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Crypto Fund QCP Capital Says Options Trading Is Next Institutional Growth Driver

Institutional investors are much more likely to engage in options trading than other crypto-centric niches, co-founder Darius Sit shared at an event in Seoul.

QCP Capital co-founder Darius Sit speaking at Korea Blockchain Week. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Voltz Could Bring 150% Interest Rate on Ether Deposits

As the Ethereum blockchain's Merge approaches, traders and venues are seeing the event as an opportunity to pocket fat yields – possibly signaling a renewed appetite for risk in crypto just months after its big market crash.

With memories still fresh from this year's crypto market crash, the Voltz protocol is already looking for ways to let traders use leverage to take more risk. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

BNB y SOL lideran ganancias y traders apuntan a un dólar fuerte para continuar la recuperación cripto

Una mayor recuperación del mercado dependerá de la fortaleza del dólar y del entorno macro más amplio, dijo un operador.

Un dólar fuerte podría correlacionarse con el mercado cripto y continuar su recuperación. (Shutterstock).

Finance

Banco Santander permitirá en Brasil operar cripto en los próximos meses, según CEO

La institución financiera se sumará a compañías fintech que ingresan al segmento de criptomonedas, como Nubank, MercadoLibre y PicPay.

Banco Santander lanzará función de trading cripto en Brasil. (Cristina Arias/Getty Images)

Markets

BNB, Solana Lead Gains in Majors; Traders Point to Dollar Strength for Further Upside

Market recovery will also be contingent on the wider macro environment, one trader said.

Un dólar fuerte podría correlacionarse con el mercado cripto y continuar su recuperación. (Shutterstock).

Finance

Lender Babel Finance Lost $280M Trading Customer Funds: Report

The firm is looking to convert hundreds of million in debt into equity after a series of trading losses.

Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance (Babel)

Finance

Santander Brazil to Launch Crypto Trading Feature in Coming Months, CEO Says

The financial institution will join fintech companies entering the crypto segment, such as Nubank, Mercado Libre and PicPay.

Banco Santander lanzará función de trading cripto en Brasil. (Cristina Arias/Getty Images)

Opinion

How Is Being in Crypto Like Playing a Sport?

A panel of experts examines the shrewdness needed in fencing and trading, the thrill of being on a team and the feeling of being picked last in gym class.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (Keith Allison/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Ether Dominates Futures Trading as Shorts See $200M in Liquidations

Crypto markets jumped after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hike rates by 75 basis points. The move caught short traders by surprise.

Posiciones cortas de ether registraron liquidaciones de $200 millones. (deepblue4you/Getty images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange FTX.US Opens Stock Trading to Users Nationwide

Its president said the company won’t be charging trading fees or use a Robinhood-like payment for order flow business model.

FTX US President Brett Harrison (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)