<p><span>Participants in the crypto derivatives market are holding less money at exchanges, onboarding with third-party custody providers and calling for greater regulation of crypto-native markets, the latest Acuiti Crypto Derivatives Management Insight Report has found. </span></p>
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<li>Series B led by Credit Suisse includes participation from three other major financial institutions, Deutsche Bank, Pictet Group and Arab Bank Switzerland, as well as stock-listed real-estate group Investis.</li>
<li>Taurus will continue to invest in its platform to service the world’s largest banks on any type of digital assets: crypto-currencies, tokenized securities and digital currencies.</li>
<li>Taurus will accelerate its technology sales expansion with new offices in Europe, UAE, and soon after in the Americas and South-East Asia to get closer to its clients.</li>
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<p><span>In January, crypto markets reversed their downward trend with Bitcoin and Ethereum rising 39.9% and 32.7% to $23,130 and $1,585, respectively. Market participants have begun to take on more risk as the macroeconomic environment improves with lower inflation and a slowdown of interest rate hikes.</span></p>
<p><span>CryptoCompare data shows that derivative volumes continue to gain market share over spot volumes and in many cases, derivative markets show price leadership.</span></p>