ChainCatcher news, Robinhood launches a desktop platform and adds futures and index options trading features to its mobile app (APP), including: stock indices, Bitcoin, energy, metals, and currencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Canada's largest exchange TMX Group announced on Tuesday that its derivatives trading platform will soon launch Bitcoin futures contracts. These futures contracts will be traded on the Montreal Exchange, will be cash-settled, and will be denominated in US dollars. TMX Group is the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Montreal Exchange.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures reached the highest monthly trading volume of the year in July, with a trading volume of $53.33 billion and open interest reaching $2.5 billion.Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency spot trading volume is close to its annual low, about a quarter of the annual high in March.

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, despite the current downturn in the cryptocurrency market, the cryptocurrency futures ETF under CSOP, which is set to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has raised up to $73.6 million before its listing, with the CSOP Bitcoin futures ETF raising $53.9 million.According to Yi Wang, the head of quantitative investment at CSOP, the two cryptocurrency futures ETFs indicate that Hong Kong still maintains an open attitude towards the development of virtual assets. Earlier, ChainCatcher reported that the CSOP cryptocurrency futures ETF will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this Friday at a trading price of HKD 780 per lot. (source link)