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Markets

Bitcoin options signal extreme fear as downside protection premium hits new all-time high, says VanEck

Despite stabilizing spot prices, investors remain defensive, with leveraged speculation cooling and realized volatility dropping from 80 to 50, suggesting a cautious market sentiment.

Trading screen with price monitors and charts (Yashowardhan Singh/Unsplash)

Finance

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

The Hyperliquid network has seen significant growth, with weekly derivatives trading volume exceeding $50 billion and 24-hour fee revenue of $1.6 million.

Grayscale's new ad campaign can be seen in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Strategy set for second-biggest bitcoin buying quarter despite BTC price slide

First-quarter purchases have reached 89,618 BTC so far, the most since fourth-quarter 2024, and the quarter is not yet over.

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Markets

Bitcoin's latest fear unlocked as rate hike bets rise and bond markets crumble

For now, surging oil prices and persistent geopolitical tensions are driving inflation fears and weakening traditional safe-haven assets.

Eggs with hand-drawn anxious faces symbolizing market fears

Markets

Bitcoin’s price action looks dangerously similar to the pattern that sent it crashing to $60,000

The recent price action echoes the November–January pattern, showing weak conviction among the “buy the dip” crowd.

BTC risks deeper slide to $100K. (GoranH/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin jumps to $70,800 as oil retreats; ether and XRP lag

Oil prices slipped as major economies announced joint efforts to stabilize energy markets.

BTC's price bounce. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Morgan Stanley sets MSBT ticker and $1 million seed capital for bitcoin ETF

Morgan Stanley has filed to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF with the ticker MSBT and a $1 million seed at debut.

Morgan Stanley (Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinbase's bitcoin yield fund goes onchain with Apex's tokenization push

The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund's tokenized share class runs on Base as the $3.5 trillion fund services giant Apex applies tokenization across its business.

Coinbase app on a mobile phone screen (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin holds $69,000 as gold tumbles and oil spikes, but one analyst says stay on sidelines

While bitcoin has shown relative strength against gold since the war in Iran broke out, investors are better off holding off "dry powder" while prices swing wildly on headlines, said Wintermute's Bryan Tan.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Thursday (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin $20,000 put option is third most popular strike ahead of quarterly expiry

Nearly $600M in deep out-of-the-money puts highlights tail-risk positioning, though flows point more to volatility strategies than to outright bearish bets.

OI By Strike Price (Deribit)