Back when I was a futures trader working at a Canadian bank, I’d often wonder why the future prices of certain commodities would be higher than spot prices, then at other times, those future prices would be lower than spot… Continue Reading
Augur project aims to be an open source decentralized prediction market running on the ethereum network. Its a really cool idea, but it seems like a long time until its ready for live real money trading, or maybe I’m just… Continue Reading
A user made a search on this site a few days ago wondering “what time of day is bitcoin most volatile?” I’ll attempt to answer this question below, and if you have your own questions about cryptocurrencies, bitcoin trading, or… Continue Reading
CLAM coins are a cryptocurrency based on a proof-of-stake mining method. One new CLAM coin is generated each minute and awarded to users by proportional lottery based on the number of CLAMs they have working on their miner. This means… Continue Reading
Deribit is a crypto-derivatives site featuring bitcoin futures and bitcoin options. Its a pretty cool site that offers some unique features unavailable to retail users in fiat economies. From a retail user’s perspective, being able to enter limit orders based… Continue Reading
On December 10th 2017, the CBOE will launch bitcoin contracts for trading on their futures exchange. Below is a description of the key facts associated with the CBOE contracts. My initial thoughts are that with a contract size of 1… Continue Reading
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-23/the-uncertain-future-of-bitcoin-futures
Today the CME announced bitcoin futures trading will begin on December 18th, 2017. This is very exciting news for crypto market participants. Trading in bitcoin futures on a CFTC regulated exchange will move bitcoin closer to the mainstream, add practically… Continue Reading
It’s been a few days since Bitfinex listed Euro trading, so we now have some more data to work with. Even though the Bitfinex USD market is based on tether, and fiat deposits/withdrawals will remain severely restricted, the USD market… Continue Reading
Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange that has been wrapped up in speculation about their relationship to tether, has now listed Euro trading pairs. Bitfinex has also offered Euros for margin trading so users can either borrow or lend Euros for margin.… Continue Reading
