AD Derivs: Insights from Crypto Option Traders

Jake Ostrovskis is a principal on Wintermute’s over-the-counter (OTC) Desk. Jake executes trades for a range of counterparties in digital assets and advising on products like spot, options, tailored products, CFDs, and NDFs. Before joining Wintermute, Jake worked at a hedge fund within a global macro pod, concentrating on chasing volatility in equity, rates, FX, and commodity derivatives. His position there eventually led him to crypto. He then transitioned from directional trading to OT...

Bitnomial was founded in 2014 to create a marketplace connecting native digital asset hedgers with institutional traders. Bitnomial offers improved derivatives exchange technology coupled with new digital asset settlement systems. NFA Approval: Bitnomial Clearing, LLC was approved as a futures commission merchant (FCM) by the National Futures Association (NFA) to operate a clearing firm for margined and deliverable digital asset futures and options. CFTC Approval: Bitnomial Clearinghouse, L...

Cannon Trading Company has been based in the Beverly Hills financial district since 1988. They are a member of the National Futures Association, the Better Business Bureau, the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and are registered with the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission). Cannon Trading has been mentioned in several publications, including the Online Broker's Review in Futures magazine and the Reader's Choice Award in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine.

About Rho Rho provides efficient markets for crypto-native rates such as funding rates, lending-borrowing rates, and staking rewards. The platform enables users to hedge and profit from shifts in these crypto-native rates, offering tools to develop sophisticated trading strategies. With the traditional finance (TradFi) interest rate derivatives market totaling over $500 trillion in outstanding interest, Rho Protocol is poised to unlock new and exciting trading opportunities. ...

BitMEX has officially launched options. We discuss the recent launch and the collaboration with Power Trade. We explore the AltCoin offering from BitMEX and other unique option trading insights. To learn more about BitMEX options visit here: https://www.bitmex.com/options

Wintermute is a leading proprietary trading crypto market maker. They provide liquidity solutions across the digital asset eco-system. They create liquidity on the world's best crypto exchanges and trading platforms. They use algorithmic and high-frequency trading methods to create markets; centralized crypto exchanges, DeFi, spot, derivatives, ETPs They offer some of the most competitive prices via OTC (automated RFQ and with direct trader support) to funds, institutional OTC desks, ...

Hashflow is a DEX Aggregator that offers deep liquidity across the leading blockchains. Leveraging an intent-based Smart Order Routing (SOR) architecture, Hashflow offers traders the best prices, access to over $8B in liquidity, and the ability to trade every token both interchain and cross-chain. Since launching in April 2021, Hashflow has cleared over $18B in total trade volume. Today we meet with Varun Kumar, the Founder and CEO at Hashflow. We talk about Varun's background and how ...

Cboe is the world's go-to derivatives and exchange network, delivering cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to people around the world. Cboe Digital is a US regulated exchange and clearinghouse for crypto spot and crypto derivatives. John Palmer is the President of Cboe Digital. Today we chat about Cboe Digital's product offering, future roadmap and John's career and background. Twitter: https://twitter.com/cboedigital?lang=en Website: https://www.cboedigital....