Around 19,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, July 17, with a notional value of roughly $1.23 billion. This expiry is much smaller than usual events, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets. Crypto markets have gained later in the week following cooler-than-expected US inflation data, but have lost those […]
The end of another week has arrived, which brings another Bitcoin and Ethereum options expiry event as spot markets remain sideways. Around 23,400 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, July 10, with a notional value of roughly $1.4 billion. This one is smaller than usual expiry events, so there is unlikely to be any […]
Around 153,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 26, with a notional value of roughly $9.3 billion. This event is much larger than usual, being the end of the month and end of quarter, so it may induce more volatility in the already battered spot markets. Crypto markets fell to an almost two-year low […]
Around 30,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 19, with a notional value of roughly $1.9 billion. This event is slightly smaller than last week’s and still not enough to impact spot markets. Crypto markets gained slightly before retreating in the second half of the week, with total capitalization hovering around the $2.25 […]
Around 26,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, June 5, with a notional value of roughly $1.6 billion. This is smaller than last week’s end-of-month event, so it is unlikely to impact spot markets. Crypto markets have been in sharp decline all week, with more than $300 billion leaving the space as Bitcoin continues […]
Around 20,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 22, with a notional value of roughly $1.5 billion. This event is smaller than usual, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets. Crypto markets have been in decline all week, with around $50 billion leaving the space as Bitcoin continues to […]
Around 25,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, May 15, with a notional value of roughly $2 billion. This event is small, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets. Crypto prices took a mid-week dip following the US inflation report, but have started to recover a little on Friday, with […]
Around 22,200 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, April 17, with a notional value of roughly $1.66 billion. This event is a little smaller than last week’s expiry, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets. Crypto prices have been climbing slowly this week, with around $150 billion being added to […]
Around 26,700 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, April 10, with a notional value of roughly $1.9 billion. This event is smaller than usual and very similar to last week’s expiry, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets. Crypto prices have been climbing slowly this week, with around $90 billion […]
Cryptocurrency exchange activity continues to be heavily concentrated and largely driven by derivatives trading, according to the latest report by CoinMarketCap. In fact, data showed that a small group of major platforms dominates overall market volume. Binance alone accounts for 29.42% of total monthly volume as it surpassed $1.8 trillion. Derivatives Surge Alongside Binance, other […]