Bitcoin Futures

Bitcoin Futures

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Market Wrap: Crypto Market Cap Breaks $1.5T as Buyers Show Up for the Dip

Buyers showed up quickly to reverse the crypto market dip through Monday.

Bitcoin trading on Coinbase since Feb. 12

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Market Wrap: Ether Sets New Highs as Bitcoin Stays Below $49K

Despite choppy price action, news over the past few days has been extraordinarily bullish for the leading cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin trading on Coinbase in 2021 (TradingView)

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BlackRock Gives 2 Funds Go-Ahead to Invest in Bitcoin Futures

The world's largest asset manager appears to be getting into the bitcoin game.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

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CME Tops in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Amid Rapidly Growing Institutional Interest

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has become the largest bitcoin futures exchange by open interest amid institutional onboarding.

CME headquarters, Chicago

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CME Leveraged Funds Double Down on Shorts as Bitcoin Maintains $19,000

Short open interest for leveraged funds grows on CME as likely hedge trades continue to increase.

CME bitcoin futures open interest for leveraged funds

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Spot Markets, Not Leverage, Fuel Bitcoin's Price Rally Amid Mild Derivative Liquidations

Derivatives' role in bitcoin's rally is "muted" this time, said one trader.

Bitcoin price and futures daily liquidated positions on BitMEX since January 2020.

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Bitcoin's Rivalry With Gold Plus Millennial Interest Gives It 'Considerable' Upside Potential: JPMorgan

A Friday note outlines institutional, corporate and millennial interest in the leading cryptocurrency.

bank vault

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Futures Traders Aren't as Bullish This Time Around as Bitcoin Price Revisits $12,000, Data Indicates

Futures funding stayed flat or turned negative despite bitcoin's rally to $12,000.

Bitcoin price and historical funding rates from  includes funding rates from Binance, Bitfinex, BitMEX, and Deribit since July 2020

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Bitcoin Volatility Hits 23-Month Low as the Cryptocurrency Shrugs Off BitMEX, Trump's Illness

Bitcoin's 180-day volatility dropped to its lowest level since November 2018.

Bitcoin's 180-day volatility