Options

Deribit will soon offer options tied XRP, Solana's SOL and Polygon's MATIC.(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Deribit to List XRP, SOL, and MATIC Options; Seeks License in EU
Deribit controls over 85% of the global crypto options market.
Deribit will soon offer options tied XRP, Solana's SOL and Polygon's MATIC.(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Volatility (Matt Hardy, Unsplash)
Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Gauge Tops Ether for Record 20 Straight Days
The spread between dominant crypto options exchange Deribit's forward-looking 30-day implied volatility index for ether (ETH DVOL) and bitcoin (BTC DVOL) has been consistently...
Volatility (Matt Hardy, Unsplash)

Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)
Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry
Options are derivatives that give the purchaser the right to buy or sell the underlying at a pre-determined price at a later date. Quarterly options settlements are closely wa...
Bitcoin options open interest by strike with max pain level. (Deribit)

Balancing (Michaela J/Unsplash)
Ether Prices to Stabilize as Options Market Makers Hedge Their Books, Analyst Says
Ether options dealers have built a net positive or long gamma exposure and are likely to buy low and sell high, arresting the price volatility ahead of next Friday's derivativ...
Balancing (Michaela J/Unsplash)

Whale (Todd Cravens/Unsplash)
Crypto Whale Trades $150M in ETH Call Options, Trading Data Tracker Shows
The large flow was concentrated in the so-called out-of-the-money calls, indicating a bullish outlook on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market volume, according to Greek...
Whale (Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

Top crypto exchanges: monthly derivatives volume trends (Coingecko, Deribit)
Deribit Sees 17% Growth in Crypto Derivatives Trading Volume in August, Led by Options
Deribit registered an increase in crypto derivatives trading volume even as global activity declined by 12.1% to around $1.6 trillion.
Top crypto exchanges: monthly derivatives volume trends (Coingecko, Deribit)

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Binance to Offer 'T+3' Daily BNB/USDT Options
The new T+3 BNB/USDT options will have a trading lifetime of three days.
(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Uptick Fails to Inspire Bullish Positioning in ETH Options
Options skew remains in favor of ether puts across different timeframes despite the past week's increase in the ETH/BTC ratio.
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XRP's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)
Crypto Investors Can Now Trade XRP Options on BIT Exchange
XRP is the world's fifth largest cryptocurrency, boasting a market capitalization of $30.88 billion at press time.
XRP's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

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Crypto Options Traders Bet Against Volatility
"Given the absence of big news in August, selling volatility and taking a vacation for solid theta gains is the only thing I can do right now," one trader said. Crypto traders...
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