Diginex, the Singapore-based operator of the EQUOS cryptocurrency exchange, has entered into a strategic partnership with GSR Markets aimed at enhancing liquidity for its perpetual futures products and spot pairs. Notably, the partnership seeks to promote EQUOS' mandate of delivering a regulated trading experience that is free from market manipulation risks. Under the new partnership, GSR will become a shareholder of Diginex and one of the main liquidity providers for EQUOS. GSR will provide liquidity for the recently launched Bitcoin perpetual futures product as well as several spot pairs. In the future, GSR's liquidity provision will extend to options and …

The twists and turns of 2020 made it arguably the best year on record to be a trader, especially if you were involved in cryptocurrencies. May’s third Bitcoin halving, coupled with the euphoric market volatility that swept global markets, made 2020 a year of gains and opportunities for crypto traders. By November, it was already clear Bitcoin (BTC) and other major cryptocurrencies had cemented their status as a recognized asset class among retail and institutional traders alike, having outshined all other major asset classes in the world. Bitcoin’s renewed bull run deservedly grabbed the headlines across mainstream finance and made …

With the Bitcoin (BTC) price dipping below a $29,000 threshold, the investor mood is worsening and the Crypto Fear and Greed index has plunged to October 2020 levels. On Jan. 22, the Crypto Fear and Greed index sharply dropped to a value of 40, moving the market sentiment from “Extreme Greed” to “Fear.” The index dropped to this low for the first time since Oct. 3, 2020, when Bitcoin was trading at around $10,500. Similar to the fear and greed indexes in the traditional markets, the Crypto Fear and Greed index is a tool that measures two of the primary …

Leading decentralized exchange, or DEX, platform Uniswap continues to lead the sector as it nears an average of $1 billion a day trading volume for the month of January. Only two-thirds of the way into the month and the platform has already surpassed the previous monthly trade volume record of $15.3 billion set in September during the DeFi boom. The DEX passed $17 billion as of this morning and is on track to surpass $25 billion by the end of January with a daily average of $855 million. Uniswap traders are spoilt for choice with 1,558 coins traded in more …

COTI, a blockchain-powered fintech startup, has launched a new cryptocurrency index enabling traders to profit from the market volatility. The new Crypto Volatility Index, or CVI, brings the traditional “market fear index” to the crypto market, allowing users to deposit and open positions with Tether (UDST). Gibraltar-based COTI explained that the new index allows traders to open CVI positions for high and low volatility. “Users who expect volatility to increase can open a CVI position. If correct, they can take profit by selling their position once the index has risen,” COTI wrote. In contrast, traders who expect volatility to remain …

In another throwback to the 2017 bull market, a major United States bank fund manager survey, or FMS, has put Bitcoin at the pinnacle of positive investor sentiment. According to Reuters, 36% of respondents identified a long Bitcoin bet as the most crowded trade ahead of long tech in a Jan. 2021 survey from Bank of America. January’s report marks the first time that ‘long tech’ has not been number one in BofA’s fund manager survey since Oct. 2019. The result also marks a steady increase in positive investor sentiment for BTC seeing as Bitcoin was third on the list …

Digital asset manager CoinShares is launching a Bitcoin exchange-traded product, or ETP, on the SIX Swiss Exchange. According to a report from Bloomberg today, the Bitcoin ETP will go live on Switzerland’s principal stock exchange tomorrow under the ticker symbol BITC. Each ETP will be physically backed by 0.001 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth roughly $36 at the time of publication. The custodian behind the ETP will be Komainu, the custodian established by CoinShares in partnership with Japanese bank Nomura Holdings and hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger during June 2020. “A lot of institutional clients have a very strong due-diligence process, and …

Risk management is a vital element of success for any trader in any market. No matter the size of the capital you’re trading with or investing in, losses are going to be inevitable, particularly in highly volatile markets like cryptocurrency. Learning how to manage risk to minimize losses is vital. Yet, it’s also necessary to master risk management in order to ensure maximum gains. After all, the more you’re willing to risk, the greater the potential reward. Risk management to prevent losses Even experienced traders with impressive track records of reading the market can lose it all on one or …

Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the Routefire platform for enhanced trade execution. In a Jan. 7 blog post, Routefire CEO Jason Victor announced that the team would now be developing its execution services for Coinbase, while thanking users for their support over the last three years. Routefire started in late 2017 with a mission to enhance trading infrastructure in the crypto market. They developed products that allow traders to automatically search multiple sources of liquidity to find the most favorable rates on both prices and fees. Following the move, the Routefire team will be developing the Coinbase Prime suite …

Shares in fund manager Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust plummeted by 50% this past fortnight, despite Ethereum rallying by 75% over the same period. ETHE shares represent 0.09620794 of an Ether each and are currently trading for $13.80 — roughly a 21% premium over the spot price of ETH. Grayscale’s ETHE shares have been on a roller coaster ride, surging around 500% from $4.20 at the start of October, before topping out at $25 on Dec. 22. The shares have since plummeted by 50%, posting a local low of $12 on Jan. 5. Joshua Frank, the CEO of crypto data aggregator …

When the history books are written about cryptocurrency, 2020 will be remembered as the year decentralized finance exploded in popularity. A powerful illustration of how this young, often misunderstood space has grown comes from DeFi Pulse. At the start of January, the total value locked in DeFi protocols stood at $675 million. Since then, records have continued to be smashed — and at one point in December, this figure hit a staggering $15 billion. That’s a surge of 2,100% in less than 12 months. Even though there have been signs of a bubble, crypto heavyweights such as Binance CEO Changpeng …

While wild price action on Bitcoin and Ethereum have claimed the attention of most traders over the Christmas weekend, a select sect of crypto traders are following an experiment playing out in real-time that may have implications for the future of stablecoins: the fate of Dynamic Set Dollar. Dynamic Set Dollar and its DSD token is an algorithmic stablecoin project designed to — eventually — track the United States Dollar on a 1-1 ratio with DSD. During expansionary cycles, such as one that led DSD as high as $3 per token last week, users are rewarded with freshly-printed “rebased” tokens …