Coinbase is suspending six weak trading pairs while adding BIO, BNKR and TREE for eligible users and pushing institutional clients onto Deribit. The move shows a broader shift toward cleaner markets and higher-margin derivatives, even as spot trading gets trimmed.
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Coinbase will migrate institutional International Exchange derivatives clients to Deribit on Sept. 9, with about 30 minutes of downtime as positions are settled and recreated. Firms that don’t want the move must opt out by Aug. 28, and API keys won’t transfer.
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Bitcoin options traders are loading up on calls, with heavy interest clustered around $67K, $70K, and $72K strikes. The setup points to bullish sentiment, but also a crowded trade that could amplify volatility fast if BTC stalls or breaks through resistance.
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Bitcoin’s options market can pull price toward crowded strikes like $70K, but that’s a temporary force, not a law of nature. Dealer hedging may pin BTC near expiry, yet macro news, ETF flows, and liquidations can blow right through it.
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Ethereum options are still tilted bullish overall, but near-term traders are getting defensive. Calls dominate open interest, while puts led the latest volume, suggesting hedging and caution rather than a clean bearish flip.
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Bitcoin options traders are leaning bullish, with calls outpacing puts and fresh upside bets building, but downside protection is still firmly in place. A crowded expiry setup could also add short-term volatility as BTC traders keep one hand on the wheel and the other on the brakes.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says broken, expensive finance is pushing people toward crypto — and Coinbase is betting big on that shift with a push into derivatives, stablecoin rewards, and other products beyond spot trading. The upside is huge; the execution and regulatory risks are just as real.
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Bitcoin options traders are leaning bullish with an $80K call in play, but they’re also loading up on protection around $60K-$63K. In short: optimistic, but not stupid — the market wants upside and a parachute.
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Coinbase just won a major CFTC approval that could pull a meaningful slice of crypto derivatives trading back onto U.S. soil, giving American traders regulated access to products that have long been dominated by offshore venues. CFTC approval: Coinbase can expand regulated crypto derivatives access in the U.S. First mover: first CFTC-regulated FCM allowed to […]
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The U.S. has approved its first regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures contract on a CFTC-registered exchange, a major shift that could bring one of crypto’s biggest trading products out of offshore limbo and into the American regulatory fold. First regulated Bitcoin perpetual approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP gets the green light Offshore giants may face real U.S. competition […]
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