Bitcoin

Friday, 31 January 2020

Options Growth Will Ignite Innovation in the Bitcoin Market – but Not in the Way You Think

January 31, 2020 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Richard Rosenblum, co-founder of GSR, points out the lackluster growth in listed options hides the real action taking place in OTC hedges.

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Scotland’s Bitcoiners Share Canny Tales of ‘Buying the Dip’

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A meetup in Scotland afforded a forensic examination of bitcoin's rollercoaster cycle – with plenty of examples of the emotional trauma that accompanied the ride.

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How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar

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In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking, what crypto assets' risk-free rate might look like, and what DeFi needs to do to attract investors and new users.

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Google Reinstates Bitcoin Rewards Game Suspended for ‘Deceptive Practices’

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The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place.

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Seychelles’ Stock Exchange Will List Ethereum Tokens Representing Supercars

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MERJ, the only licensed stock exchange in the Seychelles, plans to list ethereum tokens representing shares in supercars issued by CurioInvest, starting with a $1.1 million Ferrari.

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The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds

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Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi.

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Listen to Elon Musk’s Latest EDM Beats on the CoinDesk Crypto Roundup

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We've got the 'hawt' new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000.

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