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[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, November 17th, 2025] Deribit, a leading digital asset derivatives exchange, and SignalPlus, a leading provider of cutting-edge software and infrastructure solutions for crypto derivatives, today announced the launch of their latest trading competition, running from November 17th to December 22nd. The space-themed event offers its largest prize pool to […]

The crypto exchange has been steadily acquiring companies to diversify the range of services it offers to clients. Update, Aug 14, 22:34 UTC: This article has been updated to show that Coinbase has completed six acquisition deals in 2025. Crypto exchange Coinbase closed the acquisition of Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options trading platform by volume, adding to its portfolio of digital asset businesses. Trading volumes on Deribit topped $1 trillion in 2024, and the platform has a “loyal base” of institutional and sophisticated traders, Coinbase said on Thursday. Read more

[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, June 26th, 2025] Deribit, the world’s premier Bitcoin and Ethereum options ecosystem, in collaboration with SignalPlus, a crypto options and analytics dashboard, is excited to announce the launch of the Summer Trading Competition 2025 – The Summer Chase. “The Summer Chase 2025” is a five-week trading contest offering a […]

The move will lower collateral requirements to access leverage for crypto trading due to the relatively stable value of US government debt. Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit and spot exchange Crypto.com are accepting BlackRock's tokenized US Treasury fund as trading collateral for institutional and experienced clients. The move will allow institutional traders to use a low-volatility, yield-bearing digital instrument as collateral for their accounts, lowering the margin requirements for leveraged trading, according to Forbes. Coinbase, one of the world’s biggest exchanges by trading volume, announced a $2.9 billion deal to acquire Deribit in May 2025. Read more

Crypto.com and Deribit will soon accept BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, a tokenized money market fund backed by U.S. Treasurys, as collateral on their exchanges. The post BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund to Become Accepted as Collateral on Crypto.com and Deribit appeared first on Cryptonews.

The deal reflects competition among crypto exchanges to dominate the burgeoning derivatives market.  Coinbase’s agreement to buy Deribit highlights the increasing importance of financial derivatives for cryptocurrency exchanges, according to industry executives.  On May 8, Coinbase, the US’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, agreed to acquire crypto derivatives platform Deribit for $2.9 billion in the crypto industry’s largest corporate acquisition to date.   The deal reflects increasing competition among digital asset exchanges and brokerages — including Coinbase, Kraken and Robinhood — to dominate the burgeoning crypto derivatives market.  Read more

Deribit is the world's leading Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading platform, with more than $1.2 trillion in annual trading volume. Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US by trading volume, has agreed to acquire Deribit, one of the world’s biggest crypto derivatives trading platforms. Coinbase Global will acquire Deribit for about $2.9 billion, the exchange announced on May 8. The acquisition will allow Coinbase to expand into the profitable crypto derivatives market and continue scaling the platform’s global growth, Greg Tusar, Coinbase’s vice president of institutional product, said in the announcement. Read more

As crypto regulation softens under Trump, Deribit and other global firms are reassessing opportunities in the US market. Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange, is weighing an entry into the US market, encouraged by what it sees as a friendlier regulatory climate under President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a recent Financial Times report. The Dubai-based exchange, which processed $1.3 trillion in notional volume last year, is “actively reassessing potential opportunities” in the United States, CEO Luuk Strijers told the FT. He cited the “recent shift toward a more favorable regulatory stance on crypto in the US” as a key motivator behind the decision. Read more