In brief
- Coinbase has launched 24-7 Bitcoin and Ethereum futures trading.
- The service comes after the exchange announced a deal to buy options exchange Deribit.
- The exchange first announced the service in March
America’s biggest crypto exchange today went live with 24-7 Bitcoin and Ethereum futures trading.
Coinbase said Friday that U.S. traders will be able to trade crypto futures around the clock and with leverage.
The exchange first announced the service in March, “in response to strong demand from crypto-native traders,” the firm said at the time.
Coinbase—which went public in 2021—said that 24-7 trading would allow clients to properly “manage risk” by responding “to price movements and market events in real time, including weekends.”
The exchange said it was working with clearing house Nodal Clear to bring users the service. “Extending futures trading to a 24/7 cycle is a fundamental evolution in market structure and one that requires robust risk management around the clock,” the company’s CEO and chairman Paul Cusenza said.
The new service comes one day after the exchange announced that it was buying Dubai-based options exchange Deribit for $2.9 billion. The San Francisco, California-based company said in a company blog post Thursday that the transaction was valued at $2.9 billion. The total price paid will consist of $700 million in cash and 11 million shares of Coinbase Class A common stock, the companies said.
“This strategic acquisition significantly advances Coinbase’s derivatives business, establishing us as the premier global platform for crypto derivatives,” the company said in a statement.
Coinbase stock (NASDAQ: COIN) was recently trading at nearly $204 per share after dropping a little over 1% over the past day. COIN has risen 14% over the past month amid an upturn in crypto markets, although that momentum halted Thursday after-hours following the release of first-quarter earnings, which fell short of expectations for revenue.
The firm struck an upbeat tone, however, because of the more crypto friendly environment under the Trump administration and promising stablecoin adoption on the platform.
The company went public in 2021 and has a current valuation above $50 billion.
Futures traders buy or sell contracts that bet on what an asset’s price will be at a predetermined expiration date.
Edited by James Rubin
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