Bitcoin bulls target $40K as Friday’s $1B BTC options expiry approaches
Friday’s $1 billion Bitcoin options expiry is tilted toward bulls who have set their sights on the $40,000 level. On Feb. 5, a total of $1 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest is set to expire. This number is small relative to the past month's $4 billion options expiry, but monthly and quarterly options typically concentrate the most volume. Friday's expiry is somewhat unusual although it is balanced at the current BTC levels. Data also shows that bulls have many incentives to push up the price above $38,000.BTC Feb. 5 options aggregate open interest. Source: Deribit, OKEx,....
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