Derivatives News

Updated April 23, 2026 · 12:05 PM UTC

Track crypto derivatives news, futures, options, perpetuals, leverage trends, and trader positioning across volatile digital asset markets.

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DeFi

Kinetix eyes GMX’s path, aims to revolutionize Kava Chain with perpetual swaps

How Kinetix is bringing the power of perpetual swaps and shared liquidity to the Kava and Cosmos ecosystems.

3 years ago

Derivatives

CME Group to offer Ether/Bitcoin ratio futures in July

The derivatives marketplace will roll out the new investment product this summer, pending approval from regulators.

3 years ago

Derivatives

First leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF opens for trading on CBOE

The Volatility Shares 2x Bitcoin Strategy futures ETF made its CBOE debut on June 27.

3 years ago

Derivatives

CME Group expands its Bitcoin, Ethereum derivatives product suite

The company will offer 14 new derivatives options for greater flexibility and risk management - subject to regulatory approval.

3 years ago

Derivatives

Europe is getting its first ETP based on an MSCI index

The ETP will be based on a new MSCI index tracking 20 leading digital assets — set to launch on Germany's Deutsche Börse XETRA in April.

3 years ago

Regulation

Grayscale continues to challenge SEC for spot Bitcoin ETF conversion

Oral arguments for Grayscale's case against the SEC is penned for March 7.

3 years ago

Research

Bitcoin’s annualized 3-month futures basis show a calm before the storm

Bitcoin's annualized 3-month futures basis just came out of deep backwardation. Every time this happened in the past, a price rally occurred within months.

3 years ago

Analysis

Selecting a derivatives DEX: An overview & comparison

For the purposes of this article, we'll be looking broadly at these three measures: security and privacy, transaction and cost efficiency and lastly, token ecosystems and reward-generating offerings.

3 years ago