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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.

By William FoxleyOct 18, 2019

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Markets

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.

By Sebastian SinclairSep 28, 2019

Bitcoin

Markets

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.

By Marc HochsteinDec 21, 2017

creep, shadow

Markets

Coinbase Targets Institutional Traders With Margin Feature Launch

Coinbase's GDAX digital asset exchange has added a new margin trading feature.

By Garrett KeirnsMar 20, 2017

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