Leverage


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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Leverage Costs Get Cheap, Ether Volatility Jumps

BTC had climbed from $35,709 to as high as $42,441. Then the slide started.

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Bitcoin Recovers From Panic Zone as Funding Rates Reset

Bitcoin's funding rate turned negative over the weekend, which typically precedes price recoveries.

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Here's How the Archegos Debacle May Have Spilled Over to Bitcoin

The difference between bitcoin futures premium on CME and other crypto exchanges has widened since the end of March, when Bill Hwang’s troubles surfaced.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

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For the Daring but Lazy, a New DeFi Product Simplifies Leveraged ETH Bets

Leverage has been a killer use case for DeFi from the start. But rarely has making such big wagers required so little work.

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Coinbase Revives Margin Trading, With Conservative (for Crypto) 3x Leverage

Coinbase is rolling out margin trading retail and institutional investors in the U.S. and nine other countries, offering a light 3x leverage to traders.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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Bitfinex Adds Margin Trading on Tether Gold With Pairs of Up to 5x Leverage

Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold with select pairs of up to five times leverage.

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Binance Hikes Leverage to 125x for Launch of Bitcoin-Tether Futures

Binance’s futures exchange is raising leverage to 125x with the launch of BTC/USDT contracts today.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

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How Leverage Can Help With Bitcoin’s Price Discovery

Leveraged and margin trading can help boost demand for an asset, increasing liquidity within a given market.

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Buyer Beware? Credit Creeps Into Crypto

An influx of get-rich-quick types could encourage the sort of behavior that bitcoin was designed to escape.

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