Bitcoin has rallied 35% in three weeks, with mining reward halving due in April.

The bullish flow is reminiscent of the 2020-2021 bull market when traders consistently snapped up bitcoin calls at levels well above the going mark

Traders have scaled back bets of aggressive rate cuts by the Federal Reserve ahead of the U.S. GDP report.

The way ether options are priced suggests investor preference for bets that prices will fall, contradicting the bullish outlook presented by some a

Some traders bought bitcoin calls at strikes $45,000 and $46,000 during Thursday's U.S.

Puts are overbought and calls [are] being sold, Deribit's CCO Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk, noting the decline in the bitcoin implied volatility ind

The expiry is Deribit's largest so far and a record of almost $5 billion of options will expire in the money.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted crypto derivatives company Bitnomial approval to register as a derivatives clearing organization i