Poloniex recently provided users affected by the lending pool loss with an update. Poloniex is committing to re-reimburse users by refunding their trading fees. Poloniex claims they will reimburse the trading fees of users until those users are made 100%… Continue Reading
Today the Washington State regulator in charge of a subsidiary of Avista has rejected the proposed merger between Hydro One and Avista Corp. Shares of Hydro One were up almost 5% this morning on the news, while Avista shares were… Continue Reading
This post shows how the payouts of a parimutuel pool are calculated. Parimutuel betting is a type of betting where payouts are determined by the amount bet on each outcome. Click here to view the parimutuel pool described in this… Continue Reading
Whether you love watching Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson giving high fives or if you care about which millionaire golfer has the best celebration dance, the Ryder Cup 2018 is upon us. The Ryder Cup is a golf team match… Continue Reading
This post will describe the Portfolio Margin system used at Deribit, a bitcoin derivatives exchange. Portfolio margin is a risk-based margin policy that aligns margin requirements with the overall risk of a portfolio. Portfolio margin usually results in significantly lower margin requirements… Continue Reading
A market maker quotes both buy and a sell prices in order to profit from the spread between bids and offers and also from the spread between a price quoted and a reference or theoretical price. The bid-offer spread is… Continue Reading
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If you have spare bitcoins kicking around, one way to use them is by lending them out to margin traders on an exchange such as Bitfinex. This post will explain how the Bitfinex funding market works, and how you can… Continue Reading
I frequently get asked about how to trade crypto currencies. Aspiring traders see the daily swings in the bitcoin price and wonder whether they should take up trying to pick the highs and lows by trading. This post will describe… Continue Reading
