On Friday, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s cash-settled Bitcoin futures contract for the month of November was reported to have expired by a number of analysts. While these financial derivatives are cash-settled, analysis by a top cryptocurrency trader suggests that the expiry of the monthly futures means that BTC has a positive price trajectory into the…
If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter at all during 2019, you’ve likely heard the term “Bitcoin futures gap” mentioned again and again.For some context, a “gap” in a financial market is when an asset doesn’t trade at a certain price, leaving a gap in the order books and charts which is highly irregular. While gaps…
Last week, Bitcoin plummeted from $7,500 to $3,800 at the extreme point of the low, as a result of a coronavirus panic-induced selloff combined with a liquidity crisis and potential DDoS attack on BitMEX that created a cascade of liquidations driving the price of Bitcoin down at a rapid rate.But rather than clean up their…
It’s no secret that mainstream media isn’t the biggest fan of cryptocurrency, often releasing sensationalized reports that demand page views more than they do facts. That being said, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is now a part of the cryptocurrency market after creating their own crypto – called the WSJCoin. The U.S.-based news outlet embarked…
A lot of hopes have been pinned on institutional heavyweights entering the crypto space in 2019. The promise of more Bitcoin futures and crypto products from the big players could be the catalyst that drives market recovery. A new exchange has entered the fray and it aims to take on the giants with physically delivered…
Statistics show that the Bitcoin price may be on the verge of seeing a red week. No, by red I don’t mean Christmas, I mean a week in which the cryptocurrency falls, potentially to enter back in the range of the $6,000s.Related Reading: Lightning Works: Bitcoin Podcaster Finds Restaurant Shunning Banks for BTCBitcoin Futures’ Imply BTC…
Looking back at when derivatives products were launched for other asset classes may offer some insight as to what will happen to Bitcoin markets. Analysts have been doing just that and the results are extremely bullish on paper but there could be some differences with crypto assets. Bitcoin Futures Good or Bad? To draw comparison,…
The ongoing regulatory delays and hurdles imposed by the US government have not dampened the enthusiasm for crypto related products such as the highly anticipated Bakkt launch. Bakkt Will be a ‘Moonshot Bet’ The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has recently announced its fourth quarter earnings which have beat some Wall Street predictions. Chief executive Jeffrey Sprecher…
Ethereum has been in the doldrums lately. Bitcoin has made all the moves generally lifting crypto markets and increasing its own dominance largely at the expense of the higher cap altcoins such as Ethereum and XRP. That all changed today when ETH finally got some good fundamentals to send it surging 12 percent. CTFC Ready…
Around $6 billion has been dumped out of crypto markets over the past few hours as the bears return again. Coincidentally it has happened again, right after Bakkt launched more institutional investment products for Bitcoin. Bitcoin Barrels Towards $7k BTC charts were looking positive during late trading yesterday but the Asian session changed all of…