Bitcoin Options

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Still Stuck in a Rut, Trading Below $10K
Traditional markets slide as coronavirus cases spike, and crypto follows because its correlation is still unbroken.
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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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Market Wrap: A Sea of Red Across Markets as Bitcoin Drops to $9.2K
Bitcoin experienced a dip on Wednesday, but equities and other assets also dropped on an uncertain economic outlook.
Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

CME Group bitcoin options market open interest, May 11 to June 10, 2020 (CoinDesk Research, Skew, CME)
CME Bitcoin Options Market Grew 10x in the Past Month
CME Group’s bitcoin options market grew tenfold within a month and recorded six consecutive all-time highs for open interest so far this month.
CME Group bitcoin options market open interest, May 11 to June 10, 2020 (CoinDesk Research, Skew, CME)

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Bitcoin Options Growth Outpaces Futures, Swaps
Bitcoin options trading is growing faster than the futures and swaps market in 2020.
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Bullishness Building in Bitcoin Options Market, Data Suggests
Option traders look to be placing bets for a continued upward move in bitcoin.
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Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index
Market Wrap: Bullish Traders Push Bitcoin Over $9,100, Returning to Halving Levels
Traders were feeling good about bitcoin’s upward trend and pushed it over $9,100 Wednesday.
Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

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'Black Thursday' Distortion Makes Bitcoin Options Look Cheaper
With a key metric declining to record lows, bitcoin’s options market may be underpricing the cryptocurrency’s future volatility.
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CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert (Credit: CoinDesk archives)
CFTC Approves Bitnomial to Offer Futures Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin
The CFTC has approved Bitnomial Exchange to offer margined bitcoin futures and options contracts.
CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin Options Saw Record Volume of $198M Amid Recent Price Drop
Trading volume records in bitcoin’s options market were smashed on Monday as investors scrambled to hedge their positions amid the selloff.
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