Part 1 Advanced The Market Maker’s Exchange Checklist (Liquidity, Latency, and Risk Controls) Market makers and HFT desks: evaluate exchanges on execution quality, liquidity, latency, fees, margin, and security — with a WhiteBIT walkthrough. Open guide 
Derivatives News
Coverage of crypto derivatives, options, and futures driving market sophistication.
Stories 384
Coverage footprint 1.6%
Analysis
Why Bitcoin keeps snapping back to $70k — and the $13B options “magnet” behind it
The Iran and Hormuz headlines hit first, then the options market took over, pulling Bitcoin back above $70,000 as positioning tightened.
Politics
Why a quiet but important power shift is happening in Washington around crypto
The CFTC’s new Innovation Task Force is less about one agency reshuffle than a bigger reality: crypto is now too politically sensitive and financially embedded for US regulators to keep improvising.
Derivatives
Crypto just opened S&P 500 trading for the weekend while Wall Street shuts down
Trade[XYZ] launched a licensed S&P 500 perpetual for non US investors, testing who prints the first trusted weekend price.
