Category: Bitcoin

December 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MarketFactory enables Bitcoin Futures trading on the CME with Whisperer FX API

MarketFactory, the foreign exchange technology platform, just announced that market participants using their ultra-low latency API for foreign exchange trading, Whisperer, can seamlessly trade Bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NASDAQ:CME) when they launch on December 18. Additionally, Whisperer provides access to Bitcoin market data. Our Whisperer API and connectivity solution simplifies and reduces…

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December 12, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Is leveraged trading driving bitcoin prices?

Investors are now wondering what is going on with Bitcoin's price craziness, as the price chart already looks like the infamous "hockey stick", and experts are grasping to find the reasons why the digital currency is now hitting the $17,000 level every day. The answer may be leverage. The Japanese exchange, bitFlyer, said that their…

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December 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

RoboForex increases cryptocurrency trading leverage to 10x

After initially launching cryptocurrency trading in October, Limassol based Retail FX brokerage group RoboForex has announced that it is increasing the leverage clients can use in trading Bitcoin, Ethereum, et al to 10x. When first launched, RoboForex was offering between 1:1 and 1:5 leverage on cryptos. RoboForex is making the move despite the recent hyper-volatility…

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TradeStation to deliver free real-time cryptocurrency spot data with GDAX Exchange
December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradeStation gives access to Cboe’s Bitcoin Futures

Online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), just announced that eligible futures clients can now trade the new Bitcoin futures contract being offered by Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE). Chicago-based Cboe commenced trading in the contract (ticker symbol XBT) on its Cboe Futures…

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December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Two major companies applying for Bitcoin ETFs after CBOE launched bitcoin futures

Just after CBOE, the Chicago-based exchange, launched Bitcoin futures, two firms have filed applications for bitcoin ETFs that trade in crypto derivatives. CryptoCoinsNews just reported that, according to the SEC public filing system, the commission has received new applications for both REX Bitcoin Strategy ETF and REX Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF, as well as VanEck…

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December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin futures off to a great start on Wall Street

On 10th of December, CBOE Global Markets launched the new bitcoin product on the market - bitcoin futures. CBOE became the first exchange to offer bitcoin futures, while CME launches them on 17th of December. While many expected the price of Bitcoin to crash and for the futures to trade at a relatively low price,…

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December 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Bitcoin Futures open for trading

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Cboe bitcoin futures (XBT) began trading exactly as planned at 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the start of Global Trading Hours. The opening price for XBT was $15,000 and 890 contracts were traded by 7:15 p.m. CT. Monday, December 11, will be…

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