Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange and derivatives platform Bitfinex announced a new product today: Cloud-based mining contracts. The contracts are being offered in a limited quantity during the “live beta” phase of testing, allowing Bitfinex’s team to “tweak” the product as needed after the initial tranche of 100 TH/s mining power. Should the offering prove successful, […]

The bitcoin derivatives market just took a giant step forward. Reuters reports that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal regulatory body responsible for preventing fraud in futures contracts, gave full approval to a new bitcoin-backed swap created by TeraExchange. The new derivative allows clients to lock in a dollar value to their bitcoin […]