United

Taylor Swift

Arkham

Dogelon Mars

Mars

Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has launched a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, according to a Nov. 6 announcement.
The exchange will <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/arkham-intelligence-launch-derivatives-exchange-report" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/arkham-intelligence-launch-derivatives-exchange-report">reportedly </a>target retail traders and compete with existing platforms such as Binance.&nbsp;
It will integrate Arkham’s research and feature live on-chain audits and proof-of-reserve (PoR), Arkham said in a <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1854186437505376395" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1854186437505376395">post</a> on the X platform.
Trading will commence next week but the exchange will not be available to people in the United States, Arkham said.
<figure><img alt="Arkham launches crypto perpetuals exchange" src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2024-11/01930351-adb2-7e9d-9d4b-490937707930" title="">
 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">
 Source: Arkham
 </figcaption>
</figure>
<h1 id="em-strong-related-strong-em-a-data-ct-non-breakable-null-href-https-cointelegraph-com-news-stop-piling-leveraged-bitcoin-etfs-consider-this-instead-rel-noopener-noreferrer-nofollow-target-_self-text-null-title-https-cointelegraph-com-news-stop-piling-leveraged-bitcoin-etfs-consider-this-instead-em-strong-stop-piling-into-leveraged-bitcoin-etfs-and-consider-this-instead-strong-em-a-br">Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/stop-piling-leveraged-bitcoin-etfs-consider-this-instead" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/stop-piling-leveraged-bitcoin-etfs-consider-this-instead">Stop piling into leveraged Bitcoin ETFs and consider this instead </a> </h1>
The crypto derivatives market is exploding, largely driven by trading activity from retail investors.&nbsp;
Crypto derivatives trading volume exceeded $3 trillion in September, up from approximately $1.5 trillion one year prior, according to a report by CCData.&nbsp;
Crypto derivatives products are proliferating, including on established exchanges such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).&nbsp;
On Sept. 29, CME’s <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/cme-bitcoin-friday-futures-launch-31000-contracts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">Bitcoin Friday Futures (BFF) debuted</a> in what the derivatives exchange dubbed the “most successful crypto futures launch ever.”
In 2022, Coinbase Derivatives Exchange launched in the United States, bringing crypto futures to Coinbase’s tens of millions of American users.
On Oct. 8, Crypto.com’s North American derivatives exchange, Nadex, listed derivatives contracts tied to memecoins including Pepe <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/pepe-price-index" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/pepe-price-index"> </a>(<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/pepe-price-index" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/pepe-price-index">PEPE</a>) and Floki Inu (FLOKI).
It also listed derivative products tied to Dogelon Mars (ELON) and BONK, according to Oct. 7 <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-com-us-exchange-memecoin-derivatives" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filings</a>.&nbsp;
Options on BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are likely to launch in the United States by the first quarter of 2025, <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-etf-options-expected-q1-2025-bloomberg-analyst" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">according to James Seyffart, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst</a>.
Analysts expect <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/these-crypto-etfs-call-options-us-elections" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/these-crypto-etfs-call-options-us-elections">crypto products to proliferate</a> after Republican candidate Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections on Nov. 5.
Bitfinex researchers anticipate a “<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/significant-amount-capital-unlocked-crypto-ventures-bitfinex" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/significant-amount-capital-unlocked-crypto-ventures-bitfinex">new wave of hope</a>” entering crypto markets following Trump’s election win as federal agencies to adopt a less hostile stance on crypto.
Arkham is best known for offering a popular tool for tracking blockchain transactions and identifying the entities associated with various crypto wallet addresses.
It raised $12 million from investors including Sam Altman, the founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
Magazine:&nbsp;<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/tokenizing-music-royalties-nfts-taylor-swift-3lau-nas-the-weeknd/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/tokenizing-music-royalties-nfts-taylor-swift-3lau-nas-the-weeknd/">Tokenizing music royalties as NFTs could help the next Taylor Swift</a>

Arkham launches crypto perpetuals exchange

Table of Contents

Cointelegraph

Other articles published on Nov 6, 2024

VanEck Expands Solana Influence with PYTH ETN Offering in EU: Details

Bitcoin Sets New All-Time High, Meme Coins Go Parabolic As Donald Trump Wins Presidency

Cynthia Lummis Proposes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the Federal Reserve

MTN Nigeria completes MoMo PSB’s acquisition in a N16.35-billion deal

Hedera Integrates LayerZero Amid Mainnet v0.54 Release

Donald Trump’s election victory wiped out PolitiFi meme tokens

Join our free newsletter for daily crypto updates!