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Higher spot volumes Wednesday – and record volumes for the past month – are helping push bitcoin higher. Meanwhile, ether options for December pass 550,000 ETH.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $17,688 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 0.17% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $17,571-$18,474 (CryptoX 20) BTC
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Bitcoin’s options market is in the midst of its strongest bullish sentiment on record as the cryptocurrency rallies to three-year highs. The six-month put-call skew, or the spread between prices claimed by put options and call options expiring in six months, fell to a life-time low of -21.6% early Thursday, according
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On Nov. 13, a total of $525 million in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest is set to expire. This is similar to last week when $470 million in options open interest also expired. This presents somewhat unusual activity as most volume goes through monthly and quarterly options.On Nov. 5 (last
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Bitcoin is gyrating amid rallying global stock markets while ether options traders ramp up open interest as the Ethereum network heads for an ambitious upgrade.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $15,384 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 0.05% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $14,845-$15,842BTC above its 10-day and
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The open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options contracts has reached a new all-time high at $2.9 billion. Interestingly, this feat happened only five days after the October expiry, which liquidated $400 million worth of options.Bitcoin options total open interest. Source: SkewOver the past six months, the options market has grown
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Daily volume for bitcoin options have hit lifetime highs on crypto derivatives exchange Deribit. Source
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Bitcoin’s price is turning bullish as ether options traders accumulate half a million of ETH options for December expiration.Bitcoin trading around $13,519 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 2.6% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $13,105-$13,649BTC above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bullish signal for
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Major markets are in the red today, including bitcoin. Ether options traders have favored calls over the past month.Bitcoin trading around $13,184 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 3.6% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $12,894-$13,831BTC below its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bearish signal for
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Following a similar move by one of its rivals, popular cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit will require all of its users to be ID verified before the end of the year, according to a report by The Block. The largest crypto options exchange by trading volume will ask its users to submit
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Bitcoin has been consolidating within a $1,500 range over the past seven weeks. With BTC currently pushing higher
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