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How Bitcoin and Ether's Options Contracts Combined Expiry Could Spike Volatility
How Bitcoin and Ether's Options Contracts Combined Expiry Could Spike Volatility
Leading crypto options exchange Deribit will settle bitcoin and ether's quarterly options contracts worth $9.5 billion and $5.7 billion, respectively. The $15 billion expiry,...
How Bitcoin and Ether's Options Contracts Combined Expiry Could Spike Volatility

On Friday, $7.7 billion worth of options tied to bitcoin and $3.5 billion of options linked to ether [ETH] will expire on Deribit. (Jason Leung/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
A Record $11B Crypto Options Expiry Looms as BTC Shows Little Volatility
The expiry is Deribit's largest so far and a record of almost $5 billion of options will expire in the money.
On Friday, $7.7 billion worth of options tied to bitcoin and $3.5 billion of options linked to ether [ETH] will expire on Deribit. (Jason Leung/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry
Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry
On Friday, a total of 1.217 million bitcoin and ether options contracts with a notional value of $4.8 billion will expire on leading crypto options exchange Deribit. Traders e...
Crypto Traders Brace for Nearly $5B Bitcoin and Ether Options Expiry

Bitcoin weekly chart (CoinDesk Indices)
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.
Bitcoin weekly chart (CoinDesk Indices)

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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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