For most of the month, traders had a pretty good explanation for Bitcoin’s refusal to budge. A dense cluster of options contracts, they argued, was holding the price in a cage between $60,000 and $65,000, […]
A major US crypto exchange is introducing streamlined options contracts aimed at unlocking broader adoption in the derivatives space. Kraken says it has launched European-style, USD-settled Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) options on its Pro […]
Derivatives account for the vast majority of crypto trading volumes, but options remain a relatively small corner of the market, dominated by a handful of established venues including Deribit, CME Group and Binance. New entrants […]
The SEC has approved a NYSE Arca rule change that raises position and exercise limits for options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, giving institutional traders more room to hedge and express larger views around the […]
Level Value Read Cycle low $58,000 (25 June) Retested 30 June, held by $56 Weekly Open $59,590 (29 June) Spot trades below it $60,000 shelf Reclaimed, rejected Support flipped to resistance Gamma flip ~$68,000 Negative-gamma […]
TL;DR Confirmed that the 25-delta put-call options skew has shifted positive for early July expiries, showing options traders are paying more for short-term downside protection. The key caveat: Avoid claiming options skew guarantees a price […]
Key Takeaways Deribit holds $7.53B in BTC options notional value for the Sept. 2026 expiry, with max pain near $74,000. Bitcoin futures OI fell to $42.6B as Binance leads with $8.3B and CME holds $6.33B […]
Bitcoin’s latest pullback was not driven by a single headline. Instead, traders were hit by a cluster of pressure points at the same time: weakness in global technology stocks, another heavy day of spot Bitcoin […]
Bitcoin is holding its range, but that range is below the gamma flip, with aggregate market maker exposure now negative rather than positive. In this regime, dealer hedging amplifies moves rather than dampening them. Friday’s […]
Key Takeaways CME bitcoin options open interest fell from $290M in November to under $40M by June 2026. Deribit max pain climbs to $75,000 for September and December 2026 contract expirations. Binance leads futures open […]
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