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This market report examines how the FTX and Alameda crisis affected crypto lending, derivatives, liquidations, and decentralized finance. It describes lenders recalling loans or demanding more collateral, a sharp reduction in new lending, and volatile…
This weekly market commentary interprets Bitcoin option flows during a volatile October 2022 period. It reports put selling across October and December expiries, October call buying funded in part by November calls, and small outlays on call butterflies…
The article reviews a period of rising crypto prices and options activity around the launch of Ethereum futures ETFs. It compares realized and implied volatility, term structures, ETH/BTC volatility spreads, and call versus put skew. The analysis links short…
This weekly flow note describes Bitcoin and Ether options activity during a market decline associated with a reported US crypto regulatory leak and an aggressive Ether sale attributed to protocol treasury holdings. It contrasts the episode with an earlier…
This podcast episode discusses a sharp rise in crypto assets following an election result, renewed talk of a possible US strategic Bitcoin reserve, and increased institutional interest. The hosts speak with a consultant who advises traditional finance firms…
This market note tracks Bitcoin options activity during a sharp selloff tied to tariff threats. It describes traders selling March calls at high strikes, shifting some exposure into later expiries or lower strikes, and buying nearer-dated calls around lower…
This Portuguese-language lesson introduction defines option theta, also called time decay, as a measure of how an option's price is expected to change as time passes. It identifies implied volatility, time, and multi-leg option positions as related subjects…
The article presents a short strangle as a way to express the view that Bitcoin will remain between a nearby demand area and overhead supply. The example sells an out-of-the-money call at the upper boundary and an out-of-the-money put at the lower boundary,…
This commentary interprets large BTC and ETH option transactions by considering strike, expiry, premium, execution style, timing, and related trades together. It argues that a conspicuous sequence of BTC put purchases may not represent a simple bearish bet:…
This weekly report reviews crypto derivatives conditions for BTC and ETH after BTC reached a new record high and then traded within a stated price range. It tracks directional sentiment through perpetual swap funding, futures implied yields, at-the-money…
This weekly report reviews Bitcoin and Ether derivatives after a sharp recovery to pre-FTX price levels. It connects futures premiums and positive perpetual swap funding with increased demand for long exposure, while describing a rise in at-the-money implied…
This market commentary links Bitcoin’s move above $70,000 to ETF inflows, political sentiment, and other current events, while noting that geopolitical tensions and brief concerns about Tether had limited or temporary effects in the account presented. It…
This market-flow commentary describes substantial buying of Bitcoin calls across several expiries and strike levels, including short-dated activity and larger trades in later maturities. It reports a net premium outlay and estimates aggressive net vega…
This commentary considers how Bitcoin’s rally, subdued option pricing, and the possibility of sudden shocks can coexist. It cites the breakout to a new high in July 2025 and subsequent momentum, while noting that short liquidations may have contributed to…
This weekly report reviews BTC and ETH derivatives conditions using futures-implied yields, perpetual swap funding rates, option implied volatility, risk reversals, and volatility surfaces. It describes a rise in spot prices alongside higher futures yields…
This market commentary tracks Bitcoin options activity around a price decline and rebound. It describes traders selling October and November 70,000 calls and buying October puts with strikes from 57,000 to 60,000 amid speculation about US government selling.…
This weekly market note interprets BTC and ETH price action through options term structure, skew, open interest, cumulative volume delta, liquidations, and reported options flows. It describes front-end BTC implied volatility easing while longer-dated levels…
The announcement describes BTC DVOL futures, a linear product priced, margined, and settled in USDC that tracks Deribit’s Bitcoin Volatility Index. DVOL is derived from implied volatility across selected option expiries and strikes and represents a 30-day…
This desk commentary reviews Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading around an FOMC decision. It describes a shift from offered to bid short-dated gamma amid sharp Bitcoin moves around the $23,000 strike, with front-expiry at-the-money implied volatility rising…
This weekly market report interprets crypto derivatives indicators during a strong Ethereum rally. It connects buying through spot Ether exchange-traded funds and corporate treasury purchases with bullish derivatives signals: call options carried a premium…
This study tests a short-volatility strategy that sells a 0.35-delta Bitcoin strangle shortly before the weekend, holding the options to expiry and accounting for fees and assumed slippage. It extends an earlier historical test through April 2025, then…
The review links a sharp crypto market selloff to changing expectations for Federal Reserve policy and weaker U.S. equities. It describes how hawkish comments about inflation, asset purchases, and interest rates coincided with falling option skew, collapsing…
This weekly report reviews how macroeconomic stress affected BTC and ETH derivatives. It describes a sharp move lower in spot prices, negative put-call skew across both options markets, a brief period of negative ETH perpetual funding, and short-tenor…
This review connects Ethereum’s April 2023 Shapella upgrade with changes in spot prices, options pricing, and expectations for macroeconomic events. ETH rose after the unlock without an immediate selloff, while its options skew briefly became less put-heavy…