{"id":38716,"date":"2025-07-25T05:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38716"},"modified":"2025-07-25T05:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:31:41","slug":"volmexs-bitcoin-and-ether-volatility-futures-top-10m-volume-since-debut-as-traders-look-beyond-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38716","title":{"rendered":"Volmex&#8217;s Bitcoin and Ether Volatility Futures Top $10M Volume Since Debut as Traders Look Beyond Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Futures tied to Volmex&#8217;s bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) implied volatility indices, BVIV and EVIV, have registered a cumulative trading volume of over $10 million since their debut on decentralized leveraged trading platform gTrade.<\/p>\n<p>The quick rise to over $10 million shows that traders are increasingly engaging with sophisticated derivatives linked to volatility for risk management, looking beyond price speculation.<\/p>\n<p>The BVIV measures the options-based implied or expected volatility in bitcoin over a four-week period. The EVIV represents the same for ether. Both indices have declined sharply during the recent bull run, suggesting a potential evolution into VIX-like fear gauges.<\/p>\n<p>Trading volatility futures involves betting on the expected amount of price fluctuation in the underlying asset over a specified future period, rather than predicting its direction.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, you&#8217;re speculating on how &#8220;bumpy&#8221; or &#8220;calm&#8221; the market will be, allowing you to profit from or hedge against anticipated uncertainty without taking a directional view on the asset&#8217;s price.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Volmex&#8217;s BVIV and EVIV perpetuals launched on gTrade (Gains) one month ago and have already surpassed $11m volume \u2014 a major milestone,&#8221; Cole Kennelly, Cole Kennelly, founder and CEO of Volmex Labs told CoinDesk.<\/p>\n<p>Kennelly added that futures tied to volatility improve the user experience, allowing traders to bet on price turbulence while bypassing the complexities involved in volatility-focused options strategies that require constant monitoring of various variables, including option Greeks, strike prices, or expiries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/07\/25\/bitcoin-slides-to-usd115k-as-dow-jones-rally-stalls-at-december-january-high\">Bitcoin Slides to $115K as Dow Jones Rally Stalls at December-January High<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Futures tied to Volmex&#8217;s bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) implied volatility indices, BVIV and EVIV, have registered a cumulative trading volume of over $10 million since their debut on decentralized leveraged trading platform gTrade. The quick rise to over $10 million shows that traders are increasingly engaging with sophisticated derivatives linked to volatility for risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-38716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}