Record-breaking BTC options set to expire with over $4B notional value
Roughly 141,000 BTC options — worth $4 billion — are set to expire with a put/call ratio of 0.75 and a $24,000 max pain point.
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Bitcoin
Long-term holders capitulating to the tune of 100k Bitcoin after SVB collapse could mark a stronger market rebound
Long-term holders have sold roughly 100K Bitcoin since the SVB collapse, a similar amount to the FTX collapse
Macro
ECB joins global central banks in balance sheet expansion YTD
ECB joins Fed and PBoC in balance sheet expansion YTD to stimulate economy — quantitative easing on the rise.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin bulls rejoice: YTD high in sight – further $200M BTC withdrawn from exchanges
Bullish sentiment gains momentum as Bitcoin holders withdraw 34,000 coins from exchanges over a nine day period.
Bitcoin
Longest streak of Bitcoin leaving exchanges since December 2022
Bitcoin's prolonged exit from exchanges highlights growing demand for self-custody
Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s correlation to traditional assets raises red flags
Macro forces drive Bitcoin's increasing correlation with traditional assets
Stablecoins
The extreme concentration of BUSD: 99% of supply owned by just 1% of addresses
BUSD and FTT: A tale of two tokens with strikingly similar wealth distributions — concentrated in the top 1%.
Bitcoin
MicroStrategy moves to Bitcoin standard – firm now up +77%
MicroStrategy — now up over 75% — returns are greater than any asset class since moving to a Bitcoin standard.
Macro
Market uncertainty on Fed rate decision persists as yields rise
There is nearly a 50/50 split between pause and rate hike expectations at the next FOMC meeting.
Bitcoin
Liquidations main reason for crypto sell-off, small amounts of realized losses
Roughly $65M of realized losses in the past few hours, due to CFTC lawsuit with Binance
Bitcoin
Third-most aggressive hash rate adjustment to the upside in the past five years
On a three-month rolling basis, Bitcoin hash rate has grown 52% — hitting it's third-most aggressive hash rate adjustment in five years.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin unhedged shorts sit at one-year lows
Bitcoin unhedged shorts turned parabolic during the collapse of FTX and Luna as the result of bearish sentiment.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin breaks 900-day milestone stuck in bear market – according to realized price metrics
In total, Bitcoin has remained stuck within a bear market for over 900 days — when using realized price metrics.