BlackRock’s industry-leading USD Institutional Digital Fund (BUIDL) will become accepted as collateral on Crypto.com and Deribit, two of the industry’s largest exchanges. The move marks a “major turning point,” said Michael Sonnenshein, COO at Securitize, as it provides another option for collateral provision, reported Forbes on June 18. BUIDL is BlackRock’s first Ethereum-based tokenized money […]
Around 34,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 20, and they have a notional value of roughly $3.3 billion. This event is slightly larger than last week’s options expiry, but the impact on spot markets is likely to be minimal. They have been on the back foot all week, losing $30B since Monday, […]
Around 28,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 13, and they have a notional value of roughly $3 billion. This event is very similar to last week’s options expiry, so the impact on spot markets is likely to be minimal. They have already tanked by more than 7% over the past 24 hours. […]
Around 30,700 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 6, and they have a notional value of roughly $3.2 billion. This week’s event is much smaller than last week’s end-of-month expiry, so the impact on spot markets is likely to be minimal. They have already tanked by $150 billion over the past twelve hours. […]
Around 92,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 30, and they have a notional value of roughly $10 billion. This week’s event is larger than usual as it’s the end of the month, which could induce more volatility into markets that have been in retreat for the past several days. Crypto Options Expiry […]
Around 25,400 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 23, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.8 billion. This week’s event is pretty much identical to last week’s, as derivatives crypto trading has stabilized. Spot markets have seen solid growth with Bitcoin notching a new peak on Thursday above $111,000 for the […]
Around 26,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 16, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.7 billion. This week’s event is very similar to last week’s, as derivatives crypto trading has yet to pick up. Spot markets have seen solid growth with Bitcoin reclaiming six figures, but momentum appears to be […]
Around 26,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 9, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.57 billion. This week’s event is virtually identical to last week’s expiry event, as derivatives crypto trading has remained muted. This may change now, though, as spot markets are ripping higher. Bitcoin Options Expiry This week’s […]
Around 27,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 2, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.54 billion. This week’s event is around average compared to previous weeks, while derivatives crypto trading has remained muted as spot markets show signs of recovery. Bitcoin Options Expiry This week’s batch of Bitcoin options contracts […]
Around 28,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, April 4, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.25 billion. This week’s event is pretty similar to previous weeks, where derivatives trading has been somewhat muted, so the impact on spot markets is likely to be minimal. Markets have been extremely volatile this week, […]