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This market commentary links a Bitcoin rally to corporate buying and improved US-China trade expectations, then examines liquidity support by central banks. It interprets US Treasury purchases as an easing of financial conditions despite political resistance…

The article explains Ethereum gas as a measure of the computation a transaction requires, then describes how gas limits and per unit prices determine the fee a user may pay. It compares Ethereum’s computation-based fees with Bitcoin’s transaction-size and…

This weekly options-flow commentary tracks changing Bitcoin market sentiment across two July updates. In the first, it describes cautious positioning: traders bought short-dated out-of-the-money puts, sold at-the-money upside call spreads, and maintained…

The commentary describes the rapid growth of PYUSD supply on Solana after the stablecoin expanded beyond Ethereum. It attributes much of the increase to lending and trading incentives on Solana protocols, and contrasts the ecosystem’s response with an…

This podcast episode reviews Bitcoin’s attempt to move above resistance and discusses how China-related developments and changing US election expectations may affect the bullish outlook. It also covers crypto volatility and positioning, including whether…

This two-day option-flow report examines Bitcoin and Ether positioning around a US inflation release and the Ethereum Merge. Before the CPI release, it describes a large fund adding short-dated Bitcoin calls, with additional call exposure in later expiries.…

This market note tracks option buying in Bitcoin and Ether during a period of range-bound Bitcoin prices and declining implied volatility. It describes call buyers adding exposure on Bitcoin rallies and put buyers appearing near lows, with neither flow yet…

The article presents a bear call spread for a trader expecting Bitcoin to remain sideways or decline over the near term. The example sells a call at a lower strike and buys another call at a higher strike with the same expiration. The stated setup uses April…

This podcast recap examines crypto trading ahead of the Jackson Hole meeting. It describes Bitcoin moving in a choppy range, quick recoveries from dips after weak jobs data, and Ethereum approaching its previous all-time highs. The discussion links summer…

This weekly review describes a quiet crypto market following a brief selloff linked to Federal Reserve comments. Spot trading activity contracted, while derivatives positioning and expectations became broadly neutral with a slight bearish tilt. The report…

This weekly review analyzes a sharp weekend rally in BTC and ETH through options positioning, volatility pricing, and derivatives flows. It explains that dealers holding short gamma may need to adjust hedges as prices rise, potentially amplifying moves,…

This market commentary connects BTC and ETH spot moves with derivatives pricing and options activity. It describes BTC falling back after a rally through resistance, alongside a decline in realized volatility that pulled near-term implied volatility lower…

This commentary examines BTC options volatility in early 2023, describing a market pattern of extended quiet periods interrupted by sharp volatility spikes. It reports that at-the-money implied volatility declined across tenors after January’s price moves,…

The note explains how a trader whose margin is held in BTC can reduce fluctuations in the USD value of that collateral by shorting an inverse BTC perpetual. It illustrates the hedge with a BTC balance valued first at one price and then at a lower price,…

The report reviews BTC volatility surface behavior in the first quarter of 2023, covering at-the-money term structure, spot and implied volatility relationships, risk-reversal skew, options activity, futures basis, and perpetual contracts. It describes a…

This market update interprets recent BTC and ETH price action through realized and implied volatility, options carry, skew, and trading flows. It argues that rising realized volatility alongside pressured implied volatility and negative carry can make long…

The article compares crypto options with traditional options and proposes three reasons for their smaller relative market: traditional options have had decades to mature, crypto holders may have less need to hedge, and crypto lacks the established prime…

This weekly report summarizes Bitcoin and Ether futures, perpetual swap funding, and options conditions. It describes annualized futures yields as moving sideways, with short tenors recovering from the prior week, especially for Ether. Funding rates for both…

The document explains an off-exchange settlement arrangement linking Deribit with Fireblocks and Coincover. Trading firms hold collateral in a jointly controlled, on-chain multiparty computation wallet, while daily settlement moves assets between that…

This trade note proposes selling a Bitcoin call on the view that overhead supply zones may limit further gains after the halving. Its example sells an April 26, 2024 call with a $72,000 strike for $230 per BTC, identifying that premium as the maximum profit…

This market commentary interprets Bitcoin options activity around a spot decline to $112,000. It reports that fast-money traders continued to buy momentum puts, with some taking profit, while institutions and miners sold out-of-the-money calls expiring in…

This market commentary interprets BTC and ETH options through realized and implied volatility, term structures, volatility spreads, option skew, trade flows, and dealer gamma positioning. It links changing short-term volatility and skew to spot moves and…

This article compares two algorithmic stablecoin designs: a single token whose balances rebase proportionally with supply, and a multi-token seigniorage model that assigns expansion rewards and contraction losses to a separate share token. It situates both…

This weekly market note uses Block Scholes indicators to describe BTC and ETH derivatives conditions. It tracks risk appetite, at-the-money implied volatility, 25-delta risk reversals, and volatility smiles across exchanges and maturities. The report…