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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 and aims to give traders more ways to create arbitrage and hedge risk in the crypto market.
Similar to options in traditional financial markets, Huobi’s BTC option is a derivative product that gives users the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell BTC at an agreed upon price and date. Call options give the options buyer the right
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 suite.
Additionally, CF Benchmarks indexes will empower BlockFi clients to refine asset allocation, improve risk management and measure investment performance. These processes are vital for investors to realise the full value of their crypto holdings, and are impossible to accomplish without reliable pricing sources such as the CF Benchmarks indexes.
By partnering with CF Benchmarks, which is regulated by
Ramsey Quantitative Systems (RQSI) has announced a major shift in its core offerings with the introduction of a ​new software platform​ engineered to provide investors with enhanced product customisation and transparency into the firm’s systematic strategy.
Helmed by three major applications – Ravel, Qubit, and Socio – RQSI’s ecosystem of fintech tools enables investors to analyse, build, customise, and backtest the firm’s quantitative funds for robust alpha that’s complementary to an investor’s core portfolio.
Each tool offers considerable access to RQSI’s strategy and funds: ​Ravel​ provides insight into the unique factors that shape RQSI’s trading models; ​Qubit​ equips investors with the means
Trading volume in bitcoin has decreased by up to 37 per cent globally compared to last year according to Block-Builders.de.
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QuantConnect, an algorithmic trading platform that connects hedge funds to its community of 110,000-plus DIY quant traders, has expanded access to its pioneering Alpha Streams market, a marketplace for alpha where funds can shop for and license algorithmic trading strategies.
By lowering the minimum AUM threshold for trading firms looking to license alpha from USD100 million to USD10 million, QuantConnect continues to facilitate the growth of emerging funds and managers.
This development comes after QuantConnect’s announcement of a broad restructuring of its offering in July. The new subscription framework, QuantConnect Organisations, allows individuals and trading firms to better deploy their
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 fraud.
Oasis Labs will serve as an inaugural member and primary infrastructure provider of the CryptoSafe Alliance.
Through the newly launched CryptoSafe Platform, a decentralised system powered by the Oasis Network and the Oasis Labs privacy SDK, Parcel, Alliance members will be able to share and access real-time intelligence and reports on hacks, scams and other malicious incidents privately and
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. Traders can deposit USDT to their accounts or convert BTC to USDT on Delta Exchange to trade these contracts. USDT quoting will allow traders to easily lock in the desired dollar spread, via limit orders, without worrying about the price of Bitcoin.
Calendar spread contracts were designed to allow for simultaneous trading in two futures contracts, on the same underlying
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 product, allowing users to more easily track the fast-growing DeFi market.
The USDT-margined DeFi index represents a composite of decentralised finance protocol tokens listed on Binance, and is calculated using weighted averages of real time prices of the tokens on Binance.
“Binance Futures has been at the forefront of developing new products for users, and we now offer nearly 50
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Cassini Sytems are teaming up to provide SGX market participants to meet Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) requirements. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Crypto Education’s platform, Learning Crypto Ltd, has achieved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation status for its cryptocurrency training courses.Continuing professional development is expected of professionals in the UK. The Professional Development Consortium is home to the CPD Standards Office, the CPD Research Project and the Provider of Training Excellence.
Learning Crypto Ltd was awarded accreditation status following a rigorous assessment that focused on the development and delivery of their training, which included their educational authority and how they collect and utilise delegate feedback and ensure their content is up to date.
Learning Crypto Ltd now joins a limited number of
