{"id":224507,"date":"2022-01-14T00:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T19:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.bullfrag.com\/coinbase-buys-a-platform-to-trade-cryptocurrency-futures\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T00:58:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T19:28:49","slug":"coinbase-buys-a-platform-to-trade-cryptocurrency-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/coinbase-buys-a-platform-to-trade-cryptocurrency-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase buys a platform to trade cryptocurrency futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Coinbase said it wants to make regulated crypto derivatives trading accessible to retail and institutional clients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Developing a transparent derivatives market is a critical turning point for any asset class and we believe it will unlock greater participation in the crypto economy for both retail and institutional investors,&#8221; he said in a blog post Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency derivatives business has grown rapidly since institutional investors in the past 18 months began adopting digital currencies, presenting great opportunities for platforms offering options and futures.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto derivatives volumes totaled $3.3 trillion in November, according to UK research firm CryptoCompare, accounting for nearly 55% of the total crypto market.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is expected to close in the first quarter, the company said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n        FB.init({\n                appId : '777317472403233',\n            cookie     : true,\n            xfbml      : true,\n            version    : 'v8.0'\n        });\n        FB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coinbase said it wants to make regulated crypto derivatives trading accessible to retail and institutional clients. &#8220;Developing a transparent derivatives market is a critical turning point for any asset class and we believe it will unlock greater participation in the crypto economy for both retail and institutional investors,&#8221; he said in a blog post Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":224508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[501],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn-3.expansion.mx\/dims4\/default\/a7ad885\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/724x380%200%2051\/resize\/1200x630!\/format\/jpg\/quality\/80\/?url=https:\/\/cdn-3.expansion.mx\/d4\/6e\/937294a246838f3878c33f4c3d26\/istock-1312444407.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}