Despite successful shows of force from CME Group and Bakkt’s Bitcoin options offerings, the majority of volume still goes through Deribit. This squashes fears that the new offerings would be in direct competition with the European firm, and highlights the fact that non-institutional investors seem to prefer unregulated exchanges. CME Group’s Launch CME successfully launched Bitcoin options trading on its derivatives exchange earlier this week; offerings like these permit investors to hedge or speculate on the price of the leading cryptocurrency. Rival platform Bakkt, which is owned by the Intercontinental…
Month: January 2020
Huobi Joins Blockchain Turkey Platform to Boost Local Ecosystem
Major crypto exchange Huobi becomes a member of the Blockchain Turkey Platform to cooperate with local players on blockchain efforts. Five months after officially entering the Turkish market, Huobi joined the Blockchain Turkey Platform as a “Platinum” member, the global crypto exchange announced on Jan. 15, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Turkey. Founded by the Turkish Informatics Foundation in 2018, the Blockchain Turkey Platform (BCTR) is an independent, non-profit organization that aims to create a healthy blockchain ecosystem in Turkey. The platform has members from banking and…
Deribit Using New Trading Tools to Capture ‘Exploding’ Options Market
Amid increasing activity within the crypto derivatives market, software maker Trading Technologies (TT) announced Wednesday it would provide trading tools to users of leading crypto exchange, Deribit. Included in the suite are advanced order types, charting and analytics as well as access to a feature allowing users to create algorithms for bot trading. TT users eligible to trade on Deribit will be able to access all listed products, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) futures, perpetual and options contracts. Dutch-based (for another month) Deribit, founded in 2016, is now the…
Deribit Takes On New Trading Tools to Capture ‘Exploding’ Options Market
Amid increasing activity within the crypto derivatives market, software maker Trading Technologies (TT) announced Wednesday it would provide trading tools to users of leading crypto exchange, Deribit. Included in the suite are advanced order types, charting and analytics as well as access to a feature allowing users to create algorithms for bot trading. TT users eligible to trade on Deribit will be able to access all listed products, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) futures, perpetual and options contracts. Dutch-based (for another month) Deribit, founded in 2016, is now the…
Deribit Takes On New Trading Tools to Capture ‘Exploding’ Options Market
Amid increasing activity within the crypto derivatives market, software maker Trading Technologies (TT) announced Wednesday it would provide trading tools to users of leading crypto exchange, Deribit. Included in the suite are advanced order types, charting and analytics as well as access to a feature allowing users to create algorithms for bot trading. TT users eligible to trade on Deribit will be able to access all listed products, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) futures, perpetual and options contracts. Dutch-based (for another month) Deribit, founded in 2016, is now the…
Anchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra’s New ‘Technical Steering Committee’
The Libra Association announced Thursday it had formed a technical steering committee to coordinate the design of the Libra platform. The new committee, composed of Anchorage co-founder Diogo Monica, Calibra core product lead George Cabrera III, Bison Trails founder Joe Lallouz, Union Square Ventures partner Nick Grossman and Mercy Corps emerging technology director Ric Shreves, was formed on Dec. 16, 2019, according to an announcement on the Libra developers page. It’s the latest incremental update to the Libra roadmap following a wave of founding member defections last October. The newly-announced…
Anchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra’s New ‘Technical Steering Committee’
The Libra Association announced Thursday it had formed a technical steering committee to coordinate the design of the Libra platform. The new committee, composed of Anchorage co-founder Diogo Monica, Calibra core product lead George Cabrera III, Bison Trails founder Joe Lallouz, Union Square Ventures partner Nick Grossman and Mercy Corps emerging technology director Ric Shreves, was formed on Dec. 16, 2019, according to an announcement on the Libra developers page. It’s the latest incremental update to the Libra roadmap following a wave of founding member defections last October. The newly-announced…
Anchorage Acquires Merkle Data, Launches Institutional-Grade Bitcoin Trading Platform
Anchorage, a digital assets custodial service provider for institutional investors, has announced the acquisition of Merkle Data, and the launch of Anchorage Trading, a crypto brokerage platform that will allow its clients to buy and sell bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins straight from Anchorage’s vaults through expert traders, without needing to transfer the assets to an exchange, according to a blog post on January 15, 2020. Anchorage Expands Custodial Service Leading cryptocurrency custodian, Anchorage has achieved another significant feat in its history by acquiring Merkle Data, a software-based portfolio risk management…
CabbageTech CEO Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison After Pleading Guilty in Fraud Case
Patrick McDonnell was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of defrauding investors in his crypto trading firm CabbageTech, otherwise known as Coin Drop Markets. McDonnell was also ordered to pay back his victims $224,352, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Thursday’s sentencing caps McDonnell’s back-to-back legal fights with the federal government, which saw the 47-year-old New York resident in civil and then criminal court on fraud charges. He pleaded guilty in June 2019, a press release stated.…
Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab
ST. MORITZ — The United States may be entering a second Cold War, according to some investors, who seem mildly curious but otherwise unconcerned about the prospect. “It’s a kind of Cold War, but not just for crypto,” said Multicoin Capital’s Beijing-based partner Mable Jiang. “Currency is the leverage.” Jiang said China’s goal is to leverage the rise of cryptocurrency, including both domestic bitcoin mining and a state-issued digital currency, to supplant the dollar and become the world’s leading economic power. Such rivalries feel lightyears away in the frosted Swiss…