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Policy

U.S. CFTC-Driven Spot Crypto Trading Going Live With Bitnomial, Opening Up New Arena

President Donald Trump's push toward friendly crypto policies produced a CFTC-led effort to encourage leveraged spot crypto trading, starting with Bitnomial.

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Policy

U.S. SEC, CFTC Combine Forces to Clear Registered Firms' Trading of Spot Crypto

The markets agencies said in a joint statement they're OK with certain crypto assets trading on registered entities now, before Congress' market structure bill.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Exchange OKX Goes Live With ‘Nitro Spreads,’ Allowing One-Click Basis Trading

Basis traders attempt to earn returns by trading the difference in an asset’s price on two separate markets.

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices (Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Videos

Breaking Down Bitcoin’s Bullish Sentiment

A Glassnode chart shows bitcoin's (BTC) current "contango" term structure, a condition that exists when the price of bitcoin futures exceeds the price of bitcoin in spot markets. Plus, insights on bullish signals from bitcoin's current funding rate. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down "The Chart of The Day."

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