Deribit Exchange Raises Maximum Bitcoin Options Strike Price to $400K
The eye-watering strike option supplants the company's previous $300,000 maximum offering listed on Jan. 9. Source
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $34.2K While Options Traders Pay Up for Possible ETH Upside
After a record day in spot volume, bitcoin’s price went up, down and back up. Meanwhile, most ether options traders are bearish, some are paying up in case it gets close to record highs.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $34,278 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 3% over the previous
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Plunges to $30.3K as Options Traders Bet on Sub-$800 Ether
Bitcoin’s plunge to as low as $30,305 was intensified from leveraged long derivative liquidations; options traders are totally bearish on ether, the native asset of Ethereum.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $33,277 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 10.9% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $30,305-$38,947 (CryptoX 20)BTC above
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Traders Can Now Bet on ‘Bitcoin $300K’ as Options Keep Pace With Rising Price
It supersedes the $200,000 option on Deribit as the maximum one can wager. Source
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Ethereum Options Contract Hints At The Altcoin Closing 2021 Over $10K
Ethereum is nearing its former all-time high of $1,440 set back in 2018 at the peak of the
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Blows Past $36.1K While Traders Clamor for Ether Options
Retail buying through PayPal is likely helping push bitcoin’s price higher while traders are hoping to get into an ether options market with potential volatility similar to March 2020.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $36,122 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 5.7% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $33,875-$36,122
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Slot machine manufacturer gets patent for crypto payment options
The largest manufacturer of slot machines in the world has just received a patent that would allow customers to access crypto payments for gambling.According to records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, International Game Technology, or IGT, received a patent today for a system that would enable gamblers
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Bitcoin Options on Deribet Now Go to $200K After Recent Surge
The folks over at Deribit apparently think the recent explosion in the price of bitcoin (BTC) from $20,000 to around $32,000 in just over a month, including a 10% rise in the last 24 hours, merits offering traders the ability to bet on a rally to $200,000 by late December. Source
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Nears $29K While Ether Options Trader Makes Long-Shot Bet
Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $28,775 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 7.3% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $26,796.90 to $28,969.90 (CryptoX 20)BTC above its 10-hour and 50-hour moving averages, a bullish signal for market technicians.Another day, another all-time high in bitcoin as the cryptocurrency changed hands
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4 reasons why Ethereum options traders expect ETH price to reach $880
Ether (ETH) price has gained 88% since November, astonishing even the most bullish investors as the top altcoin secured a 2020 high at $750. Aside from the upcoming CME ETH futures launch scheduled for Feb. 8, the phenomenal growth of the total value locked (TVL) in Decentralized Finance protocols also
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