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A $2 million bet on XRP volatility crosses the tape as prices surge

An options trader opened a large straddle on XRP, betting on wild price swings by Aug. 28.

Hedge funds abandon structural shorts to bet on a bitcoin rally

Hedge funds trading bitcoin BTC$64,978.76 futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have turned net long, according to Ki Young Ju, CEO of blockchain data...

Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to ‘democratizing’ its 10 million casual users onto blockchain finance

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) account for just $12.66 million in active market capitalization despite the recent spike in trading activity.Much of that larger activity,...

This $28 million ETH bet aims to profit from pure market chaos

It shows that major participants are not just "long-only" or "short-only" speculators; they are increasingly treating volatility as a separate asset class and using...

The most popular bitcoin options bet has slipped $10,000 lower to a $70,000 strike: Crypto Daily

The implication does not stop there. According to Imran Lakha, founder of Options Insights, dealers hold a "net long gamma exposure" above $70,000. It...

South Korea’s new economic roadmap is a massive bet on blockchain technology

South Korea plans to update its 76-year-old national asset management system to formally include virtual currencies and intellectual property in the country’s definition of...

Ethereum Whale Who Shorted October 2025 Crash Returns With $19.7M Short ETH Bet

An Ethereum whale who shorted Ether (ETH) during the October 2025 crypto crash has returned after eight months of silence.Key takeaways:Ethereum whale opens a...

Botanix bet big on ‘Bitcoin DeFi.’ Its shutdown suggests users never cared

Bitcoin layer-2 network Botanix is being wound down a year after its mainnet went live. The project cited market conditions and broader indifference within...

Zcash (ZEC), Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens lead losses as traders bet against a bitcoin (BTC) price bounce

The crypto market remains under pressure ahead of the pivotal U.S. inflation data, which is expected to show the cost of living rose to...

CME is letting traders bet on bitcoin volatility, not price, and two firms have already placed bets

CME’s bitcoin BTC$62,945.93 volatility index futures began trading last week, offering investors a new way to trade and hedge price volatility. DV Chain and...

Prediction market traders bet bitcoin’s selloff has further to run

Prediction market traders are increasingly wagering that bitcoin's correction is far from over, even after the cryptocurrency tumbled toward $65,000 this week amid mounting...

Trump Media moves another $205M in Bitcoin as losses on crypto bet swell to $455M

Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), the parent company of Truth Social, has transferred another 2,650 bitcoin BTC$77,380.63 to Crypto.com in a move that...