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Derivatives Exchange Deribit Launches Daily Ether Options
The new ETH options will be tradable for just 24 hours before expiry.
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Opyn co-founder Zubin Koticha. (Courtesy photo)
Options Protocol Brings 'Insurance' to DeFi Deposits on Compound
A company called Opyn is bringing trustless insurance to the Compound DeFi protocol.
Opyn co-founder Zubin Koticha. (Courtesy photo)

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Options Market Sees More Risk in Ether Than Bitcoin in Coming Months
Ether will face more volatility than bitcoin over the next six months, according to how options have been priced in recent weeks. 
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Binance Will Soon Reward Market Makers for Providing Futures Liquidity
The exchange is adjusting its fee structure to incentivize market makers to add liquidity on its futures platform.
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Options Growth Will Ignite Innovation in the Bitcoin Market – But Not in the Way You Think
Richard Rosenblum, co-founder of GSR, points out the lackluster growth in listed options hides the real action taking place in OTC hedges.
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Deribit Using New Trading Tools to Capture 'Exploding' Options Market
Global provider of professional trading software Trading Technologies announced Wednesday it would provide connectivity to leading derivatives exchange, Deribit
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CME's Bitcoin Options See First-Day Volume of $2.3M
Options on bitcoin futures from Chicago Mercantile Exchange got off to a good start on Monday, seeing trading volume reach 55 contracts in the opening session.
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Ride 'Em, Cowboy: Bitmain's Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin
Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it.
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Bakkt Goes Live With Options, Cash-Settled Futures Products
Bakkt’s new options and cash-settled bitcoin futures products have just gone live, joining its three-month-old physical futures contracts.
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Crypto Exchange OKEx Launching Options Trading Later This Month
The Malta-based exchange is adding cryptocurrency options to its existing offerings during the winter holiday.
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