Cboe Futures Exchange Begins Trading in Cboe FTSE Bitcoin Index Futures LeapRate

April 30, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Cboe Futures Exchange Begins Trading in Cboe FTSE Bitcoin Index Futures

The contracts began trading Tuesday on the Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), offering cash-settled exposure to bitcoin through the FTSE Bitcoin Reduced Value Index. The exchange stated that the new XBTF futures provide institutional and professional investors with a tool to gain or hedge bitcoin exposure. XBTF futures are cash-settled contracts. "As customer demand for crypto-based…

March 24, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

21Shares Expands in Europe With New Nasdaq Stockholm Listings

The newly listed products include the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP (CBTC), the 21Shares Solana Staking ETP (ASOL), and the 21Shares XRP ETP (AXRP). The firm feels the listings strengthen its presence in the Nordic market, which has seen growing demand for crypto investment products. 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP is said to offer 100% physically backed…

April 15, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Bitcoin Climbs Back After Crypto Market Fall Of Almost 10%

This is reportedly the largest sell-off of the world’s most prominent crypto asset experienced in over a year. Despite falling below $62,000 at one stage during Saturday’s trading, BTC gained back 3.9%, which pushed it past the $64,000 mark on Sunday, 14 April 2024. At one point, this virtual currency spiked as much as 8.3%.…

February 28, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Prominent Buyers Purchasing Cryptocurrencies

The world’s largest cryptocurrency, which currently has a market value of just over $1tn, ended Tuesday trading at $57,071. From the start of February, bitcoin gained 32%, putting it on track for its most significant monthly gain since January 2023. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter Rallies exceeding 10% were influenced…

January 25, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Bitcoin ETFs can see the cryptocurrency shoot through the roof

This economist was also correct in his bullish S&P 500 approach, despite everyone anticipating recession and stock price drops. Lee said this index would end at 4,750 in 2023. It closed at 4,769. Still trying to regain a balance after the FTX scandal, TerraUSD $60bn wipe-out, and crash which saw Bitcoin plunging from $69,000 in…

November 21, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Could approved Bitcoin ETF begin a $100bn crypto market value?

Fuelling this prevailing crest of excited anticipation, the probable involvement of reputable investment giants such as BlackRock, Fidelity, and Invesco stirred speculations that the spot-Bitcoin ETF will achieve a $100bn market value in due course. Reportedly, Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (GLXY.TO) conferred with about 300 investment professionals about Bitcoin allocations as the ETF approval and…

July 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ETC Group lists Bitcoin ETP in Europe on Cboe

Tim Bevan, Founder and co-CEO of ETC Group commented: As a flagship product, bringing BTCE to Cboe Europe is a logical step as demand for exposure to crypto recovers worldwide. The BTCE listing on Cboe Europe further establishes ETC Group’s leadership position in European domiciled cryptocurrency-backed securities. ETC Group’s products offer several benefits when compared…

June 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Jacobi Asset Management launches Europe’s first Bitcoin ETF on Euronext Amsterdam

Edd Carlton, Institutional Digital Asset Trader at Flow Traders, added: We are excited to be acting as lead market maker for Europe’s first Bitcoin ETF, which is another milestone in the development of the institutional digital assets space. This is also aligned with the growing demand from institutional investors who are looking to diversify their…

April 04, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Bitcoin mining difficulty reaches all time high as over 90% of BTC’s supply has been issued

BTC's mining rate saw a substantial drop of over 50% back in July 2021 following China’s ban on the mining of digital assets in the region. The mining rate was almost 80 EH/s during the first week of July. Since then, the crypto miners have relocated to North America and Europe which lead to a…

May 31, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda casts doubt on Bitcoin

Kuroda went on to differentiate Bitcoin from stable coins which are known to have their value backed up by assets. Stable coins are also obliged to meet regulatory governance codes and legal standards, meaning that the Governor is under the impression that they could well become a suitable trading alternative in the near future. Volatility…

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