Bitfinex recently paid the CFTC $75,000 USD related to a settlement between the US federal government agency and the digital currency exchange. A copy of the CFTC order can be found here. Bitfinex explains it this way: Today, the United States… Continue Reading
As the value of bitcoins dramatically rose near the end of May 2016, it tested other related markets such as the margin funding market on Bitfinex. Bitfinex is a digital currency exchange where users can trade USD, BTC, LTC, and Ether… Continue Reading
I’ve been investing in bitcoins for the past year, but I have expertise in derivatives, and I’ve been wishing that a bitcoin derivatives market would emerge soon. I have various bitcoin investments such as funding loans on p2p sites, funding… Continue Reading
A frequent criticism of bitcoins from the lay person revolves around the perceived bitcoin price volatility compared to fiat currencies such as the US dollar. But although this type of commentary is common, its often not backed up with any type of data.… Continue Reading
The CME and ICE have each announced they will begin providing data on a bitcoin price index last this year. This is very exciting news for bitcoin participants as it get the market one step closer to derivatives trading, which… Continue Reading
Loanbase, one of the peer-to-peer (p2p) bitcoin lending platforms announced today that they will soon unveil a new auto-invest feature. This comes as good news to the bitcoin p2p community, but the change could have some drawbacks for certain users.… Continue Reading
