Bitcoin (BTC) Options Expiry Fuels Volatility Spike

Bitcoin price volatility has picked up ahead of a record $23.7 billion options expiry, with BTC hovering around $88.5K. The post Bitcoin (BTC) Options Expiry Fuels Volatility Spike appeared first on Coinspeaker.

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Best Crypto Presale to Buy This Weekend: Bitcoin Faces $4.8B Options Expiry as Tapzi Tokens Sell Fast

Bitcoin's $4.8B expiry looms as Tapzi's presale surges, cementing its place among the best crypto presales and altcoins to buy this weekend.

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Bitcoin’s $19.8B options expiry is coming up — What does it mean for BTC price?

A massive $19.8 billion Bitcoin options expiry takes place on Dec. 27. Are bulls or bears better positioned?

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Bitcoin Holds Above $30K as Investors Await Historically Strong July, Eye Options Expiry

BTC has gained at least 20% in July in each of the past three years. Depending on its price heading into the expiry, bitcoin could rally additionally or retreat.

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Bitcoin Falls on Futures Expiry

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How is the Bitcoin market reacting to its biggest expiry

It's safe to say 2020 has not gone the way most people thought it would. Bitcoin was lauded to surpass every expectation following it halving in May. With the path towards its halving littered in quanThe post How is the Bitcoin market reacting to its biggest expiry appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin faces 'shift' as Options market confronts downturn

Bitcoin Options contracts worth over $1.7 billion expired on 26 June. Deribit BTC Options held close to $1.3 billion of the total contracts, but with Bitcoin's volatility preceding the expiry date, usThe post Bitcoin faces 'shift' as Options market confronts downturn appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Will Bitcoin Futures fail to replicate Q2 2020's activity?

On 26 June, Bitcoin's quarterly Futures contract reached its expiry after Bitcoin Futures' Open Interest touched a 3-month high of $98 million on Deribit. The derivatives gains can be widely classifieThe post Will Bitcoin Futures fail to replicate Q2 2020's activity? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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53% of Bitcoin Options Just Expired, Marking a Historic Milestone

Bitcoin and Ethereum just saw their largest respective options expiry ever, marking a major milestone for the cryptocurrency market This expiry took place earlier today and it did not coincide with any intense volatility, despite what some analyst had forecasted It now appears that the volatility associated with this event did occur earlier this week It is possible that the options expiry, and investors’ anticipations about it, helped fuel the recent Bitcoin decline to lows […]

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How Bitcoin Would React to Massive $1B Options Expiry Today

Bitcoin options contracts with a notational value worth $1 billion will expire on Friday across several derivatives exchanges. Observers anticipate the record expiration to wake Bitcoin’s volatility out of its three-months long slumber.

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Is Scam Selling Suppressing the Price of Bitcoin?

Scam selling, a big win for privacy from Apple, new jobless claims in the “whack-a-mole” economy and the biggest BTC options expiry ever.

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Why Tomorrow’s $1B Bitcoin Options Expiry May Not Trigger Any Volatility

Tomorrow, $1 billion worth of monthly and quarterly Bitcoin options will be expiring This will be the largest options expiry that BTC has ever seen Some analysts believe that the event will spark some massive volatility That being said, the sharp downwards movement seen yesterday evening may have actually been the movement that was widely expected by traders One analyst believes that this signals that the benchmark cryptocurrency is poised to see even further sideways […]

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Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits Peak Hours Before Giant $1B Expiry

CME Group sees a new all-time high for combined Bitcoin derivatives open interest, with options driving the momentum.

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Deribit Has 63% Dominance Over the Bitcoin Options Market

Deribit has emerged as the most dominant Bitcoin derivatives exchange ahead of a massive expiry of options contracts on Friday. The Panama-based firm now covers nearly 63 percent of the total open interest (OI) in the cryptocurrency market.

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Analyzing CME Futures Expiration Effect on the Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin CME futures for June expire this Friday the 26. An analysis of the price movement during prior expiry dates shows a bearish bias, but the results are not conclusive enough to state with certainty that Bitcoin (BTC) decreases during these dates.

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Bitcoin Options Market Faces Record $1 Billion Expiry on Friday

The cryptocurrency’s options market is on its way to a record $1 billion monthly expiry this Friday.

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Will Wall Street Crash or Smash Bitcoin on Futures Expiry?

It’s the last Friday of the month, a time when the old financial system and the new flash boys stare at each other more intensely than bulls or bears. Futures...

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60% of Bitcoin Options Open Interest Expires in 6 Days; Will Fireworks Ensue?

The crypto market has continued extending its long-held consolidation phase, with this sideways trading largely coming about as a result of Bitcoin’s lack of momentum Analysts are now noting that it may persist further in the near-term, as there are no immediate catalysts for momentum One factor that could lend itself towards shifting this trend is the expiry of 60% of all Bitcoin options next week Close to $1 billion in contracts are expiring on […]

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Bitcoin Options contracts worth $814M await expiry

The month of June is one looked at with anticipation by many Bitcoin traders. According to many, the impact of Bitcoin's halving is expected to be visible in the market by the end of the month. IntereThe post Bitcoin Options contracts worth $814M await expiry appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin Price Rallies to $9.6K as Record CME BTC Contracts Expiry Looms

Bitcoin’s strong rally to $9,600 increases the chance of BTC reclaiming $10K but tomorrow’s CME BTC contracts expiry is an event to monitor.

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Bitcoin Volatility Expected as $328M in BTC Derivatives Expire Friday

On May 29, CME BTC contracts expire, meaning Bitcoin price could experience volatility before and after the expiry.

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BTC Above $9K, Bakkt Physical Bitcoin Futures Beat CME’s Cash-Settled Ones Before Expiry

Coinspeaker BTC Above $9K, Bakkt Physical Bitcoin Futures Beat CME’s Cash-Settled Ones Before ExpiryBakkt's physically settled BTC contracts has seen larger open interest for May expiry in comparison to CME's cash-settled ones as institutional interest in the crypto market is on a surge.

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Cryptocurrency News Roundup for April 26, 2020

Last week was particularly intense for the cryptocurrency market with the Bitcoin price ranging 12% from low to high by the end of Friday. According to some observers, the sharp spike in price was most likely kicked off by the expiry of CME April Bitcoin futures.

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Bitcoin Rallies 10% Ahead of CME April Futures Expiration

There’s a “general expectation for a pick up in volatility” around CME expiry.

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Ethereum Options on the verge of massive expiry; how will price react?

Ethereum may not be front-and-center right now, but come the end of the week, the altcoin will be the hot topic. In the midst of the oil crisis and Bitcoin inching closer to its halving, the world's lThe post Ethereum Options on the verge of massive expiry; how will price react? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Huobi Launches Bitcoin Perpetual Swaps with 125x Leverage

Singapore-based Huobi is the latest crypto exchange to launch perpetual swaps. The new product is live on Huobi DM, the company’s derivative trading platform. New Product Allows Traders to Benefit from Market Volatility BitMex-like future contracts with no expiry times, commonly referred to as perpetual swaps, are becoming increasingly popular among crypto exchange firms.

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Bitcoin Options edge to 'buy' as expiry closes out 'sell' positions

After falling from $7,700 to $3,800 in less than 24-hours, Bitcoin has held strong. In the two weeks since its plummet, the cryptocurrency has consistently traded over the $6,000 mark, with its press The post Bitcoin Options edge to 'buy' as expiry closes out 'sell' positions appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Needs to Overcome These 2 Hurdles Before Breaking $7,000

In brief:  The US Congress finally agreed to a $2 Trillion stimulus package.   Bitcoin (BTC) reacted positively to the news and traded briefly at $6,960, Binance rate. However, the $6,900 resistance area and the CME Bitcoin futures expiry this week, might delay BTC from reclaiming $7,000 and turning it into support.

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Bitcoin Options scream sell as massive expiry on the horizon

As world markets gear up for what is likely to be yet another historic week, hedging eyes will be on Bitcoin as well. In the past week, as the SPX lost over 8 percent of its value and gold traded flatThe post Bitcoin Options scream sell as massive expiry on the horizon appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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BTC Investors Are Buying the Dip But Watchout, Options Expiry Are Coming

For the past few days now, bitcoin is showing the signs of decoupling from the other risky assets like gold as the digital asset jumped to $5,920, up 8. 13%, with more than $2 billion worth of bitcoin exchanging hands-on top ten exchanges with real volume.

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Will Bitcoin Jump on Futures Expiry?

It’s the last Friday of the month. That means CME’s bitcoin futures expire tomorrow with a big question this time being whether the usual price fall during the bear market... The post Will Bitcoin Jump on Futures Expiry? appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Bitcoin Futures Expiration, Soaring Open Interest Could Signal Major Move Ahead

The institutional traders on CME Group’s Bitcoin futures trading desk and the retail traders and crypto whales trading on BitMEX often dominate the market and dictate where the market goes next. With Bitcoin futures contract expiry coming up this Friday, and with BitMEX open interest soaring to new highs every hour, an incredibly massive and... The post appeared first on NewsBTC.

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Bitcoin Options Open Interest on Deribit slashed by 50% after recent expiry

Bitcoin Options are gaining traction as new derivatives exchanges are adding improved products to attract more users. One such exchange is Deribit, an exchange that provides Bitcoin Options trading.

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Futures data suggests latest Bitcoin rally is just short-covering, most Bakkt contracts aren’t being settled

A massive drop in open interest on the CME and Bakkt Bitcoin futures contracts indicates short-covering has fueled BTC’s latest rally, likely egged on by the expiry of Bakkt’s December contract. On Tuesday, open interest rocketed more than 1,000 percent on the cash-settled CME contract for December, the day after Bakkt hit an all-time-high for […] The post Futures data suggests latest Bitcoin rally is just short-covering, most Bakkt contracts aren’t being settled appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin Options: ICE Announces Completion of First Block Trade

The Intercontinental Exchange has just announced its first block trade of the newly offered Bakkt bitcoin monthly options contracts submitted to ICE Futures US. First Block Bitcoin Options Trade According to the announcement the Bakkt Bitcoin Options settle into the underlying BTC monthly futures contract two days prior to expiry.

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Bitcoin Falls Ahead of Futures Expiry

It’s the last Friday of the month and, as per tradition, bitcoin fell by about 5% to just under $10,000. Bitcoin dropped from about $10,500 to just under $10,000 on... The post Bitcoin Falls Ahead of Futures Expiry appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Bitcoin Drops to $11,200, Could the Largest Derivatives Expiry on Record Bring in More Red?

Bitcoin is a hyper-volatile asset and there is no hidden fact about it. We saw it in the past and now we see it again. By seeing a drop of $1,800 in minutes, Bitcoin volatility is in full display which the crypto community has been accustomed to. As Bitcoin bull and Fundstrat’s Tom Lee puts […]

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Bitcoin Rises and Falls Ahead of Futures Expiry

Bitcoin went up by more than $2,000 on Wednesday from circa $11,500 to $14,000 on very high unfiltered volumes of $44 billion. It fell by the same amount starting last... The post Bitcoin Rises and Falls Ahead of Futures Expiry appeared first on Trustnodes.

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CME Defends the One Hour Window For Bitcoin Futures

Something very strange is going on with bitcoin futures to the point on the expiry day, Friday 31st of May, we just copy pasted previous month’s article published on Friday...

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Bitcoin [BTC] Futures contract show strong Volume/Open Interest on the eve of contract expiry

With the Bitcoin [BTC] Spot market in a stand-still relative to the price upswings of the past months, the Futures market is taking the baton, leading the charge as the price continues to hover below $9,000.

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Bitcoin Falls $1,000 on Futures Expiry

Probable futures manipulation was on show last night in an almost identical repeat of Thursday, April 25th. Just as then bitcoin fell by about 10%, so too on Thursday May...

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Bitcoin [BTC] presently is very similar to ‘1860’s Petrol,’ claims Tuur Demeester

Bitcoin’s blockchain is a decentralized ledger whose security depends on miners upholding the network with their systems. Miners are rewarded for their work with Bitcoins, keeping these group of miners motivated and by extension, keeping the network secured.

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Bitcoin [BTC] CME Futures contracts on verge of expiry; Spot market to face turbulence? 

Bitcoin [BTC] presently is firmly consolidating at the $8,700 mark, on the back of a massive spot growth. However, the BTC Futures market, which is growing on the back of CME’s unparalleled success off-late, might play the proverbial “periodic spoil-sport” once again.

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OKEx Exchange Starts With No-Expiry Bitcoin Derivative Product

CoinSpeaker OKEx Exchange Starts With No-Expiry Bitcoin Derivative Product The second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, OKEx has created a Bitcoin derivative product called "perpetual swap".

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OKEx Exchange Starts New Perpetual Swap Derivative Product with No Expiry Date

The OKEx exchange, which is based in Malta, is the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange right now, based on data on CoinMarketCap for the last 24 hours. In a new development, the company has created a Bitcoin derivative product, but there’s no expiry date.

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OKEx Launches a ‘Timeless’ Bitcoin Derivatives Product

On Monday, Malta-based Crypto Exchange, OKEx, launched a product which it says, ‘perfects’ its derivatives product suite. The ‘Perpetual Swap’ is a peer-to-peer virtual derivative with no expiry date, and daily settlement.

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Cindicator Study: Bitcoin Futures Contract Expirations and BTC Price Drops Are Uncorrelated

New Cindicator Study Reveals Bitcoin and Futures Contracts Expiry Are Uncorrelated A new finding called, “Bitcoin Futures: Market Revolution”, looked at the relationship between bitcoin volumes of futures and crypto exchanges to see the trends in liquidity.

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Cindicator debunks belief in correlation between bitcoin (BTC) futures expiry and price drops

CryptoNinjas Cindicator, a company which develops predictive Hybrid Intelligence (human + artificial intelligence) for effective asset management, today published a report “Bitcoin Futures: Market Evolution,” a new analysis of the emerging market for bitcoin (BTC) futures.

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Bitcoin Permabull Brian Kelly Remains As Bullish As Ever

Brian Kelly, CNBC’s foremost crypto analyst, has long been held as a Bitcoin permabull in the eyes of many. His most recent appearance on CNBC only cemented this theme, as Kelly reasoned why the crypto market could head upwards within the next few days.

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