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“#Cryptocurrency derivatives markets are booming: study<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Markets for cryptocurrency derivatives\u2014contractual side-bets on the future price of cryptocurrencies\u2014have exploded in recent years. On a busy day, over $100 billion in these derivatives are traded, rivaling the daily volume traded in the New York Stock Exchange. What’s more, there is evidence that the activity inside these markets may affect the value of cryptocurrencies themselves.<\/p>\n

These are a few of the findings of a first-of-its kind study<\/a> by Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers, which were presented at this week’s The Web Conference<\/a>, held virtually in Ljubljana, Slovenia. <\/p>\n

“On average, the traded volume in cryptocurrency derivatives markets exceeds the regular crypto spot markets by a factor of five,” says CyLab’s Kyle Soska, a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering and the study’s lead author. <\/p>\n

In their study, the researchers performed a comprehensive analysis of BitMEX, a derivatives exchange that initially launched in 2014 and would become one of most successful exchanges by volume traded. Performing analyses on publicly-available data from BitMEX, the researchers were able to put together the first comprehensive look into the massive amounts of activities that occur in these types of markets.<\/p>\n

As a companion to their study, the researchers built and released a public website<\/a> that provides a live record of BitMEX and provides real-time access to their analysis platform for other researchers, economists, and interested parties. <\/p>\n

“Derivative markets are important because their behavior influences the price dynamics of cryptocurrencies themselves,” says CyLab’s Nicolas Christin, a co-author of the study and a professor in the Institute for Software Research (ISR) and Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP). <\/p>\n

Christin describes this as a bit like a chicken-and-egg problem. People could use derivative markets to hedge against certain price movements, he says, but in turn, derivative markets with high leverage may create instability cycles: volatility in cryptocurrency prices then causes more liquidations in derivative markets, which results in volatile cryptocurrency prices. <\/p>\n


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