Bitcoin Futures

The first US Bitcoin ETF – The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF – may prove itself popular beyond sustainability. The fund is already approaching its limit on futures contracts holdings, as enforced by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Bitcoin ETF: Too Popular to Handle? Last week, data from Bloomberg indicated that ProShares' Bitcoin ETF was holding 1900 futures contracts dated for October. This was only 100 short of the 2000 futures contract limit that the CME imposed during an ETF's first…

Following years of delay and debate, the SEC has finally greenlit a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund for the United States. On Tuesday morning, the ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF should begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Also, many expect the fund to give typical consumers and major institutions both compliant and convenient exposure to Bitcoin. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF ProShares announced its upcoming launch this morning in a press release, confirming rumors circulating since Friday. On October…

BlockFi– a leading cryptocurrency lending institution– has recently filed for a Bitcoin Futures ETF with the SEC. Their request comes amidst growing excitement that the US could approve a Bitcoin ETF by the end of October. Blockfi’s Bitcoin Strategy ETF BlockFi’s proposed ETF would be listed on the Cboe BZX exchange, according to the company’s filing today. It seeks to purchase cash-settled Bitcoin futures contracts on the CME to accumulate capital. It would also invest in short-term fixed-income securities, alongside…

Crypto futures are derivative products in the form of a contract. Two parties commit to either sell or buy a cryptocurrency on a specific date in the future at a predetermined price. In essence, Crypto futures allow traders to speculate on the future magnitude and cost of an Asset. The trading volume of crypto futures has grown rapidly since the Chicago Board Options Exchange launched the first Bitcoin futures contract in 2017 (Cboe). So let's look at the best exchanges for…

For a broad definition, Financial futures refer to a financial instrument that specifies buying or selling a financial asset between two parties for a predetermined price and a precise date in the future. For example, bitcoin futures are futures contracts that enable traders to speculate on Bitcoin's price without actually owning bitcoin. Once a futures contract is set or agreed upon, counterparties are required to fulfill the terms of the agreement upon expiration, either by selling or buying the asset…

The most recent data has shown that Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt is currently seeing the majority of its contracts settled in BTC, not cash. According to the provider of real-time data analytics for Bitcoin and Ether derivatives, Skew, the latest data on May 26 shows that Bakkt’s physically-settled Bitcoin Futures produced $34m, cash-settled Bitcoin Futures produced $9.3m and total open interest was $7.6m. Likewise, Bakkt’s physically-settled BTC Futures recorded a daily volume of $43m on the same day. The data shows that…

Predicting the price of cryptocurrencies is challenging, thanks to their volatile nature. For example, consider bitcoin's volatility, which has seen the coin fluctuate between $69000 - $16000 over the last two years. The uncertainty and volatility are perhaps significant reasons investors shy away from digital assets. Given the growing increase in digital assets investments, finding a solution is vital for Exchange-Traded Funds (EFTto s) to come in at this point and could be instrumental in crypto investing.  So, could ETFs…

Perpetual contracts trading makes up a significant percentage of overall exchange-traded cryptocurrency volumes. Investors looking to bet on the price developments of BTC and other crypto assets are often not too concerned about holding actual tokens but are instead interested in trading highly liquid cryptocurrency derivatives such as perpetual futures contracts. Perpetual futures contracts on cryptocurrencies are financial derivatives enabling traders to bet on the price movements of crypto assets using leverage without owning the underlying digital asset.  A futures…

In recent years, the crypto space has witnessed incredible growth into a diverse ecosystem of over 5 000 coins and tokens, with each token focusing on a particular use case built on blockchain technology. And with the diversification of the crypto ecosystem, there has been an increased launch of financial products to increase mainstream adoption.  One such crypto-financial product that has gathered pace among crypto enthusiasts in recent years is cryptocurrency derivatives. A notable cryptocurrency derivative in the crypto space…