Deribit, the world’s largest crypto choices change by quantity, will quickly launch bitcoin volatility futures, providing digital-asset traders an easier manner than choices to hedge in opposition to market volatility. Futures tied to Deribit’s forward-looking bitcoin volatility index will likely be accessible to Deribit beneath the ticker BTCDVOL on the finish of March, Luuk Strijers, the change’s chief industrial officer, instructed CoinDesk. DVOL, which was launched early 2021, measures bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility calculated utilizing Deribit’s choices order guide. Implied volatility refers back to the choices market’s expectation for worth turbulence over a selected time period.
