Bitcoin Options

If crypto trading had a Hall of Fame, this trade would surely be in it.

Back in October, one trader made a long-shot bet that bitcoin would hit $36,000 by January. It paid off in a spectacular way.

By Omkar Godbole

Jan 13, 2021 at 6:36 p.m. UTC

Jan 13, 2021

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Bitcoin Options Volume on Deribit Already 25% of 2020 Total

$14.5 billion in bitcoin options have traded on Deribit in the first two weeks of 2021.

By Zack Voell

Jan 12, 2021 at 5:07 p.m. UTC

Jan 12, 2021

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How One Bitcoin Options Trader Turned $638K Into $4.4M in 5 Weeks

As bitcoin rallied from $13,400 to over $19,000, a trader who bought the $36,000-strike January expiry call saw a paper profit of more than $4 million.

By Omkar Godbole

Dec 7, 2020 at 8:21 p.m. UTC

Dec 7, 2020

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Bitcoin’s Options Market Sees Just 6% Chance of $20K Before Year's End

At press time, bitcoin was seeing a 6% probability of bitcoin trading above the historical 2017 all-time high of $20,000 by the end of December.

By Omkar Godbole

Oct 29, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 29, 2020

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Hxro, FTX Target Retail Crypto Traders With Simplified Options Product

Hxro and FTX have partnered to make options trading more accessible for retail traders.

By Zack Voell

Oct 28, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC

Oct 28, 2020

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Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 14, 2020

As some bitcoin options traders bet on new all-time highs and another DeFi protocol is attacked, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

By Adam B. Levine

Sep 14, 2020 at 4:05 p.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2020

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