Derivatives

Derivatives

Finance

EToro invests in onchain derivatives platform Extended as brokers race into DeFi

The broker plans to bring perpetual futures into Zengo wallet and expand DeFi products to its core platform as rivals like Robinhood expand onchain offerings.

EToro CEO Yoni Assia. (Vanja Savic/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

JPMorgan sees limited institutional demand for perpetual futures

The bank said institutional demand for perpetual futures remains muted, with the products better suited to speculative trading than hedging.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London

Finance

Perpetual futures could become crypto's next ETF moment

John Palmer, head of derivatives at Kraken, said he expects sophisticated traders to lead adoption of newly approved U.S. perpetual futures, with broader institutional participation likely to follow over time.

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Finance

Influential research firm that caused AI stock meltdown lays out Hyperliquid as 'compelling' idea

Unlike most crypto, Hyperliquid actually generates cash flow and has a token buyback mechanism, says Citrini Research

Hype

Markets

Here's what could happen if bitcoin breaks below $60,000

A confluence of factors makes $60,000 as key level to watch for in the near term, according to Deribit.

Crypto trader on laptop and phone

Markets

Crypto derivatives have converged with Wall Street. Equity perps could soon prove it.

Crypto and traditional finance are converging fast, with perpetual futures emerging as the strongest bridge between the two.

Panelists on "Digital Asset Derivatives: Building Ecosystems and Establishing Opportunities." (Consensus Miami, CoinDesk)

Policy

Gemini eyes prediction market challenge to Kalshi, Polymarket, secures derivatives license; shares surge

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' crypto exchange now holds licenses allowing it to expand into regulated derivatives and prediction markets, the fastest-growing sectors in crypto.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase's John D’Agostino says crypto platform stands alone as industry's full-service prime broker

The exchange’s institutional arm has quietly assembled trading, custody, financing, derivatives and cross margining into a single stack, something its rivals still piece together.

John D'Agostino (l) on stage with Anthony Scaramucci at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Kraken's parent company Payward to acquire derivatives exchange Bitnomial for $550 million in cash and stock

The deal gives Payward control of a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives stack, accelerating its expansion in regulated markets.

Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin's $76,000 breakout fails but a rare signal is hinting at major market bottom

Derivatives funding rates have now remained negative for 46 days, a streak last seen following the FTX crash which marked the bottom of 2022's crypto winter.

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