Derivatives

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Opinion

DeFi Derivatives Trading Has Untapped Potential

If we learn to read the markets, make smart use of the data at our disposal and overcome a few speed bumps along the way, options will certainly drive the next era of DeFi to higher highs than ever before.

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Finance

Crypto Trading Protocol Drift Relaunches Into Rocky Solana DeFi Landscape

The derivatives trader is back after an eight-month hiatus.

Drift v2 (Drift Protocol)

Markets

Cumberland Favors Bitcoin Option Trades to Profit From US CPI

Sell bitcoin June expiry calls and hedge the same with short-dated December expiry options, Cumberland said.

Cumberland favors bitcoin options strategy to profit from post-CPI price action. (Krzysztof Hepner/Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Perennial Launches, Announces $12M in Funding

Polychain Capital and Variant co-led a seed round for the decentralized derivatives protocol.

DeFi protocol Perennial makes public a $12 million fundraise. (Unsplash)

Markets

Rally in Crypto Game Axie's AXS Token Faces Skepticism From Derivative Traders

With a favorable environment for alternative cryptocurrencies far away, a rise in open interest in AXS futures implies traders shorting the rally, one trader said.

Traders appear to be shorting the rally in AXS. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Videos

AAX Likely Moving Toward Legal Procedure, Former Exec Predicts

Hong-Kong based crypto exchange AAX closed out its derivatives position. The company said in a statement on Nov. 19 that the firm "has a chance ... of resuming normal operations." Former AAX VP and Head of Research Ben Caselin says "that's definitely not my sentiment observation," adding the exchange is likely moving to a legal procedure.

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Markets

Matrixport Favors 'Systematic Bitcoin Call Overwriting' Strategy for 2023

The approach involves owning bitcoin while selling weekly call options with strike prices above the market level.

Matrxiport prefers systematic call overwriting strategy for 2023 (PIRO4D/Pixabay)

Finance

Shuttered AAX Will Close Out Derivatives, Citing ‘Chance’ of Return to Normal

The Hong Kong crypto exchange hopes to be able to raise enough capital to reopen following a hack.

Hong Kong skyline (anuchit kamsongmueang/Getty Images)

Markets

Institutions Take Bearish Stance on Bitcoin, Create Arbitrage Opportunity

The record discount in the front-month bitcoin futures traded on the CME indicates institutions are biased bearish. The discount may attract arbitrageurs.

The record bitcoin futures discount suggests institutions are biased bearish. (Arcane Research)

Policy

Health of FTX’s US Derivatives Arm Owed to Oversight, Says CFTC Chief Behnam

The former LedgerX unit seems to be in good shape, Behnam said at a Chicago event, though its controversial application to directly clear customers’ derivatives trades was withdrawn.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)