So, what happens when $6 billion worth of bitcoin options expire? Well, we’ll find out later today. So far the most common open positions on the Panama-based exchange Deribit, where the majority of bitcoin options are traded, are for call options with April 30th expirations and $80,000 strike prices, which are about $19,000 higher than bitcoin’s all-time high set a couple weeks ago. A lot of traders are betting on bitcoin “mooning” – which is crypto lingo for the price spiking upwards – more like “moonshot,” am I right?

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Sustainable investments are new by most measures. This is especially true in the fixed-income sector, where ESG products are in their infancy and clients tend to be more conservative investors, according to members of a panel who addressed the issue on Wednesday at the Eurex Derivatives Forum.

Day One of the Eurex Derivatives Forum, held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, offered a discussion of German developments in blockchain innovation. Germany has implemented not only detailed legislation on custody of cryptocurrencies and digital assets but has also recently adopted a law allowing electronic issuance of securities, including on blockchain.

BlockFi is a New York City-based start-up cryptocurrency financial institution. It offers lots of crypto services to its customers, including lending U.S. dollars against bitcoin and other cryptocurrency as collateral, as well as accepting deposits of cryptocurrencies which pay interest to the depositor.

Digital asset trading platform Coinbase took a $6.5 million hit on Friday when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had settled charges against the firm. The agency charged Coinbase with “reckless false, misleading, or inaccurate reporting as well as wash trading.”