Derivatives

Thailand is moving to cement bitcoin and other digital assets as legitimate, regulated reference assets in its derivatives and capital markets.

Interactive Brokers now offers nano Bitcoin futures via Coinbase Derivatives, providing smaller, lower-risk, and perpetual-style contracts to broaden regulated crypto access for its clients.

The CFTC launched a U.S. pilot program allowing Bitcoin to be used as collateral in regulated derivatives markets.

Luxor introduces longer-term contracts and faster liquidity access for Bitcoin mining market participants.

Announcements by government agencies make stricter regulations look imminent for the crypto industry. How derivatives market action impacts the bitcoin price.

The company will track hashrate values through its own index and will pay out in USD or BTC, enabling non-physical access to the bitcoin mining industry.

We have yet to see deeper levels of negative funding over sustained periods of time, so this may tell us the worst of the bear market is yet to come.

Goldman Sachs is reportedly looking to integrate services with Bitcoin and crypto exchange FTX.

The bitcoin derivatives landscape plays a major role in the bitcoin price in the short term. We have yet to see signs of a bitcoin macro bottom.

On-chain data shows that the current market cycle is unique, with more Bitcoiners transacting peer-to-peer and outside the realm of exchanges.