In the wake of Black Thursday, Huobi Group’s derivatives platform launched a perpetual swaps product it says can help cryptocurrency traders profit from market volatility, and also hedge against it.
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LedgerX CEO Paul Chou accused CFTC Chairman J. Christopher "Crypto-Dad" Giancarlo of vendetta (via LedgerX).LedgerX accused ex-CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo of vendetta
An unflattering blog post by LedgerX CEO Paul Chou led to a campaign of delays to the exchange’s license to offer physically settled Bitcoin futures, the firm alleged
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange LedgerX has accused former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo of carrying out a revenge campaign. LedgerX wrote two letters of complaining about Giancarlo to the CFTC in July, Coindesk reported September 28. Giancarlo is known as “Crypto-Dad” because of his favorable view of the cryptocurrency industry. Coindesk obtained the letters, written on July 3 and July 11 from the CFTC via a Freedom of Information Act request. In them, LedgerX CEO Paul Chou claimed Giancarlo deliberately sabotaged and delayed its vital derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license application. “In January, the Chairman called one of our board members and told him that he was going…
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TD Ameritrade-backed ErisX and Binance bring small investors more futures options
A new license from the CFTC and a new futures exchange from Binance means more futures can be settled in cryptocurrency rather than cash
The cryptocurrency futures market took another two steps towards normalization Tuesday.
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LedgerX beats NASDAQ and ICE to the retail cryptocurrency futures market
The CFTC has awarded the company the first futures trading license open to individuals rather than institutions
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on June 25 that it has approved LedgerX’s application as a designated contract market (DCM). A DCM may “list for trading futures or option contracts based on all types of commodities and that may allow access to their facilities by all types of traders, including retail customers,” according to the CFTC.
