{"id":410563,"date":"2020-01-11T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=410563"},"modified":"2020-01-11T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:35:55","slug":"goodbye-100x-japanese-govt-to-limit-bitcoin-margin-trading-leverage-to-just-2x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/goodbye-100x-japanese-govt-to-limit-bitcoin-margin-trading-leverage-to-just-2x\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 100x: Japanese Gov’t to Limit Bitcoin Margin Trading Leverage to Just 2x"},"content":{"rendered":"
Margin trading has arguably been one of the most popular features of the crypto markets that has drawn in floods of traders over the past few years. These traders are lured by the ability to trade the already volatile assets like Bitcoin with leverage as high as 125x on some platforms.<\/p>\n
Analysts have noted that the massive amounts of margin readily available to traders is one factor that has been driving the market\u2019s volatility, as it allows users to magnify their positions without having to risk a significant amount of capital.<\/p>\n