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According to the Glassnode report, influenced by the market's expectations for the sharp fluctuations in bitcoin at the end of the year, the cryptocurrency derivatives market continued to heat up, and the amount of bitcoin perpetual contracts not positioned squaring rebounded. Glassnode released data on Monday saying that as the bitcoin spot price briefly hit the $90,000 mark on the day, its perpetual contract unpositioned squaring has increased from 304,000 bitcoins.
1. The government shutdown has prompted funds to take a safe haven, and traders are betting that US bond yields will continue to fall. 2. SoftBank seeks to issue about $2 billion in bonds to bet on AI development. 3. New World Development: The company does not have any debt management projects on its perpetual and other debt securities. 4. Traders step up bets on the Bank of England to cut interest rates, and the yield on two-year British bonds has fallen to a 14-month low. 5. Hong Kong Securiti...
Traders are starting to bet that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates sharply at least once before the end of the year, setting policy that could be more aggressive than other market watchers currently expect. Recent trading activity in options tied to the guaranteed overnight funding rate (SOFR) suggests that the market is ramping up plans for a half-percentage-point rate cut, possibly at the meeting later this month or in December. This expectation exceeds the two 25-basis point cuts al...
Options traders upped their bets after bitcoin surged to record highs over the weekend, with the largest cryptocurrency expected to rise to $140,000. Unpositioned squaring contracts for short-term bitcoin options contracts expiring at the end of the year are concentrated around this strike price for call options, according to data from Deribit, a crypto derivatives exchange owned by Coinbase. There was also a modest increase in demand for put options, as traders sought downside protection after ...
Traders spent more than $2 million on Ethereum call options expiring at the end of June, betting that the price of ETH will rise from the current $2,460 to $3,200-3,400, an increase of more than 30%. Analysts believe that the Pectra upgrade implemented by Ethereum in early May has improved network scalability and validator flexibility, coupled with SharpLink Gaming's announcement that it will use $425 million as an Ethereum reserve asset, and market expectations that US regulators may approve a ...
Options traders are upping their bets that bitcoin will hit an all-time high by the end of the month amid optimism about a U.S. interest rate cut and increased inflows into exchange-traded funds. All bitcoin call options with a strike price of $75,000 on the expiration date have the highest number of unpositioned squaring contracts, according to data compiled by cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit. This is followed by call options with a strike price of $100,000 and $80,000. Deribit CEO Luuk...
According to QCP Capital analysts, Bitcoin risk reversal has turned for the better and call options are now more expensive than put options. This indicates a bullish sentiment among investors as they are willing to pay more for options that benefit from Bitcoin's rise than options that prevent the price from falling. QCP Capital analysts added, We are seeing a resurgence of demand for September Bitcoin call options with a strike price of $75,000 and a $100,000 call option.
Analysts say bitcoin options traders are betting that the price of bitcoin will break through $100,000 in September.
