Bitcoin s price crosses $22,000 for the first time
Bitcoin s price has been hitting new records. It has crossed $22,000 for the first time.
At the time of writing, the world s first and largest cryptocurrency is trading hands at around $22,167 on Coinbase, according to TradingView.
The surge to $22,000 occurred in less than 12 hours. Last night, bitcoin was trading at around $21,260.
Source: TradingView
Bitcoin options daily trading volume crosses $1 billion as bitcoin surges above $23,000
December 17, 2020, 4:21AM EST
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Bitcoin options daily trading volume has crossed the $1 billion mark for the first time, as bitcoin surges past $23,000.
Crypto exchange Deribit leads the bitcoin options market, followed by Bit.com and OKEx, according to tracker Skew. Meanwhile, bitcoin is trading hands at around $23,550 on Coinbase, according to TradingView.
Deribit CEO John Jansen told The Block that it is quite a special day as all metrics have hit new all-time high records for the exchange total open interest, total turnover, and total options turnover. We have seen a total turnover of $1.4 billion today (rolling 24 hours). Skew looks at calendar dates, so the market reached > $1 billion, but on Deribit alone, we traded more than that over the past 24 hrs, said Jansen. We get a lot of demand for higher strikes and have just introduced a USD 100k strike for Septem
December 12, 2020, 12:24PM EST
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France s central bank began to experiment with central bank digital currency (CBDC) applications and use cases this spring.
As previously reported, the Banque du France is specifically testing a so-called digital euro in the context of clearing and settlement of tokenized assets. And at the time, the central bank stressed that such experiments were just that trials, nothing more.
New comments from a senior Banque du France official indicate that the institution is looking past the horizon, however, as the Eurosystem moves closer to the potential approval of a digital euro. ECB chief Christine Lagarde has spoken on numerous occasions, and an up-or-down decision is expected as early as January.