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Rekt—but at what price?

May 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Lots of cryptocurrency traders got rekt (wrecked) during Wednesday’s market rout. But were their positions liquidated at a fair price? The latest crypto crash has prompted renewed questions about the […]

BitMEX trials could throw light on Tether

March 4, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Two of the three founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange will surrender to US authorities in coming weeks. Their forthcoming trials could help throw light on the controversial crypto-dollar, tether. […]

Bitcoin is tech before it’s money

June 3, 2020 Comments are Disabled

To understand bitcoin, think of it as a technology rather than as a speculative financial asset, a leading computer scientist said this week. “People often talk about bitcoin as an […]

Derivatives exchanges fed bitcoin crash

March 20, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Leveraged trading platforms played a big part in driving last week’s price collapse in bitcoin and ethereum, says a cryptocurrency fund manager. On March 12th bitcoin dropped from $7,800 to […]

FCA’s crypto risk warnings cause confusion

March 5, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), caused confusion this week by issuing risk warnings against two cryptocurrency exchanges, Kraken and BitMEX, then withdrawing one of them. One […]

Inside the crypto casino

July 25, 2019 0 comments

Derivatives based on cryptocurrencies are big business, generating fortunes for the owners of trading venues. But those exchanges don’t all play by the same rules. Confusingly, the global regulation of […]

UK regulator takes hardline approach on cryptoassets

July 5, 2019 0 comments

The UK regulator says it wants to stop the sale of bitcoin derivatives to the general public. The proposed ban is too broad, unfair and will be ineffective, say critics. […]

The wild world of crypto derivatives

June 26, 2019 0 comments

Soaring volumes, billion-dollar fortunes, insane leverage and radical new risk models: welcome to the wild world of unregulated cryptocurrency derivatives. The real action in crypto derivatives The Chicago Mercantile Exchange […]