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Bitcoin Call Skew Hints at Further Price Rise as Spot ETF Optimism Energizes BTC

The one-month call-put skew has risen above 10%, indicating a strongest bullish bias in 31 months.

Bitcoin one-month call-put skew (Amberdata)

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Bitcoin Put Options, Which Offer Downside Protection, Look Unusually Cheap. Will the Situation Last?

Historically, puts have seldom traded at cheaper valuations for a prolonged period.

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Bitcoin Could Go Crazy Above $36K, Options Data Suggests

Bitcoin options dealers or market makers are likely to trade in the direction of the market above $36,000, accelerating price gains.

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Bitcoin and Ether Options Activity Soars to Historic Highs of $20B Amid ETF Hype

Options worth $4.5 billion are set to expire on Friday, Deribit told CoinDesk.

Deribit options open interest (Laevitas)

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Bitcoin Tops $35K, Hitting 16-Month High; Options Positioning Suggests Price Has Further to Run

Traders have gotten very optimistic that a bitcoin ETF will get approved in the U.S.

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Bitcoin ETF Rumor Had a Silver Lining and It's Apparent in the Crypto Options Market

The bitcoin options market has flipped bullish across different timeframes since Monday's erroneous ETF report.

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Bitcoin, Ether Options Order Books Signal Calm Amid Mounting Risks

The bid-ask ratio in bitcoin and ether options markets leans below one, signaling a bias for volatility selling, one observer said.

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Deribit to List XRP, SOL, and MATIC Options; Seeks License in EU

Deribit controls over 85% of the global crypto options market.

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Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Gauge Tops Ether for Record 20 Straight Days

The spread between dominant crypto options exchange Deribit's forward-looking 30-day implied volatility index for ether (ETH DVOL) and bitcoin (BTC DVOL) has been consistently negative since Sept. 7.

La volatilidad de bitcoin y ether está haciendo tambalear tanto a alcistas como bajistas. (Matt Hardy/Unsplash)

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Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry

Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the right to buy or sell the underlying at a pre-determined price at a later date. Quarterly options settlements are closely watched by traders.

Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)