Data show bulls are in charge of this month’s $3.2B Bitcoin options expiry
Bitcoin's rally above $56,000 shifted Friday's options expiry entirely in favor of bulls After a 160% increase over the past 3 months, the open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options reached a new record-high at $12 billion. While this number might seem unusually high, it makes sense that the figure would increase as Bitcoin’s market capitalization surpassed $1 trillion. Deribit BTC options open interest in USD. Source: laevitas.chAlthough Friday's $3.2 billion expiry could negatively impact the market, these options are split among calls (neutral-to-bullish) and the more bearish put options.As....
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