TCR 35: Going Down Under for Crypto Derivatives

TCR 35: Going Down Under for Crypto Derivatives HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT Guest: Grant Colthup, CEO of Mine Digital What is Mine Digital? What sets mine digital apart from other crypto exchanges? What products do you currently offer? What is a retail crypto derivative? Have you seen an uptick in demand over the past six months? What types of trading activity are you seeing these days? How difficult is it to generate demand for crypto derivatives when there isn't a strong established derivatives market already in Australia? It seems like Australia is becoming a leader in the crypto space.  Does it surprise you that Australia has emerged as a crypto mecca? Do you think that U.S. will follow suit? And more. BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT CRYPTO DOWN $160 FROM LAST SHOW - NEARLY $500 POINT RANGE ON THE WEEK BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: UNCHD AT 60%  BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT LIGHT VOLUME WEEK ONLY A FEW DAYS SLIGHTLY ABOVE $30M THIS PAST WEEK OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK BUY 150 OCT 7000 PUTS BUY 100 OCT 9500 CALLS  (LAST WEEK IT WAS SELLING 163 OCT 9500 CALLS) BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY BACKWARD IN FRONT CONTRACT OTHERWISE SIMILAR TO LAST SHOW BTC CALL/PUT RATIO UP TO TO 58.5% FROM 54%  CALLS STILL IN CHARGE - SLIGHTLY BTC OPEN INTEREST UP TO $443M FROM $409M  CME BTC FUTURES LIGHT VOLUME DAY/WEEK THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH:  DOWN $13 THIS WEEK XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD - HAD $.02 RANGE ON THE WEEK LTC - DOWN $2.5 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - UP $4 FROM LAST WEEK CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM RODRIGUEZ: What type of volumes are you seeing for the Bakkt futures so far?