tied to exchange design rather than the contract,…
Binance expands into precious metals derivatives with gold and silver options, building on record trading volumes in commodity perpetual futures.
Perpetual futures, introduced by BitMEX in 2015, are now crypto's most active trading instrument, offering continuous contracts for round-the-clock speculation.
BitMEX is set to delist 65 crypto derivative contracts and trading pairs in July, compared with only 19 in the first six…