CME Group and Crypto Facilities (CF) have reteamed to bring enhanced pricing information to one of the top five global cryptocurrencies. Introducing CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate and CME CF Ether-Dollar Real-Time Index, both available on the CME Group website. The new… Continue Reading
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
The Lightning Network is a payment system being developed for bitcoin. The Lightning Network hopes to contribute to overcoming some of the bitcoin blockchain’s payment scalability “problems”/costs. The system is currently in testnet, but has been used for a few… Continue Reading
Kudos to my friends for getting their CoinBerry bitcoin ATM featured in BlogTO 🙂 http://www.blogto.com/tech/2017/12/how-to-buy-bitcoin-toronto-canada/
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
What’s causing the price of bitcoins to rise so dramatically? I get asked this question many times a day from friends and colleagues wondering what’s driving the price of bitcoins. My favourite response is the old trader’s adage, “more buyers… 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
This post will describe how to use binary options to estimate the odds of a pari-mutuel pool. Friends of mine run a fantasy sports site called CoinRoster where they host pari-mutuel pools on a variety of topics including the bitcoin… Continue Reading
