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Bitcoin's Lofty Max Pain Suggests Higher Spot Prices as $5B Options Expiry Approaches

Over $5 billion of notional value is set to expire this Friday on Deribit at 08:00 UTC.

Open Interest by Strike Price (Deribit)

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Bitcoin Options Worth $9B Expire Friday, Traders May be Thankful for the Post-Thanksgiving Volatility

Approximately 45% ($4.2 billion) of the notional value in bitcoin that is set to expire is currently "in the money".

OI by Strike Price: Nov 29 (Deribit)

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Bitcoin’s $4.2B October Options Expiry May Increase Short-Term Volatility

Approximately 16% ($682 million) of the notional value in bitcoin that is set to expire is currently “in the money.”

Open Interest by Strike Price (Deribit)

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Bitcoin Holds Above $40K Ahead of U.S. GDP, $5.8B Crypto Options Expiry

Traders have scaled back bets of aggressive rate cuts by the Federal Reserve ahead of the U.S. GDP report.

GDP (ram0nm/Pixabay)

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Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry

Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the right to buy or sell the underlying at a pre-determined price at a later date. Quarterly options settlements are closely watched by traders.

Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Still Stuck in a Rut, Trading Below $10K

Traditional markets slide as coronavirus cases spike, and crypto follows because its correlation is still unbroken.

(Timo Saarenketo/Creative Commons)

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