CME Introduces Friday Bitcoin Contracts
August 29, 2024
CME Group is to launch Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) on September 30, pending regulatory review – the new contracts are sized at… Read More »
CME Group is to launch Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) on September 30, pending regulatory review – the new contracts are sized at… Read More »
While crypto trading volumes predictably have risen as bitcoin has doubled in price over the past year, a new report… Read More »
This year’s ETF approvals in the US are starting to have a meaningful impact in crypto markets, as changes in… Read More »
Volumes in the world of cryptocurrency trading have surged to new record highs in March this year, with the combined… Read More »
The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has ended a three-year ban on crypto exchange traded notes (ETNs),… Read More »
Just weeks after US approval for crypto ETFs, the European Central Bank has doubled down on its criticism of bitcoin,… Read More »
On the back of what it says was a record volume month in January for its cryptocurrency products at 71,000… Read More »
A long-awaited moment has arrived for the crypto industry in the US with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally… Read More »
The crypto trading world just got a little bit more fragmented with the launch of a bank and securities firm-only… Read More »
CME Group and CF Benchmarks have announced plans to launch two APAC-specific reference rates for Bitcoin and Ether on 11… Read More »
Jacobi Asset Management says it has listed Europe’s first spot Bitcoin ETF on Euronext Amsterdam, adding it represents “the first… Read More »
Eurex FTSE Bitcoin Index Futures have been approved by the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), meaning US-based investors can… Read More »
My antenna was tweaked a week or so ago by a report that at least two HFT-type firms were supposedly… Read More »
CME Group has announced plans to expand its suite of cryptocurrency options across its standard- and micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether contracts beginning on May 22,… Read More »
Eurex says it will become the first exchange in Europe to offer Bitcoin index futures, with trading scheduled for 17… Read More »
Singapore’s DBS has reported a significant increase in cryptocurrencies traded on its Digital Exchange (DDEx) in 2022, and a doubling… Read More »
CME Group says it will expand its suite of event contracts to include Bitcoin futures on March 13, pending regulatory review. The event… Read More »
The Bitcoin bulls are back with a bang, accompanied by the usual predictions, but are they missing a point with… Read More »
The latest offering from the European Central Bank’s blog – which, as is standard, reflects the individual writers’ views rather… Read More »
Is the real danger to cryptocurrency values not the trust (or lack of) factor involved in another firm blowing up,… Read More »
The fourth annual Fidelity Digital Assets Institutional Investor Digital Assets Survey finds that 58% of the just over 1,000 surveyed… Read More »
Some 18 months after announcing the formation of a digital assets custody business, BNY Mellon has announced the platform is… Read More »
Crypto options and structured products liquidity provider OrBit Markets says it has executed the first American barrier option (a “one-touch”)… Read More »
A new report from Acuiti finds that the majority of its Crypto Derivatives Expert Network remain optimistic over the future… Read More »
Asset manager Blackrock has given heart to crypto evangelists by launching a spot Bitcoin private trust for US institutional clients.… Read More »
Investment management firm BlackRock is to partner with Coinbase to provide mutual clients on its Aladdin platform with access to… Read More »
BGC Group’s GFI Securities says it it has arranged the first ever intermediated block trade of CME Group Bitcoin options… Read More »
Coverage of The Full FX Trade of the Year is about to get a little spicier, thanks to the three… Read More »
I had a very interesting conversation with someone in the crypto world last week during which we agreed that the… Read More »
With global authorities increasingly assertive in their warnings over the potential financial stability threat from the merging of crypto-asset and… Read More »
Months after launching cryptocurrency benchmarks, CME Group and CF Benchmarks have extended the service to offer rates in euros as… Read More »
StoneX Markets says it has executed and settled its first cash-settled BTC/USD swap in a trade with London-based client Liquidity… Read More »
Well, this column was going to discuss the question, ‘What’s with Bitcoin price action recently?’ but the market seems to… Read More »
Just days after adding new benchmarks for cryptocurrencies CME Group says it is supporting increased demand for crypto products with… Read More »
The latest monthly report from LMAX Digital indicates that while there was a revival of sorts from January’s low, activity… Read More »
Less than a year after it launched micro futures contracts on Bitcoin and Ether, CME Group has announced plans to… Read More »
The popularity of cryptoassets in emerging market economies (EMEs) has increased in recent years, especially during periods of local currency… Read More »
CME Group has unveiled plans to launch two new reference rates for Bitcoin and Ether on February 28 – the CME CF… Read More »
KPMG in Canada says it has completed an allocation of cryptoassets to its corporate treasury, the firm’s first direct investment in the… Read More »
With investors piling into crypto market structure ventures, prompting increasingly higher valuations of many firms, one core metric of a… Read More »
TP Icap has added has added market maker Susquehanna to its digital assets spot platform, which executed its first trade… Read More »
TP Icap has marked what the firm terms “a major milestone” for its digital assets business with the execution of… Read More »
LMAX Digital, the cryptocurrency platform of LMAX Group, says total volumes in 2021 were $515 billion, a 340% increase from… Read More »
Although a growing number of institutions are engaging with cryptoassets, a larger number are circling the market carefully, or ignoring… Read More »
Cboe Global Markets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eris Digital Holdings (ErisX), a US based digital asset spot market,… Read More »
While central bankers and other regulators may express concern over the true value and opportunity of Bicoin, financial markets players… Read More »
Bloomberg and cryptocurrency data provider Kaiko have extended their financial instrument global identifiers (FIGI) issuance to crypto assets. With the… Read More »
Flow analysis released by cryptocurrency liquidity provider B2C2 hints that the latest surge in cryptoassets, led by Bitcoin, could have… Read More »
Financial indexing firm T3Index has launched two new crypto indices, measuring volatility skew for Bitcoin and Ethereum. The new indices,… Read More »
Maintaining the momentum of banks adding cryptocurrencies to their custody offerings, US Bank has announced it has gone live with… Read More »
