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A massive $6.4 billion bitcoin options expiry on Friday could amplify volatility

Friday’s expiry follows bitcoin’s surge from $62,000 to $80,000, leaving market makers with increased exposure to manage around several key strike prices.

Swiss mega-bank UBS ramps up its Bitcoin exposure with a massive 24-fold surge in ETF call options

Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets under management, has reported a more than 24-fold quarterly increase in call option exposure tied...

BTC price rally has broad-based support as institutions, whales, options traders pile in: Crypto Daily

"Large Bitcoin whales have been building up their positions over the last two months, while medium-sized wallets have been selling. This divergence in behaviour...

Kraken launches crypto options, betting simpler products can expand the market

Derivatives account for the vast majority of crypto trading volumes, but options remain a relatively small corner of the market, dominated by a handful...

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...

Brazil’s B3 exchange introduces options on BTC, ETH, SOL futures

Brazil's B3 stock exchange has unveiled options on bitcoin BTC$62,676.14, ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) futures, expanding its regulated crypto derivatives offerings.The contracts bec+ame...

ESMA Warns Prediction Market Event Contracts May Fall Under EU Binary Options Ban

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities regulator, said in a statement that many prediction market event contracts may already fall...

Bitget Bolsters Stock+ Platform With U.S. Stock Options Trading

Crypto exchange Bitget has launched US stock options, allowing users to trade options on US-listed companies.  The company described itself in a...

Bitcoin, ether traders aren’t fully buying the bounce, options markets show: Crypto Daily

With bitcoin BTC$62,011.07 and the broader crypto market showing signs of life, defensive positioning in the market has eased, not disappeared, a sign of...

Crypto Exchanges Cross New Wall Street Line With First US Stock Options Offering

Bitget has launched US stock options for eligible users, adding long calls and long puts on leading US-listed companies to its Stock+ product.This is...

Bitcoin’s Bearish Options Positioning Hints At Drop To $55K

Key takeaways:An extreme Bitcoin put-call options imbalance and a 19% delta skew reveal heavy hedging against downside price swings.Strategy’s cash hoard eases short-term debt...

Forget max pain. Bitcoin is well below the $72,000 magnet going into $10 billion options expiry

Bitcoin’s BTC$61,650.42 price drop ahead of Friday's quarterly options settlement has once again cast doubt on the popular “max pain theory."The max pain level...