Bitcoin Holds $92K; Options Skew Stays Call-Heavy

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $92,176.63 (+1.62% 24h) on Tuesday, as spot defended the $92,000–$92,300 band that desks have treated as the near-term line in the sand.

CoinMarketCap reported a 24-hour range of $90,055.02 to $92,567.54, which places the current price within ~0.4% of the session high after buyers absorbed the last dip under $91k. Tight range. Tight patience.

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Options and Futures Setup

Momentum gauges look like a grind, not panic. The more tradeable tell sits in derivatives positioning: Deribit’s BTC options book has recently pushed into the $40B+ open interest zone during heavy expiry cycles, with put-call ratios in reported snapshots finishing below 1.0 on large expiries. That structure matches a market where larger accounts keep upside exposure funded while selling downside vol into support.

On the futures side, leverage capacity remains large enough to force discontinuous moves once spot exits the compression. CoinMarketCap’s derivatives note pegged aggregate BTC futures open interest around $35.8B, a size that historically amplifies liquidation cascades in both directions once price breaks a well-watched level.

For macro desks that benchmark off institutional-grade prints, the CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index (BRTI) recently printed $90,801.89 on its last displayed update, anchoring where systematic execution desks likely marked collateral and intraday risk during the prior leg.

Key Levels and Dealer Hedging

A $92k hold with call-heavy options positioning matters because gamma flows start doing the work once spot reclaims the top of the day’s range ($92,567).

If spot clears that level, dealers who are short calls often hedge by buying futures, which tightens liquidity and accelerates the move. If spot loses $90,055 (today’s low), the same leverage stack that kept realized vol muted can flip into forced selling fast when perps unwind.