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Bitcoin Price Hits Two-Month High Above $12,300
Bitcoin's price clocked two-month highs above $12,370 on Wednesday. The options market expects a continued rally.
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Bitcoin Options Volume on CME Jumps 300% as Traders Take Bullish Bets
Trading volumes for CME bitcoin options surged as traders made bull call spreads, anticipating a rally.
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Bitcoin's Options Market Retains Long-Term Bull Bias Despite Sluggish Price
Options market data suggests the longer-term path of least resistance for bitcoin is to the higher side.
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Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits Record High in Expiry Week
Bitcoin's options market is more popular than ever with record open interest of more than $2.10 billion.
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Delta Exchange Claims First With Crypto Options Settled in Tether Stablecoin
The cryptocurrency derivatives platform now offers put and call options contracts settled in the stablecoin tether (USDT).
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New Bitcoin Options App Raises $4.7M in Round Led by Pantera Capital
PowerTrade is a new mobile-based cryptocurrency options trading platform set to launch this year.
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Against the Odds, Some Bitcoin Traders Are Betting on a $36K Price by Year's End
The Deribit exchange has seen a spike in investors buying the $36,000 December call option despite the market placing low odds on a new record high this year.
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Ether Traders May Be Hedging Against DeFi Slowdown: Analyst
Some are calling the white-hot Defi space a bubble that is unsustainable.
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Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 8, 2020
With investors buying the bitcoin dip and staying bullish on options, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
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Bitcoin Options Suggest Investors Hedging but Still Long-Term Bullish
Bitcoin's options market retains long-term bullish bias despite the recent price pullback, data shows.
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