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Volatility products are popular with traditional investors, as they enable portfolio hedging, risk management and speculation. Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit will soon launch Bitcoin (BTC) Volatility futures , giving investors a direct way to measure and trade BTC market volatility .  On March 17, Deribit introduced BTC DVOL futures — a derivatives contract built on the Deribit Bitcoin Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of the largest cryptocurrency. Deribit’s volatility gauge provides a 30-day outlook on investors’ expectations for annualized volatility. Like other volatility products, BTC DVOL can potentially help traders with risk management, portfolio hedging or market speculation. Volatility-as-an-asset is widely traded in traditional finance, with the most popular product being the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, also known as VIX. The VIX fluctuates on a scale of 1-100, with 20 representing the historical average. Readings below 20 ...

Bitcoin futures open interest is almost higher than ever, but its composition is completely different from last year, analysis reveals. Bitcoin (BTC) stayed rangebound at the Oct. 6 Wall Street open with traders already planning for a “violent” breakout . BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin whale activity highlights the importance of $19,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it moved up and down by only a matter of a few hundred dollars on the day. $20,000 formed a focus for the pair, which meandered in step with consolidating U.S. equities and dollar strength. With no spot catalyst in sight on short timeframes , on-chain analytics resource Whalemap turned to largescale buy and sell points to sketch out likely support and resistance. To the downside, $19,174 marked the site of whale buy-ins, suggesting its continued strength as a line in the sand. Bullish progress, meanwhile, would have to contend with a cloud of r...