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This podcast summary discusses how geopolitical tensions and inflation concerns were affecting crypto sentiment and volatility. The speakers consider the prospect of a prolonged Middle East conflict, the Bitcoin halving, and the possibility that crypto…
The document presents a bullish options trade on MATIC based on an altcoin rally, expectations of a possible European Central Bank rate cut, and technical support near $0.69. It describes a call ratio spread: buy one out-of-the-money call at a lower strike…
The trade note presents a bearish ETH thesis after reported outflows from US spot Ethereum ETFs on their second trading day. It also points to a broader sell-the-news pattern around crypto product launches, potential selling pressure from initial Mt. Gox…
This guide explains how exchange subaccounts can partition funds, positions, and access when the main account uses cross leverage. Each subaccount has a separate balance and margin pool, so losses or liquidation in one do not directly consume the equity of…
The article explains futures spreads as paired exposure to two futures contracts with different expiries, traded together through a dedicated order book. The spread reflects the changing price difference between maturities. It describes how traders can use…
This weekly market recap reviews BTC and ETH futures, perpetual swap funding, and options volatility. It reports that one-month at-the-money implied volatility was near 40% and broadly steady after a prior decline. Futures yields, funding rates, risk…
This market commentary shifts from a range-bound Bitcoin view to a possible year-end breakout and proposes a December call spread: buying the 40,000 call and selling the 45,000 call with the same expiry. The spread is presented as a cost-conscious way to…
This commentary reads Bitcoin and Ether options activity alongside spot prices, funding, realized volatility, and implied volatility during late August and early September 2022. It interprets positive put skew, negative perpetual funding, and limited implied…
This weekly market recap interprets futures yields, perpetual swap funding, implied volatility, and options skew for Bitcoin and Ether. It describes bullish positioning through positive futures yields, funding rates, and call-side demand, while noting that…
This commentary tests the claim that Bitcoin behaves like digital gold by examining its relationship with gold and other financial benchmarks. It reports that Bitcoin’s correlation with gold rose in the second half of 2022, when both assets were recovering,…
The webinar description presents option rolling as a way to adjust an existing position by moving its expiry, strike, or both. Traders often roll out in time and shift the strike so a position has more time for the market to move in a favorable direction.…
This market commentary interprets Bitcoin options activity as evidence of competing views on macro risks. It reports continued buying of calls in the 90,000–100,000 range, with some positions financed by selling lower strike puts or rolled from an earlier…
The episode reviews a rebound in crypto markets after a decline into September options expiry, alongside option positioning and macroeconomic themes. It describes continued demand for Bitcoin upside calls around 90,000–100,000, partly financed by put sales,…
This comparison explains how Bitcoin perpetual swaps work and how their funding and margin specifications differed across exchanges. A perpetual contract has no expiry date; periodic funding payments are intended to keep its price aligned with a reference…
This article explains using a long, initially delta-neutral Bitcoin straddle to seek gains from volatility around a major event. It describes buying a call and put at the same strike, then adjusting delta over time through gamma scalping. The position can…
This market commentary contrasts Ether’s recent momentum with macroeconomic factors seen as supportive of Bitcoin, then reviews volatility, options skew, and ETH/BTC relative value. It reports that realized volatility was steady while implied volatility…
This weekly market recap reviews Bitcoin and Ether futures, perpetual funding, and options volatility. It describes a more compressed implied-volatility term structure: front-end volatility rose while longer-dated volatility was flat or lower. Bitcoin’s…
This market note reviews Bitcoin and Ether derivatives positioning during a holiday period marked by falling realized and implied volatility. It describes active selling of very short-dated gamma and reduced front-month option volatility, alongside a…
This podcast episode weighs macroeconomic expectations, Bitcoin ETF inflows, and options positioning in assessing Bitcoin and Ether. The hosts connect Bitcoin’s recent rebound to continued ETF inflows and discuss the possibility of Federal Reserve rate cuts.…
This podcast episode discusses DeFi risks and institutional crypto infrastructure through a conversation with Tesseract’s CEO. The guest outlines an exploit involving Kelp DAO and Aave in which a spoofed bridge was used to drain assets. The discussion…
This podcast discussion examines Bitcoin’s recent strength, institutional interest, crypto regulation, and the possible effects of listing options on the IBIT exchange-traded fund. The guests describe a demand shock and gains holding above the 90,000 level,…
This podcast description previews a discussion of Bitcoin and broader risk markets during a period of tight crypto trading ranges and declining volatility. The hosts consider how political tensions between Donald Trump and Elon Musk coincided with brief…
The article examines what makes a token launch fair: participation should be permissionless and transparent, the work required should impose a real cost, and founders should not receive privileged early access or allocations. It argues that DeFi launches can…
The document outlines a short-term bullish Bitcoin options trade: buy one out-of-the-money call at a lower strike and sell two calls at a higher strike with the same expiry. Its example uses March 2024 options with strikes at $75,000 and $77,000, and…