February 2nd, 2026
Just yesterday, the Binance Futures platform announced its fifth perpetual contract, pairing EOS with Tether’s USDT. And today it’s time for the sixth one.
Binance Futures has launched another perpetual contract making it the fifth one. According to CZ, Binance plans to expand its offering and create futures for the market’s top 20 cryptos.
OKEx exchange announced the launch of bitcoin options trading for a selected group of clients before the scheduled public launch of January 9, 2020, confirming that these contracts will be settled in BTC daily.
The market has not reversed at a full scale yet. What is more, the bears still control it, and the assets keep declining after a small correction.
As the overall cryptocurrency market added $10 billion to its valuations, Bitcoin leads the show with 5% gains. With today’s price surge Bitcoin has recovered by 15% from its weekly low of $6600.
The KYC, AML, and Wasabi wallet cause lots of uncertainty in the crypto exchange space. Changpeng Zhao shared his views on some of the common withdrawal issues in a blog post.
Tim Draper says that within half-a-year or a year after the approaching Bitcoin halving in May, the father crypto is bound to hit the astronomic mark of $250,000. And that’s a modest forecast, as he said in one of his earlier interviews.
The crypto market remains under the bearish control, all assets – BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC and BCH – are renewing the nearest minimums.
PlusToken is said to promise investors awards for purchasing their native PLUS tokens against Bitcoin and Ethereum.
According to many Bitcoin proponents, crypto is bulletproof thanks to the blockchain. However, the industry’s famous players quite often have the power to influence prices and opinions.
While the community waits for an official announcement, Justin Drake has suggested the launch date for Ethereum 2.0 in July next year.
By adopting cryptocurrencies, the payment firms are able to increase the chances for crypto to reach the mainstream sooner rather than later.
The U.S. branch of Binance is exploring the potential of such cryptos as Tezos (XTZ), Komodo (KMD), TRON (TRX), NEM (XEM), OmiseGo (OMG), Ontology (ONT), Icon (ICX), and Enjin Coin (ENJ).
BitPay Stablecoins Payment Gateway (BPSPG) is a volatility-free payments network boosted thanks to the most popular stablecoins.
It has become known that crypto exchange OKEx will launch Bitcoin options trading later in December.