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The Tether Put: Crypto Equivalent of Credit Default Swap?

Cryptocurrency market makers say they're fielding inquiries about how to bet on a falling price for the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT.

Crypto traders are getting creative as they look for ways to bet against Tether.

Finance

Some of DeFi’s Leading Investors Are Backing a New Options Protocol

Framework Ventures and ParaFi Capital are leading the round in a bid to see if DeFi options trading can finally click.

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Markets

Bitcoin Options Market Sees Low Chance of Record High This Year

Options traders are pricing an 8% chance of the cryptocurrency rising to a new peak above $64,800 by Dec. 31.

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Markets

Bitcoin Looks North After Biggest Single-Day Rise in More Than a Month

"We are now short-term bullish to the topside against the $30,000 region triple bottom," a trading firm said.

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Markets

Bitcoin Drops as Investors Buy $22K and $20K Puts

Despite the pickup in demand for $22K puts, the options market remains biased bullish for the long term.

Bitcoin options traders have recently bet on the cryptocurrency ending 2021 at well below the current price.

Markets

Why Bitcoin Needs to Defend $30K

An analysis of trades in the bitcoin options market reveals a crucial price threshold where selling might accelerate.

Bitcoin call options open interest looks highest at  around $40,000, while put options open interest is high at $30,000.

Markets

Traders Make Money Selling 'Strangles' as Bitcoin Goes Quiet

A strangle is essentially a bet that bitcoin’s price won’t break out anytime soon.

Bitcoin options traders are betting the market waters will stay calm.

Markets

Bitcoin's Sliding Put-Call Ratio Points to Weakening Bearish Sentiment: Analysts

The last time the put-call ratio dropped to six-month lows was during the December-January bull run.

Chart shows bitcoin put/call ratio.

Markets

Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits 2021 Low as Frenzy Cools, or Maybe It's Soccer

"Soccer tournaments are continuing worldwide and drawing more attention away from retail crypto trading," one trader said.

Soccer tournaments on TV might be one distraction from bitcoin options trading.

Markets

Bitcoin Set for Record Second-Quarter Price Drop

Bitcoin's second-quarter decline looks like a technical pullback, one observer said.

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