News
Trading activity concentrated in the second half of the year as Hyperliquid’s early lead faced increasing pressure from Aster and Lighter.
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Derivatives News
Derivatives, financial instruments whose value derives from an underlying asset, serve diverse purposes in global markets. They enable investors to hedge risks, speculate on price movements and achieve portfolio diversification. Traditional derivatives include futures, options and swaps, widely used in commodities, currencies and interest rates.
In the realm of cryptocurrencies, crypto derivatives have gained prominence, allowing traders to speculate on digital asset prices without owning the underlying assets. Crypto derivatives, including futures contracts and options, offer potential advantages such as increased liquidity, allowing traders to enter large positions with minimal upfront capital. They also enable risk management, providing a way to hedge against volatile crypto markets.
However, crypto derivatives come with risks. Their complex nature and high volatility amplify potential losses. Market manipulation and lack of regulations pose significant concerns. Additionally, excessive reliance on derivatives can lead to systemic risks, impacting both crypto markets and traditional financial systems.
Despite these challenges, crypto derivatives play a vital role in the evolving digital economy, offering opportunities for sophisticated trading strategies while requiring caution, regulatory oversight and investor education to mitigate potential downsides and ensure market stability.
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Crypto derivatives trading surged to $86 trillion in 2025, averaging $265 billion per day, as Binance captured almost 30% of global volume, CoinGlass reported.
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Bitcoin price predictions include an initial $100,000 target after completion of the Boxing Day options expiry, worth a record $23.7 billion.
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Former-FTX US president Brett Harrison’s Architect Financial Technologies secured $35 million to build an institutional trading platform spanning crypto, equities and futures.
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Bitcoin perpetual open interest climbed to 310,000 BTC while funding rates doubled, signaling bullish positioning for the year-end.
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Hyperliquid said that the wallet flagged by its community for insider HYPE shorting belongs to a former employee dismissed in early 2024.
4129 - Market Analysis
XRP fails to find demand under $2 as futures volume on Binance fell by 96% and traders’ use of leverage hits new lows.
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Spot ETH ETF inflows resumed, while demand for taker volume improved. Will Ether’s futures markets follow the trend and kickstart a rally toward new all-time highs?
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The CFTC's new CEO Innovation Council includes leaders from crypto exchanges like Kraken and traditional stock exchanges such as Nasdaq to discuss market structure reforms.
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A divided Federal Reserve approved a 0.25% rate cut, but concerns over inflation and growth, as well as Glassnode data highlighting BTC’s “fragile range,” may keep it under $100,000.
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Daily futures wipeouts are surging as leverage builds, with a record unwind in October exposing how deeply derivatives now shape Bitcoin’s market cycle.
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Trading was halted for about 10 hours before being restored on Friday, sparking a public backlash from derivatives and commodities traders.
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Bitcoin bulls need to pump more volume into the spot and futures market in order for the current BTC bounce to hold above $90,000.
3312 - Market Analysis
Negative Bitcoin funding rates and large short liquidity zones could be a sign that a short-squeeze to $90,000 and higher may be in the cards.
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Machi Big Brother dominates the liquidation leaderboard with 71 liquidations so far this month, far ahead of James Wynn and Andrew Tate.
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