Bitcoin ETF rebound masks $79B futures hedge
Spot ETFs drew the bid that lifted BTC off the lows, but options desks are still buying downside protection in size, framing the $66K to $68K range as the rally's next trap zone.
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Spot ETFs drew the bid that lifted BTC off the lows, but options desks are still buying downside protection in size, framing the $66K to $68K range as the rally's next trap zone.
The license lets Coinbase layer regulated derivatives and equities onto its UK book, a step beyond the crypto-only footprint that has defined its European business until now.
The license lets Coinbase pair spot crypto with derivatives and equities under one UK roof, stepping up its competition with Kraken and Bitstamp for the regulated European retail book.
The IV Moneyness Heatmap shows depressed implieds across strikes, but put-side demand is fading while calls hold steady, the first quiet sign of returning optimism in BTC derivatives.
BTC saw the heavier expiry at $1.9B notional, but ETH's put-call ratio above 1 signals hedgers leaning defensive into the print.
Four new wallets opened 20x leveraged longs on 800 BTC ($47M) in five days, a coordinated high-conviction bet that hints at a single, well-capitalised player rather than scattered retail flow.
The £150M claim lands while Binance is still rebuilding UK compliance after 2023's regulator-driven exit, putting the exchange back in front of British plaintiffs on its weakest terrain.
The $50K September put is the loudest signal in the tape: even after today's bounce, options desks are still paying up for downside, and gold's bearish crossover is dragging the whole risk-off thesis…
The level held for months; once it gave, exchange deposits, negative ETF flows and a billion-dollar put wall clustered at $50K-$55K turned a technical break into a coiled-volatility setup.
Glassnode's Week 27 pulse shows leverage unwinding, options skew stretched, and spot ETFs in aggregate unrealized loss, a layered bearish posture that needs a real bid, not just a stable tape, to…
A full C-suite clear-out on top of a buyer search suggests the derivatives venue is being prepped for a deal rather than a turnaround, with the price depression forcing cost cuts across the crypto…
The platform just hit a new all-time high, but the real question is whether Wall Street's attention, spot Bitcoin ETF inflows, and a CFTC-regulated perpetuals leg can turn HYPE from a momentum trade…
The bounce is shallow and the derivatives tape is pointing lower: open interest jumped 6% into the dip, Deribit puts trade at a 30% premium, and $1B in leveraged longs were wiped out in 24 hours.
The price drop is the headline, but the deeper signal is one-sided: open interest climbed as price fell, funding turned negative, and 6,900 BTC of bids sit below the market against just 1,570 BTC of…
The dispute centers on roughly 100 retroactive 'corrections' that allegedly flipped Kraken's profitable account into a $2M deficit, with parallel freezing orders already secured in Dubai.
A 162,000 BTC notional expiry lands Friday at 08:00 UTC, and the $72K max-pain level with a 0.81 put/call ratio is the magnet dealers will defend into settlement.
Roughly $10B in BTC options notional expires on Deribit Friday, with most of the pain concentrated on the bullish side as spot continues to bleed.
The Deribit purchase vaulted Coinbase into the dominant global derivatives seat overnight, and management is already telling investors the pipeline is open for the next one.
Put-call skew on Deribit widened to 10.9 vol points in favor of puts and OI-adjusted CVD turned negative across most top-25 tokens, the cleanest read yet that short sellers are driving price action…
The Binance founder's back-to-back posts are a rare live read on a venue that has refused identity checks: the praise is real, the legal warning is louder.