CME Group is planning to launch bitcoin futures in Q4 2017, pending regulatory approval. The new contract will be cash-settled, based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) which serves as a once-a-day reference rate of the U.S. dollar
Indian tech firm WandX, led by CEO Abhinav Ramesh (pictured), is to launch a token sale on Friday 27 October to fund the building of its new platform, which will allow investors to create and trade in derivative products based
Huobi Futures, the crypto derivatives market of Huobi Group, is to launch bitcoin (BTC) options for trading on 1 September 1st at 10:00 UTC. The new options product follows the successful roll-out of Huobi Futures’ Perpetual Swaps earlier this year
BlockFi, a financial services company focused on building products for cryptocurrencies, has partnered with cryptocurrency benchmark indexes provider CF Benchmarks whereby CF Benchmarks will provide independent pricing and valuation of their crypto deposits and loan collateral for its full product
Trading volume in bitcoin has decreased by up to 37 per cent globally compared to last year according to Block-Builders.de. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Binance, a global blockchain firm behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is partnering with Oasis Labs, a data privacy software company, to launch the CryptoSafe Alliance which will bring together a global ecosystem of collaborators to combat
Digital asset derivatives exchange Delta Exchange has launched calendar spread contracts on Bitcoin futures. In the coming weeks, Delta Exchange plans on adding calendar spread contracts on ethereum and other altcoin futures. Bitcoin spread contracts will margin and settle in USDT.
Cryptocurrencies appear to be taking the world by storm, but many alternative investment managers are unconvinced. A survey conducted by BarclayHedge finds that more than two-thirds of hedge fund managers have no intention of investing in cryptocurrencies. The survey of
Writing on behalf of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association, Nick Vermeulen, PwC’s CI head of advisory, takes a look at the evolution of blockchain and touches on how Guernsey’s financial services industry is once again remaining nimble and relevant with
Digital asset exchange provider Binance has launched a new DeFi composite index line of perpetual contracts. Listed on Binance Futures, the contracts are denominated in USDT and with leverage of up to 50x. This is Binance’s first such composite index derivatives
