Bitcoin Options Traders Strip Put Protection Ahead of Fed Decision
The put-to-call ratio fell to 0.52 from 0.76 in a month, even as HSBC calls Wednesday's Fed outcome the least certain in four years and large call strikes sit exposed at expiry.
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The put-to-call ratio fell to 0.52 from 0.76 in a month, even as HSBC calls Wednesday's Fed outcome the least certain in four years and large call strikes sit exposed at expiry.
The world's largest crypto exchange tells investigators to use slow treaty channels for most cases, while still answering direct calls on child exploitation, terrorism, and imminent threats to life.
The layer lets providers back multiple DEX positions from a single wallet balance, and 1inch frames it as a fix for the ~$1.6B in concentrated liquidity that sat idle in early 2026.
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The case marks a sharp escalation in SEC enforcement: executives at a crypto exchange are now personally in the regulator's crosshairs for concealing a nine-figure theft from their own users.
The SEC registration brings a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, transfer agent, and ATS under one roof, giving RIA clients a regulated onramp for tokenized mandates.
Only 150 unique VCs wrote checks in July, an all-time low outside the 2020 trough. Capital isn't leaving crypto; it's consolidating into fewer, more selective funds.
A late-night comedy segment rarely moves a market, but this one lands on a sitting president's $1.4B crypto income stream and a $TRUMP memecoin already down 6% on the day.
The shift puts Senate support and the timing of US crypto legislation back at the center of the market’s regulatory-risk debate.
Two-pronged hit: a risk-off wave from Korea's worst Kospi session in years compounds a regulatory blow as the Clarity Act loses its floor window before the August recess.
The shared-liquidity design plus a $1.37M incentive program lands at a moment when 1inch's own research says $542M sat outside active ranges on concentrated-liquidity DEXs each week.
The setup would be the first cycle-level confirmation out of the 2022 bear, but the right shoulder is still incomplete and a lower-high rejection remains the live alternative.
The BitMEX co-founder has been a steady bidder through the FOMC-week drawdown, accumulating 7,213 ETH since July 15 at a $1,923 cost basis even as the position sits slightly red.
Tom Lee's BitMine now holds $11.8B in combined crypto and cash while staking 4.92M ETH through its MAVAN platform, a treasury grab that could tighten circulating supply faster than price discovers it.
A wave of venture-funded Web3 companies is running out of runway while tokenization, custody, and settlement infrastructure migrate into the same banks that once watched from the sidelines.
The ₩500T Korean wipeout and a circuit-breaker halt mark the 9th this year, with BTC tracking the risk-off move and global traders now watching the contagion path.
Mutual recognition would lower compliance costs for crypto and stablecoin providers, but adoption depends on common supervision and consumer-protection standards.
The one-minute plunge exposed the price-discovery risks of trading traditional assets through thin overnight crypto markets.
The setup is symmetrical: $1.05 support below, $1.10 to $1.20 resistance above, and a spot ETF decision that could break either side of the range into a sharp move.
South Korea's eighth trading halt of 2026, an 8% KOSPI drop led by semis, dragged Bitcoin under $64K for the third time this week and put roughly $100M of leveraged crypto positions into the bid in a…