BitMex Regains Price Leadership Before DDoS AttackOn BitMEX, in the early hours of Friday 13 March, a whale moved on board with $200 million worth of BTC…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
BitMEX’s Hidden ChannelsCurrency traders have recently been fined billions of US dollars for collusion using on-line chat rooms to share sensitive information and…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Bitcoin Whales and Crypto Market ManipulationA total of $370 million worth of bitcoin and tether were sent to BitMEX, Huobi and OKEx on the same day that bitcoin’s price spiraled down…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Watch Out: Bitcoin Option Traders AboutOption market makers are among the most knowledgeable and highly-informed traders on any underlying. We describe some simple indices…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Bitcoin VIX Signals Red Alert for Variance SwapsBitcoin VIX indices recently hit all-time highs. What sort of sums will the issuers of bitcoin variance swaps be paying to the lucky few…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Roller Coaster COMEX Tycoons are Manipulating the Gold PriceUS stocks are crashing so the prices of ‘safe-haven’ assets like gold should be going up. Except they are not.Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
The Curious Case of Asset Correlations: Why are there No Safe Havens?Global equity markets have fallen by 30% since the S&P500 plummeted from its all-time high in mid-February. This is already far worse than…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
A Commentary on Market Abuse During the Financial MeltdownUS equity profits since Trump’s reign began have been wiped out in a few weeks. Still, fueled by despicable greed, we are witnessing…Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Published inCoinmonks7-Day Bitcoin Fear Gauge Hits All-Time High of 138%There’s been a lot of hype about a bitcoin fear index.[1] And even a ‘fear and greed’ index.[2] So be careful of a name.Jul 6, 2019Jul 6, 2019
Published inCoinmonksBitcoin: Welcome to Bitfinex’s Second Tether BubbleSince 15 January 2015 Bitfinex credited tether (USDT) deposits 1:1 for USD but this parity ended on 27 November 2018 as Bitfinex…Jun 28, 20197Jun 28, 20197
