Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved a new Ethereum ETF with staking capabilities, allowing institutional investors to earn staking rewards.

Daily top performer — Pyth Network (PYTH)

The S&P 500 dropped 1.5% to 5,282.70 this week, down 5.9% in April and 10% year-to-date, led by tech losses. Real estate and energy outperformed, while political pressure on Fed Chair Powell and inflation concerns weighed on sentiment. Gold dipped 0.6% to $3,319 after a record high, as Powell’s stagflation warning tempered its rally. Despite the pullback, the uptrend remains intact. The Coindesk Indices, which tracks the broader crypto market, are up by 0.77%, with Bitcoin and Ether rising 0.64% and 0.72%, respectively, over the past 24 hours. Trade these markets and more with up to 500x leverage on Bybit MT5 using this 

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Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved a new Ethereum ETF with staking capabilities, allowing institutional investors to earn staking rewards. This approval follows recent changes to local laws, with China Asset Management (ChinaAMC) partnering with OSL Digital Securities to launch the ETF by May 15. The ETF will offer exposure to Ethereum staking, transforming it from a passive investment into an active participant in the Ethereum network. The staking process is powered by Kiln, with OSL providing custody and insurance services. The rewards will contribute to the ETF's net asset value, benefiting shareholders.

Yesterday, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $25.9M in inflows, all from non-GBTC funds, while GBTC recorded no flow.

" and a points campaign called Drops, where users can earn points—potentially leading to an airdrop—by engaging with Linera content on X. To join, sign up on 

, complete tasks like joining Discord and interacting on X, then enter the campaign. Keep engaging to earn more points, but avoid spamming.

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Hong Kong approves Ethereum ETF with staking rewards, boosting institutional participation

Our weekly crypto derivatives analytics report delves into macro events; the current state of crypto and trading signals from spot trading volume; and futures, options and perpetual contracts.

US president Donald Trump’s tariff policies are influencing both crypto and US equities. Last week, BTC and the S&P 500 rallied due to a 90-day pause in reciprocal tariffs (excluding China). Equities are slightly below their April 9 highs, while BTC is holding above $83K. Its implied volatility term structure has normalized, and the volatility skew has improved from last week’s bias toward out-of-the-money puts, though it hasn't fully shifted toward calls.

Please check out the report’s highlights.

Tariff pause briefly brings back trading volume

Since our last report, open interest surged on Apr 9, 2025, as crypto spot prices rose after President Trump’s temporary tariff pause, accompanied by a nearly $10B increase in trade volumes. However, trade volumes have since returned to mid-March levels, and open interest has declined from the April 9 highs. The initial price spike indicates the tariff pause surprised the markets, but the subsequent pullback reflects concerns over remaining tariffs.

After being inverted for much of April due to trade policy shocks and macro headwinds, BTC’s term structure has disinverted, with front-end volatility dropping significantly this week. Call and put volumes have been balanced, with calls slightly exceeding puts most days. Apr 9, 2025, reflected mixed market sentiment, as both call and put volumes rose, but puts were higher overall. Open interest remains greater in calls, and has increased slightly since last week, reaching its highest level for the month (more than double from the beginning of April).

Despite a rally on Apr 9, 2025 that brought ETH close to $1.7K, traders sought downside protection, leading to higher volumes in put contracts as compared to calls. Since then, ETHUSDT options volumes have declined, but open interest remains strongly weighted toward calls with later expirations, which have increased since last week. After being inverted for much of April, ETH’s term structure of volatility has flattened, with volatility compressing around the 70% mark across tenors.

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Bybit X Block Scholes crypto derivatives analytics report (Apr 16, 2025): Bitcoin put bias has moderated, but not yet shifted to calls

KiloEx (KILO) is a user-friendly DEX for perpetuals trading, offering high leverage, rewards, LSTfi integration and a robust multi-chain ecosystem.

 trading is one of the most lucrative areas for cryptocurrency enthusiasts if you know how to navigate the sometimes complex world of these contracts. Unlike standard futures, perpetual futures contracts have no expiration date, allowing traders to hold onto their positions as long as they prefer. You only exit a crypto perpetual (or “perp”) contract when you feel it’s the best time to execute your long or short trade. The lack of an expiration period makes these contracts attractive for traders.

Unfortunately, many crypto perpetual contract trading platforms are far from user-friendly. It seems like many perpetual crypto exchanges assume that only professional traders dabble in these contracts, and along with that assumption goes a second one — that these pros can navigate even the most complex user interfaces. As a result, finding a user-friendly perps platform is a challenge in the world of crypto trading.

 (DEX) that aims to change the status quo by providing a user-friendly environment for traders. Its platform also offers high leverage ratios, integration into the wider liquid staking token finance (LSTfi) ecosystem and generous reward programs for referrers and affiliates.

Thanks to its numerous benefits, this DEX caters to the needs of traders at all levels of expertise who are interested in crypto perpetuals. Operational since mid-2023, KiloEx launched its native token, KILO, in March 2025 to further enhance its platform's reward, staking and governance mechanisms.

 (BNB) that specializes in crypto perpetual futures trading.

 The platform prides itself on offering a user-friendly interface, high 

 ratios of up to 100x, multi-token vaults with generous APYs and a number of reward programs for referrers and affiliates.

Co-founded by Joey Ni (CEO) and Charles Gong (COO), KiloEx was originally launched on BNB Chain's mainnet in June 2023. As of mid-April 2025, the platform has additionally expanded its service coverage to five 

 (B2). This coverage allows KiloEx to access the ecosystems of three leading blockchain platforms — 

Manta, Base and Taiko are Ethereum-focused Layer 2 solutions, while opBNB is an efficient and low-cost optimistic rollup for the BNB Chain, while B

 is a platform linked to Bitcoin that acts as a major Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi) enabler.

Because it’s a BNB-native platform, KiloEx's industry footprint is most notable within this blockchain's broader ecosystem. In fact, as Apr 17, 2025, KiloEx is the top DEX on the opBNB network by 

Using Layer 2 chains allows KiloEx to offer its users fast and low-cost transactions, which isn't always possible on a typical Layer 1 network. It's true that BNB Chain, the primary Layer 1 used by KiloEx, generally has much lower gas fees than Ethereum, the industry's leading 

 chain that’s notorious for its exorbitant costs. However, KiloEx's partner Layer 2 networks help drive costs and transaction times even lower. BNB Chain's current average gas fee is slightly over $0.10, while the opBNB Layer 2 rollup's comparable fee is only about $0.005.

In 2024, the platform introduced one of its most innovative features — the 

, which allows liquidity providers to stake multiple assets to earn high yields. That same year, KiloEx significantly expanded its partnership network, becoming an active player in the LSTFi ecosystem. LSTFi is a new stream within the DeFi industry that allows you to use 

 (LSTs) on various protocols for additional yield.

Having solidified its market presence in 2024, the project launched its native token, KILO, in March 2025. However, in mid-April 2025, KiloEx 

 and halted trading on April 15 as a risk management measure, pending investigation of the damage.

The Hybrid Vault is among the most innovative features offered by KiloEx. Essentially, it acts similarly to liquidity pools on other exchanges. Liquidity providers can contribute their crypto funds to the vault to support trading activity on the DEX and earn interest on their contributions, based on the fees earned by the protocol.

You can contribute a mix of coins to a KiloEx vault. Supported assets include 

Depending upon trading activity and the mix of coins contributed, you can earn APYs as high as 30%, making KiloEx one of the most lucrative choices for liquidity providers in this niche.

KiloEx uses a health factor calculation for this type of vault to keep your funds and the entire ecosystem safe. Based on the health factor score of your contribution to the vault, your funds could be liquidated if their value drops dangerously low.

Discounts are also offered for fixed-term deposits for established assets, such as USDT and USDC. Withdrawals for the fixed deposits are processed upon maturity, while all other withdrawals are processed within one to three "epochs," with each epoch on the platform lasting about three days. Thus, depending upon your contributed funds, you’ll wait anywhere from three to nine days to receive your crypto back.

The KiloEx platform also runs a generous referral program under which you can earn rewards for referring your friends to the platform. The amount you earn depends upon the trading volumes generated by the people whom you’ve referred. Additionally, your referees to the DEX can also benefit from fee rebates, again depending upon the volume of trade they generate.

There’s a tiered system, comprising nine levels, based on which you and your friends earn commissions and rebates. Under this system, even those referred traders whose monthly volume is at the lowest level (below $5,000) can still benefit from 5% rebates, while you also earn a 10% commission.

The table below shows the structure of this referral system with percentages for commission and rebates based on monthly trading volumes.

KiloEx offers an affiliate program for key opinion leaders (KOLs) with a certain level of social media following and influence in the crypto market. KOLs may apply to join the program by filling out an application, which is then considered by the project team within 48 hours.

To qualify for affiliate status, a KOL must have: 

Approved affiliates are provided a link to the platform, and are encouraged to invite their followers to trade on the KiloEx. If they invite at least five followers who trade at sufficient levels, the affiliates can start earning their commission. KOLs can earn up to 55% commission, depending upon the referred followers' trading activity.

KiloEx’s native utility token, KILO, is a 

 asset launched on BNB Chain. It’s used on the platform for governance, fee discounts on trades, rewards via 

, liquidity provision incentives and staking.

KILO is a supply-capped asset, with a maximum and total supply of 1 billion. The token’s supply allocation shares are shown in the chart below.

xKILO is an escrowed version of the KILO token. You can convert KILO to xKILO at a fixed rate of 1:1. The primary utility of xKILO is to provide boosted liquidity provision, which makes it possible to receive staking rewards. By locking xKILO on the platform, you can access special discounts and other benefits reserved for VIP-level users. Holding xKILO also grants you governance power to vote and influence the platform's future direction.

Unlike KILO, xKILO is nontransferable and isn’t tradable on the secondary market. The only ways to obtain xKILO are either to buy it with KILO or receive it via airdrops.

Platform users can earn points to qualify for KILO airdrops. Typically, you accumulate points by trading, depositing funds, referring others to the DEX, checking in to the platform and completing other specified eligible activities.

The project’s initial airdrop, Genesis Season, had an eligibility snapshot taken back in July 2024. Under the currently running airdrop campaign, Pioneer Season, users can earn points to receive KILO tokens for 180 days past the token generation event (TGE) in late March 2025 (i.e., until late September 2025).

Additionally, you can earn KILO tokens on Bybit simply by participating in the 

 event and holding BNB in your account. Every day at various random times, Bybit will take snapshots of your BNB holdings in your Funding and Unified Trading Accounts to calculate the number of KILO tokens you’re eligible for. The campaign will run through Apr 25, 2025, 11:59PM UTC, and you’ll have your share of KILO airdropped seven days after this date.

 market as a swap pair with USDT. If you don't have a Bybit account, you can easily 

, and access opportunities across hundreds of trading pairs and crypto products on the exchange's Spot and Derivatives markets.

As of Apr 17, 2025, the KILO token is trading at $0.039, which is 76.2% lower than its ATH of $0.1648 on Mar 27, 2025, and 17.3% higher than its ATL of $0.03344 on Apr 12, 2025.

Long-term price forecasts for KILO are mostly bullish. CoinCodex 

 at $0.0387 in 2027 and then rise to $0.135 in 2030 while PricePredictions 

When it comes to perpetuals trading, both traditional 

 (CEXs) and DEXs have often struggled to offer an intuitive trading experience. In contrast, KiloEx has made user-friendliness a cornerstone of its operations. With KiloEx, you can enjoy a streamlined trading process, access market trends info for thorough research, get an overview of the cryptocurrency market and conduct other activities via an interface that’s designed for anyone, irrespective of their familiarity with decentralized trading.

The platform also boasts a diverse range of other benefits not easily found in the world of perpetuals-based cryptocurrency trading — generous leveraged trading options, trading fee discounts, lightning-fast trades, low trading fees and an innovative Hybrid Vault system. Many of these benefits are thanks to KiloEx's collaboration with several Layer 2 decentralized platforms, which provide the technical infrastructure to enable low costs and fast order processing.

If you’re a crypto perpetuals enthusiast, KiloEx is definitely a platform to peruse.

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KiloEx (KILO): More than a DEX — a rewarding ecosystem

In this article, Bybit Learn breaks down how the RFC meme coin was launched by the 'ifindretard' community, what’s driving its popularity and how to trade the RFC meme coin on Bybit.  

RFC quickly became one of the most talked-about and actively traded meme coins in early April 2025. In this article, we’ll break down how the token started, what’s driving its popularity and show you how to trade RFC on Bybit.  

Meme coins have always relied on humor to capture a wide audience and RFC is no different. The coin is inspired by the 

 X account that posts right-leaning, political and social posts on the platform. The account quickly became popular and gained over 718,000 followers as of mid-April 2025. 

 the launch of RFC, a Solana-based meme coin with a core mission of becoming the definitive meme coin for their community. The project aims to counter the prevalence of rug pulls and scams and create a token that is fair and community-centric.

The RFC token was launched on Mar 24, 2025, on the 

 platform. Within a few hours of its launch, the token graduated from the bonding curve and was placed in the liquidity pool. The initial post from the @ifindretards account is likely the major cause of the parabolic rise in the price of the token on the pump.fun platform. 

In the following days, the popularity of RFC experienced a significant surge, largely fueled by an enthusiastic community that rallied around the project. The coin’s 

 on Solana and its allocation of 96% of the supply to the public attracted a lot of attention from the meme coin community. Such community-centric characteristics quickly boosted the coin’s profile. According to 

, over 216 KOLs have mentioned the coin, with 124 being bullish and only five being bearish. This positive momentum was soon reflected in the price surge of RFC.

Following the graduation from the bonding curve, the price momentum continued and the coin reached a peak market cap of around $8 million, but quickly retraced to $1.2 million the next day. Over the next few days, the coin consolidated in the $1 million to $5 million range. 

On Mar 31, 2025, the coin broke out of this range and witnessed a 2-week staggering rally that saw the market cap rise as high as $138 million on Apr 14, 2025. This is a 25x increase from the first day’s close of $5.5 million. The coin has since retraced slightly, and as of Apr 15, it’s currently trading at a valuation of around $91 million market cap. 

The total supply of RFC is fixed at 1 billion tokens. The distribution of these tokens is heavily weighted towards the public, with 96% allocated for a public fair launch. Notably, only 4% of the total supply was allocated to the developer wallet, and the project explicitly states that there were no airdrops or presales.

If you’re interested in riding the RFC wave, you can go long or short on the token with up to 20x leverage on Bybit through its 

 RFCUSDT perpetual contract. Whether you're bullish or bearish, you can dive into the action and start trading the 

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RFC: Trending meme coin with a strong community

Trading

Risk management involves cautious planning to identify, analyze and limit the potential losses by formulating contingency plans to cushion the unfavorable moments. Learn more.

Ask any seasoned trader and they’ll confirm that successful trading hinges on managing risk as well as picking winning trades. Think about it: Crypto trading is extremely volatile and potentially lucrative, but it also comes with considerable risks that can wipe out your capital in seconds. Having a proper risk management system can mitigate these risks.

Here’s the good news: This blog post will teach you how to use crypto risk management to minimize risk — and increase your likelihood of cryptocurrency trading success.

Crypto risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing and controlling the potential losses that may arise from crypto trading.

It involves a comprehensive approach, encompassing goal setting, risk appetite definition, capital allocation, portfolio diversification and appropriate trading strategies and tools. This strategy helps avoid emotional trading decisions and encourages rational, disciplined decision-making. 

Crypto risk management aims to safeguard your capital from unfavorable market fluctuations and help you secure sustainable returns.

How to Assess and Formulate a Crypto Trading Plan

To achieve success in trading, you need to have a clear understanding of your goals and strategies. A crypto trading plan is a comprehensive document that outlines your risk profile, trading style, tools, indicators, entry and exit rules, and performance evaluation methods. It helps you stay focused, avoid impulsive actions, adapt to market changes and learn from mistakes. In order to create a robust trading plan, you must be well-versed in risk management and measurement techniques.

Familiarizing Yourself With the Risk Management Process

To effectively manage risk in trading, here are four key steps to follow:

When it comes to managing risk, measuring it is essential. Various metrics can help you quantify the risk involved in your trading activities.

The crypto market holds various risks that can affect your trading performance. Some of the main market risks are as follows.

Legal risks in crypto arise from unclear or inconsistent regulations, enforcement or compliance. For instance, you may face legal issues if your jurisdiction bans or restricts crypto assets; if your exchange or wallet is hacked, shut down or seized by authorities; or if you fail to report or pay taxes on your crypto transactions or holdings. 

Technology and security risks are a legitimate concern with crypto assets. Technical failures, glitches, bugs, hacks or attacks may compromise your crypto assets or platforms' functionality, integrity or availability. Congestion, delays, forks or upgrades in the network or protocol that supports your crypto assets are all possible technology and security issues. 

Other risks include downtime, errors, breaches or thefts in the exchange or wallet you use to trade or store your crypto assets; and damage, loss, theft, infection or corruption in the device or software that you use to access your crypto assets.

Exchange risk means encountering unfavorable price movements because of differences in supply and demand across various exchanges. This situation can occur when the exchange on which you trade your crypto assets has lower or higher prices, liquidity or fees than another exchange that’s involved when you’re transferring, withdrawing or depositing your assets. 

Liquidity risk arises when trading crypto assets becomes difficult due to a lack of buyers or sellers in the market, resulting in unfavorable prices. Thin, volatile or illiquid markets, low volume or depth on exchanges, and off-peak trading times are examples of conditions that can lead to liquidity risk. 

Leverage risk, which occurs when using borrowed funds or 

, can lead to amplified losses. For instance, this risk can arise when the value of your crypto assets moves against your position and causes a margin call or 

, or when unexpected increases in interest rates or borrowing fees occur. In addition, if the exchange you’ve borrowed funds from changes its margin requirements or terms without warning, you may face leverage risk. 

The term "risk of ruin" describes the possibility of losing all your trading capital due to consecutive losses. These losses can occur if you overtrade, trade with positions that are too large relative to your capital, use high leverage or a low stop-loss level, or experience a 

Top Crypto Trading Techniques for Risk Management

Top crypto trading techniques help you improve crypto trading performance and reduce risks. Following are some well-known crypto trading strategies.

To effectively analyze a crypto asset’s price movements, evaluate different time frames, such as daily, hourly or minute charts. This approach can help identify trends and patterns in long-, medium- and short-term markets. It can also confirm the validity and strength of signals and indicators, and help pinpoint ideal entry and exit points. For optimal results, choose a primary time frame that aligns with your trading style and objectives, a secondary time frame that provides a bigger market picture and a tertiary time frame to fine-tune your trades.

Position sizing entails determining the optimal amount of money to risk, based on your risk tolerance and available capital. This technique can help you achieve consistent and sustainable returns by avoiding the pitfalls of risking too much or too little on each trade. 

To use this method, start by defining your maximum risk per trade as a percentage of your total capital (e.g., 1%, 2%, etc.), and then calculate your position size by dividing your maximum risk by your stop-loss distance (e.g., if your maximum risk is $100 and your stop-loss level is 10%, your position size is $1,000). Finally, adjust your position size based on the volatility and liquidity of the crypto asset you're trading.

Before entering a trade, compare your potential reward and risk using a profitability and feasibility evaluation technique. This approach can help you avoid trades with low chances of success or high potential loss, while maximizing profits and minimizing losses. 

In order to use this technique effectively, define your target and stop-loss prices for each trade. Calculate your reward/risk ratio by dividing potential reward by potential risk. For instance, you can achieve a ratio of 2 if your target price is $1,200 and your stop-loss price is $1,000. Choose trades with a reward/risk ratio greater than 1, ideally higher than 2.

To safeguard your capital and avoid emotional stress, set a predetermined price level at which to automatically exit a losing trade. This technique also enhances your discipline and confidence. To make it work, place your stop loss at a strategic price level based on 

, such as support or resistance levels, trend lines or moving averages. Be careful not to set your stop loss too close or far from your entry price. A general rule of thumb is to avoid placing it less than 1%, or over 10%. As the market moves in your favor, consider moving your stop loss to break-even or a profitable position using a trailing stop loss.

One powerful technique is to capitalize on a sudden and significant surge in the price of a cryptocurrency asset caused by the forced liquidation of short sellers. This approach offers several advantages, including the ability to profit from sharp and swift price movements, exploit the vulnerability and panic of short sellers, and anticipate and confirm a downtrend reversal. 

To utilize this method, begin by identifying a crypto asset with high short-interest and low liquidity. Wait for a positive catalyst or strong bullish signal that can trigger a short squeeze before buying the asset and setting a tight stop-loss and high target price. Exit the trade once the short squeeze ends, or when the market displays signs of exhaustion or reversal.

How to Use Crypto Portfolio Management Tools to Limit Risks

Besides using trading techniques, you can also implement various tools to help you manage your crypto portfolio and limit your risks. Some of the main types of tools are as follows.

These tools help you analyze price movements and trends in the crypto market using mathematical formulas, algorithms or patterns. They can help you to:

Some examples of technical analysis tools are as follows:

These are tools that help you manage your crypto portfolio and optimize your performance using various features and functions. They can help you to:

Some examples of portfolio management tools are as follows.

Crypto trading is a rewarding but risky activity that requires proper risk management. By following the tips and techniques discussed above, you can reduce your risk and increase your chances of success in the crypto market.

Remember that risk management isn’t a one-time event, but rather an ongoing process that requires constant monitoring and adjustment. Therefore, keep learning and improving, and adapting to the changing market conditions.

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