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by nerdponx 3117 days ago
I'm honestly surprised that there aren't more crypto financial instruments that are implemented/valued in other cryptos.
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The problem is they are heavily correlated in downward movement. They all crash together. So you cant effectively short BTC in ETH because even if you win, you lose.
Take a look at ripple
bitshares might be of interest to you. It has a handful of derivative assets such as bitUSD,bitCNY,bitBTC..