Derivatives

Litentry Launches Crowdloan Reward Program on Binance With Enticing Reward Pool

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Time Stamp: November 5, 2021 4:31 AM - Modified On: November 5, 2021 - Published By:
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Litentry, a decentralized identity aggregation protocol, officially launched its Crowdloan Reward Program on November 4, 2021. Sponsored Sponsored This represents a significant development in Litentry’s quest to win a slot ahead of the upcoming Polkadot parachain auction. Join the crowdloan on Binance now to enjoy 20% LIT (20,000,000 LIT) total supply with an extra $2.5M reward pool, and with approx. 2,760% APY (as of Nov 4). An innovative crowdloan program Crowdloan is a growing trend taken by projects to receive enough funding to participate in Polkadot’s parachain auction. Participants contribute

Another Leading DEX Is Choosing the Order Book Mechanism

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Time Stamp: November 5, 2021 3:57 AM - Modified On: November 5, 2021 - Published By:
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As the DeFi segment with the clearest application scenarios and the strongest demand, decentralized exchange (DEX) has always been attracting the most attention.Sponsored Sponsored It also embodies the greatest competitiveness as well as the strongest capital effect. Since its low and stable performance in the middle of last year, DEX’s total trading volume has grown rapidly, and the monthly figure peaked at $162.8 billion in May. Sponsored Sponsored Although it is still lagging behind the centralized exchange (CEX), its market size of hundreds of billions of dollars obviously can not

Why investors are not entirely sold on investing in a Bitcoin futures ETF

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Time Stamp: October 17, 2021 7:30 PM - Modified On: October 17, 2021 - Published By:
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With two Bitcoin futures ETFs set to make market debut, let’s dive deep into the cost associated with owning these contracts. ProShares Bitcoin futures ETF is reportedly set to go live on 18 October, likely followed by Invesco’s ETF on the next day on 19 October.  We know that there are additional costs associated with an ETF. Apart from a brokerage commission, analysts are anticipating a higher expense ratio with these traded funds. As the filing by ProShares marks an annual operating expense of 0.95%, an investor will essentially spend

DeFi protocol run by ex-Coinbase dev just did $3.6 billion in daily trading volume

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Time Stamp: September 28, 2021 5:00 AM - Modified On: September 28, 2021 - Published By:
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dYdX (DYDX), a decentralized derivatives exchange that runs on Ethereum (ETH), has surpassed Coinbase’s volume for the first time, executing over $3.6 billion in trades in a 24-hour period.The protocol’s success came in the midst of Beijing stepping up its clampdown on crypto, which spurred the recent interest in decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and other decentralized finance (DeFi) products among Chinese users.Ethereum Layer-2 DEX doing more volume than Coinbase“5 years ago I left Coinbase and eventually founded dYdX. Today, for the first time, dYdX protocol is doing more trade volume than

China Calls All Crypto Transactions Illegal, Bitcoin Drops $4k In Response

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Time Stamp: September 24, 2021 8:04 AM - Modified On: September 24, 2021 - Published By:
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China’s central bank has announced that all crypto-related transactions and services are now illegal. In response, Bitcoin drops down to $41k from $45k. China Announces All Crypto Transactions And Activities Are Illegal As per a report from Bloomberg, China has intensified its crackdown on crypto and Bitcoin as the nation’s central bank says all digital currency transactions are illegal. According to The People’s Bank Of China (PBOC), not only are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others unrecognized as legal tender, any services related to them are also illegal. These crypto services include

Bitget KCGI Trading Competition Opens for Registration on 20, October with a Prize Pool of 100 BTC

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Time Stamp: September 24, 2021 5:56 AM - Modified On: September 24, 2021 - Published By:
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Derivatives exchange Bitget announced the launch of King’s Cup Global Invitational (KCGI). According to the announcement, the contest has set up a prize pool of 100 BTC and 500 million BGB as well as other custom-made prizes. The registration will open from 20 October to 4 November (UTC+8), and the competition will start from 10:00 am on 30 October to 10:00 am on 20 November (UTC+8). It is reported to be an annual event for global elite traders held under the principle of unity, fairness and competitive spirit. “This contest

Coinbase won’t pursue its planned lending service, fears SEC scrutiny 

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Time Stamp: September 23, 2021 7:31 AM - Modified On: September 23, 2021 - Published By:
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It appears that Coinbase would prefer to be on the safe side rather than dealing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s scrutiny and pressure.  In a blog that the crypto exchange has posted, it announced that it would no longer pursue its plans to roll out its “Lend” service, which is supposed to be a crypto-based lending service.  Lend was supposed to be a service that would pay users if they lend out their tokens, but the SEC has warned the company about the legal consequences of such service.  Showing

Coinbase Files For Futures and Derivatives Trading

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Time Stamp: September 16, 2021 2:44 AM - Modified On: September 16, 2021 - Published By:
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North America’s largest crypto exchange Coinbase has taken the first steps in making an application to allow futures and derivatives products on the platform.Sponsored Sponsored On Sept 16, Coinbase stated that it had filed an application with the National Futures Association (NFA) to register as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). The exchange added that “this is the next step to broaden our offerings and offer futures and derivatives trading on our platforms,” in order to further expand the crypto economy.Sponsored Sponsored The NFA’s official website now lists Coinbase Global Inc.

Pledge: NFT-based fixed lending protocol announces successful Fundraise

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Time Stamp: September 14, 2021 4:15 AM - Modified On: September 14, 2021 - Published By:
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Pledge Finance, an algorithm-driven, multi-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, is announcing the launch of an NFT-powered structured collateralized lending platform targeted at the traditional financial sector. The Binance Smart Chain (BSC) based platform will be fully interoperable with other public chains, meaning other DeFi platforms will be able to interact with Pledge’s numerous product and service offerings.  Pledge Bridges the Gap Between DeFi and Finance Pledge Finance will include liquidity pools which will act as money markets so that users can exchange cryptocurrencies without the need for a centralized exchange.