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Bitcoin Price Holds $83K as Bitfinex Says Leverage Has Cleared
30.9.2026
Bitcoin calls represent 60.88% of options open interest, while Deribit’s October max-pain level sits near $76,000, below bitcoin’s current $83,719 spot price. Futures exposure totals approximately $53 billion, led by Binance and CME. The market data on Wednesday shows concentrated October...
Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal
29.9.2026
The agreement opens the door to tokenized derivatives as some of Wall Street's biggest institutions, including Nasdaq, NYSE and DTCC, move traditional markets onchain
Bitcoin Derivatives Are Heating up, but Traders Want Insurance
23.9.2026
Bitcoin derivatives are flashing a split personality as bitcoin’s price trades around $84,000 on Sept. 23. Futures open interest is climbing back toward $60 billion, while options open interest has jumped above $50 billion. Calls command 60% of options positions, yet puts account for 58.2%...
Bitcoin Traders Pile Into Calls as $100B Derivatives Bet Builds
19.9.2026
Bitcoin derivatives traders are carrying more than $56 billion in futures exposure and roughly $42 billion in options open interest, while bitcoin sits near $81,273. The stranger part is where the options money is leaning. Market data shows that calls control 60.74% of open interest, the biggest...
Bitcoin Options Traders Turn Bullish for the First Time in 12 Months
14.9.2026
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is doing something it has not done in a year. Derive data and Reuters reports that traders are paying more for upside than downside protection, even with bitcoin still nearly $50,000 below its October 2025 peak. Futures open interest sits at a hefty $52.64 billion...
Options Bets Turn Defensive Ahead of a Bitcoin Price Showdown
31.8.2026
Bitcoin derivatives traders are dragging a hefty book into September, with futures open interest at $54.82 billion while the spot price sits at $78,425 at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Aug. 30. Alongside this, options positioning tells a sharper story. Currently, calls dominate outstanding contracts...
Bitcoin traders place $2.9 million bet on a rapid price jump above $82,000
25.8.2026
Traders are spending millions to position for further Bitcoin upside after its staggering rally to $80,000, though demand for downside protection remains firm, according to Laevitas
Six-Figure Bitcoin Price in Sight as BTC Call Options Go Berserk
24.8.2026
Bitcoin derivatives markets are running hot while bitcoin’s price tagged an intraday high of $79,989 Monday, with traders stacking billions into futures and options while paying increasingly steep premiums to chase even higher prices. Bitcoin Open Interest Accelerates With the Rally...
Bitcoin Options Flash $80K Max Pain as Wall Street Loads Up
5.8.2026
Bitcoin traders have quietly stacked more than $41 billion into futures contracts, while the options market is flashing price targets thousands of dollars above where bitcoin actually trades. At $64,711 on Aug. 5, spot bitcoin looks almost cheap compared with the bets piling up across...
Crypto faces 3 barriers to next bull run, STS Digital CEO says
31.7.2026
Institutional options selling, AI and delayed U.S. crypto regulation are weighing on bitcoin, according to STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler
Binance Adds Gold and Silver Options, Bringing Commodity Markets to Crypto Traders
30.7.2026
Binance users can now trade options with expirations as short as one day on gold and silver settled in USDT without owning either metal. The launch pushes the exchange deeper into traditional markets as crypto platforms compete for commodity trading activity. Binance Moves From Perpetuals...
Bitcoin Options Scream Bullish as Traders Pile Into $72K and $80K Calls
22.7.2026
Bitcoin traders piled $49.82 billion into open futures contracts this week, betting hard on where the world’s largest cryptocurrency heads next. The action stretched from the regulated pits of CME to the crowded order books of Binance, and the numbers tell a story of institutions leaning...
Kraken says simpler options can unlock crypto's next derivatives market
19.7.2026
The Wyoming-based firm launched USD-settled bitcoin and ether options, saying product design, not demand, has held back adoption
Binance taps into Bitcoin holders’ hunger for yield with new covered call yield play
7.7.2026
The product, called BTC Yield, is designed exclusively for people who already hold bitcoin
CME Puts Dominate Bitcoin Options as Traders Bet Against $60K Floor
28.6.2026
Bitcoin’s derivatives markets delivered a pointed message this weekend: the $60,000 level is not just a psychological line in the sand; it is the number the options market has been building toward for weeks. At 10 a.m. EST on June 28, 2026, bitcoin traded at $60,041 per coin. The timing is...
Bitcoin options traders hedge downside as uncertainty lingers, Anchorage says
25.6.2026
Anchorage Digital’s latest analysis shows Bitcoin options traders remain defensive as near-term uncertainty persists, though markets are not pricing an extreme downside scenario for Strategy
Cboe revives S&P 500 binary options, chasing a market popularized by Polymarket, Kalshi
24.6.2026
One of the largest U.S. derivatives exchanges is bringing back yes/no bets on the S&P 500 after pulling them a decade ago, moving onto turf that Polymarket and Kalshi turned into one of the internet's fastest-growing corners
Bitcoin funding rate hits 2-week high: Is $70K next?
23.6.2026
Bitcoin’s funding rate and orderbook setup signal investor optimism, but ETF outflows and macro red flags could limit BTC’s short-term upside
Bitcoin Options Traders Load up on $120K Strike Through December 2026
21.6.2026
Bitcoin traded at $64,159 at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, and the derivatives market around it tells a story of retreat and repositioning. CME‘s bitcoin options open interest, measured in dollar terms, has dropped from a peak near $290 million in late November to roughly $30 million to...
$13B Bitcoin options expiry looms: Will bulls endure more pain in June?
19.6.2026
Bitcoin bears hold the upper hand in the upcoming Bitcoin options expiry, a potentially early warning that more BTC downside could unfold