Trading
How Cross-Exchange Crypto Arbitrage Works
The same bitcoin trades at different prices on different venues at the same moment; arbitrage is the business of capturing that gap, and the gap is mostly a fee…
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Bitcoin
What Happens When the Last Bitcoin Is Mined in 2140
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IBIT Sheds $528 Million in a Day Again — Its Second-Largest Outflow on Record
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Trading
What Open Interest Shows About Crypto Markets
Open interest counts the derivative contracts still open — money committed and at risk — and its changes alongside price say more about positioning than volume…
Trading
How Crypto Trading Bots and API Keys Work
Every bot is software holding the keys to an exchange account; what it can do is decided entirely by the permissions on the API key it was given.