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ForkLog 20 30.01.2024

Anton Toroptsev: CommEX Clients Show Interest in P2P Deals and Simple Futures

As of the end of January 2024, the monthly spot trading volume on the cryptocurrency exchange CommEX reached 185 million USDT, while futures trading hit 500 million USDT, according to Anton Toroptsev, the regional director of the platform in Russia and the CIS, speaking to ForkLog. One of the popular segments has been the Simple […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 868 11.06.2020

Over a Gram of Trouble: What Happened to People Who Bought Gram Futures

While it lasted, Telegram’s TON project has been a tempting target for investors. A few managed to get into TON’s private token sale while the rest had to wait till launch or look for futures contracts for Gram tokens, which were offered by several trading platforms.

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Krzysztof Shpak 616 16.03.2020

COT Report Analysis: Institutionals Ramped up Short Positions Before Crash

The Commitments of Traders report, issued weekly by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is an important tool in assessing the moods of large market players and getting a bigger picture of the financial markets in general. Given the turmoil in the markets, this gives the additional bits of information needed to better understand the nature […]

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ForkLog 1786 01.08.2019

LedgerX Launches Physically-Settled Bitcoin Futures Ahead of Bakkt and ErisX

This story was updated on August 1, 13:55 UTC The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated that LedgerX has “not yet been approved by the Commission” to offer physically settled bitcoin futures. Crypto derivatives provider LedgerX announced it has launched the first physically-settled Bitcoin futures contracts on the U.S. market. The contracts, which […]

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ForkLog 657 13.05.2019

Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Contracts Expected To Launch In July 2019

Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt has announced it is moving forward with its plans to launch physically-settled Bitcoin futures contracts. In an announcement on Monday, May 13, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)-backed company broke down the product, saying that it would be testing the products this summer.

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ForkLog 607 16.04.2019

LedgerX Could Launch Physically Settled Bitcoin Futures Contracts Ahead of Bakkt

LedgerX, a crypto derivatives provider, is planning to become the first U.S. company to offer physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts. Should they succeed in getting this license, then the firm will beat Bakkt to the first place, another company that has been trying to offer the same product for a while now.

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ForkLog 178 23.03.2019

CFTC is ‘Diligently’ Working on All Crypto-Related Applications, Including Bakkt

United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is actively working to approve multiple crypto-related applications, including for Bitcoin (BTC) futures from institutional trading platform Bakkt. As reported by Cointelegraph, a CFTC commissioner revealed the news in remarks to cryptocurrency news network Blocktv in an interview on March 19.

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ForkLog 514 22.03.2019

Bitwise Claims 95% Of Reported Bitcoin Trading Volume Is Fake

A majority of Bitcoin trading volume is artificially created by unregulated exchanges, according to a Bitwise Asset Management report.

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ForkLog 352 04.02.2019

Kraken Launches Bitcoin Futures After Acquiring U.K’s Crypto Facilities In a “Nine-Figure Deal”

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced today that it had acquired leading crypto derivatives provider Crypto Facilities. The parties declined to reveal the exact figure involved in the deal, saying that it was a “nine-figure deal” and “Kraken’s largest acquisition to date and one of the largest the industry has seen.” Kraken acquires Crypto Facilities, […]

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ForkLog 729 31.12.2018

Bakkt Raises $182.5M Funding from Major VC Investors, Bitcoin Futures Platform Launch to be Delayed Again

Bakkt, the cryptocurrency platform by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has announced on the New Year’s Eve that is has completed its first round of funding, raising $182.5 million from 12 partners and investors.

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ForkLog 356 12.12.2018

CFTC Seeks Public Comments on Ethereum and Its Underlying Technology

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has put out a Request for Information (RFI) asking for public comment and feedback to help it better understand Ether and the Ethereum blockchain, and the markets that have built up around it.

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ForkLog 470 04.12.2018

Crypto Derivatives Platform ErisX Raises $27.5 Million From Bitmain, Fidelity and Nasdaq Ventures

Chicago-based crypto trading platform ErisX has closed a Series B funding round that raised $27.5 million, the company anounced on Tuesday, December 4.

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