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The document explains call and put options through their underlying asset, expiry, strike, type, and premium. It distinguishes European-style contracts, which can be exercised only at expiry, from American-style contracts. It also describes cash settlement…
This podcast episode discusses a weekend decline in crypto and precious metals following Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Federal Reserve chair. The episode summary attributes the initial risk-off response to expectations around reducing the Fed’s balance sheet,…
This weekly report reviews Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, perpetual funding, and options after the Ethereum Shapella upgrade. It describes falling implied volatility for both assets, with ETH volatility remaining somewhat above BTC, and reports that cooling…
This platform update explains four tools for trading crypto derivatives. Stop-market orders trigger a market order when a selected price is reached, while stop-limit orders trigger a limit order that may not fill completely. For either order type, traders…
The article presents a BTC bear call spread based on the view that Bitcoin would remain range-bound. Its market rationale points to low weekend trading volume, repeated tests of a channel’s upper boundary, and political statements that had not prompted a…
The article assesses whether falling crypto options volatility after the FTX-related market shock was premature. It tracks dVol, a measure that incorporates skew, alongside at-the-money implied volatility and the BTC–ETH dVol spread. The author notes that…
This weekly market recap reviews BTC and ETH futures, perpetual swap funding, and options conditions. It reports that annualized futures yields had fallen to just below 10% and that BTC and ETH yields were at similar levels, a convergence not seen since…
The article examines how yearn.finance’s vaults and governance worked in August 2020, focusing on who could direct deposited funds. YFI holders could vote on proposals, but implementation depended on the developer. A Controller contract governed which…
This desk commentary argues that option valuation depends on more than volatility assumptions and dynamic hedging. It emphasizes whether counterparties trust the venue, whether options are liquid enough to enter and exit, and whether the underlying can be…
This weekly report examines how BTC and ETH derivatives pricing responded to macroeconomic and sector-specific uncertainty. It describes BTC consolidating after an earlier rise, alongside multiple days of spot ETF inflows, while options markets continued to…
This article describes a Python program for examining the Greeks of open Deribit option positions. A user retrieves positions for an account, chooses a currency and an underlying-price range, then views plots of position Greeks as the underlying price…
This weekly market note reviews BTC and ETH futures, perpetual swap funding, and options volatility. It reports subdued annualized futures yields for both assets and a modest return to positive funding, suggesting renewed demand for long exposure while…
This options-flow commentary describes Bitcoin call buying across January and March expiries, including activity at several strikes and a March call spread. It characterizes some purchases as fresh exposure and part of one purchase as short covering, while…
The article explains why a Bitcoin block being replaced does not automatically mean a harmful double-spend occurred. Under Nakamoto consensus, competing blocks can briefly create a chain split; nodes then follow the valid chain with greater accumulated…
This weekly market report reviews Bitcoin and Ether derivatives after a brief risk-off episode associated with a public dispute between political and technology figures. It describes a shift in short-dated options skew toward out-of-the-money puts during the…
The article argues that Bitcoin’s limited base-layer capacity could encourage widespread use of custodial banks, where customers hold claims on bitcoin rather than control coins directly. It describes how banks may offer faster settlement, lower fees, legal…
This weekly market report describes Bitcoin and Ether derivatives while both spot prices were near recent range highs. It notes broadly sideways implied volatility, while short-dated option skew became less bearish as implied volatility on out-of-the-money…
This weekly report reviews Bitcoin and Ether derivatives after Bitcoin’s spot price slowed following a reported all-time high. It describes a shift in short-dated option skew toward out-of-the-money puts, a return of Bitcoin’s futures curve from inversion to…
This brief market note interprets Bitcoin and Ether derivatives positioning around US inflation data, Federal Reserve minutes, and an Ether unlock. It reports Bitcoin risk reduction through put and call trades ahead of the events, volatility selling across…
The document examines Yearn.finance’s early YFI launch, focusing on how liquidity incentives, community governance, and token distribution shaped the project. It describes an initial supply split across three pools that rewarded use of Yearn, liquidity…
This article argues that crypto exchanges could evolve into broader financial service providers by adding interest accounts, payment services, and tax support. It describes several possible sources of yield: staking, lending to margin traders and market…
This trade idea presents a long call butterfly on Bitcoin for a moderately bullish view. The structure buys one lower-strike call, sells two calls at the middle strike, and buys one higher-strike call. The example uses May 2024 options with strikes at…
This commentary compares spot performance and short-dated option pricing for Bitcoin and Ether after the SEC announced a lawsuit targeting Binance and named several proof-of-stake tokens as securities. It reports a broad spot-market decline, with Bitcoin…
This market note reviews Bitcoin and Ether option activity during a rally linked to corporate Bitcoin purchases and positive ETF flows. It describes call spread buying across April and further upside call buying in later expiries, alongside call selling as…