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Bitcoin Volatility Likely as Options Worth $4B Expire on Friday
30.3.2023
Market makers selling the options may need to buy more bitcoin in the spot market to cover their positions if the cryptocurrency rises further
Further Bitcoin Volatility Ahead? Here’s What Options Markets Say About the BTC Price Outlook
16.3.2023
Bitcoin looks set to finish Wednesday’s session broadly unchanged in the mid-$24,000, handing market participants some much-needed time to catch their breath after a hectic seven days of price action. This time last week, Bitcoin had just dropped back under $22,000 for the first time in over three...
Bitcoin to Sub-$20,000 Next? Here’s What Options Markets Say About the BTC Price Outlook
7.3.2023
Cryptocurrency markets have slipped on Tuesday in tandem with US stock prices as US yields and the US dollar rise in wake of hawkish commentary from US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the first day of his semi-annual testimony before the US Congress on Tuesday....
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Here’s What Investors Think About the BTC Price Outlook Right Now, According to Bitcoin Options Markets
21.2.2023
Bitcoin has tried and failed to break and hold above the $25,000 level now for five out of the last six days. Some technicians think that this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is forming an ascending triangle structure that could proceed...
Options Markets More Bullish on Bitcoin Than Ethereum – What This Means for ETH/BTC
6.2.2023
Investors are more bullish on Bitcoin than they are on Ether (ETH) over the next few months, according to various option market gauges of sentiment provided by crypto analytics website The Block. That could mean downside for the ETH/BTC exchange rate over the next few weeks and months....
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3 reasons why Bitcoin is likely heading below $16,000
30.12.2022
Reasons for bearishness include U.S. Federal Reserve tightening, the absence of leverage buyers' demand, and fearful BTC option traders
Afraid to buy the dip? Bitcoin options provide a safer way to ‘go long’ from $38K
2.5.2022
BTC price continues to trade in a wide range, providing an opportunity for options traders to use the Iron Condor strategy
Bears target new lows for Ethereum as Friday’s $1.1B options expiry approaches
28.1.2022
ETH bulls will need to keep searching for positive news, especially as bears apply extra pressure ahead of Friday’s $1.1 billion monthly options expiry
Traders celebrate Bitcoin's impending ETF, but options markets are less certain
15.10.2021
Everyone is cheering for the BTC ETF, but options markets data shows that the implied probability for Bitcoin trading above $70,000 on Oct. 29 is just 25%
All bark and some bite. China’s Bitcoin ban puts traders in the ‘fear’ zone
25.9.2021
Bitcoin derivatives markets flipped neutral-to-bearish after China’s ‘crypto ban’ announcement triggered a BTC price dip to $40,600
Bitcoin, Ether Options Markets Pare Bearish Bias
27.7.2021
The short-term put-call skews have pulled back due to a flurry of call buying
Monthly $1.9B Ethereum futures and options expiry will determine if ETH hits $3K soon
27.5.2021
Ethereum bulls may have flipped $2,400 back to support, but Friday’s ETH options and futures expiry will determine if traders press the pedal for $3,000
Bitcoin bears dominate Friday’s $2.1B BTC options expiry with a $585M lead
26.5.2021
Bitcoin price is struggling to regain the $42,000 support as bears hold a $585 million advantage ahead of Friday's $2.1 billion BTC options expiry
Coinbase Buys Data Firm Skew, Company’s First Acquisition Since the Nasdaq Direct Listing
30.4.2021
On April 30, the crypto-focused data analytics company Skew announced the firm has been acquired by the San Francisco company Coinbase. The exchange will leverage Skew’s data with the firm’s institutional subsidiary Coinbase Prime. The goal is to make “cryptocurrency markets more...
Over $4 Billion in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Friday, BTC Derivatives Markets Still Frothy
27.4.2021
Bitcoin options markets are set to see a large expiry on Friday as more than 77,000 BTC worth over $4 billion in derivatives contracts are set to expire. The lion’s share of bitcoin options stems from the derivatives trading platform Deribit, as the exchange has more than $11 billion in open...
Ethereum bulls hedge their bets ahead of next week's $250M ETH options expiry
16.4.2021
$250 million in Ethereum options are set to expire on April 23 and derivatives data shows bulls still have a slight advantage
Blockchain Bites: Canada Approves Bitcoin ETF, Options Markets Not Pricing for $100K BTC
12.2.2021
Also: Did the CFTC "pop" the 2017 bitcoin bubble?
Leading Crypto Derivatives Exchange Bit.com Set to Launch Bitcoin Cash Options
21.1.2021
On January 21, the derivatives exchange by Matrixport, Bit.com, announced the launch of the first bitcoin cash perpetual swaps and options. The exchange says before the product launch there was no options market for bitcoin cash and the firm believes there’s room for improvement in this arena...
Key Bitcoin and Ethereum options metrics show traders are wildly bullish
24.11.2020
Ethereum price is now the center of attention but options data shows pro traders are still wildly bullish on Bitcoin price
Bitcoin Derivatives See Record Highs, Year-End BTC Options Show 29% Chance Price Crosses $20K
20.11.2020
As the crypto economy sets its sights on half of a trillion in USD value, digital currency derivatives markets are swelling significantly. Bitcoin futures have surpassed a six-month high at $52 billion, while the crypto asset’s options markets have jumped massively too. Additionally, bitcoin...