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Bitcoin options worth $6.44 billion on Deribit will expire on Friday at 08:00 UTC, involving 81,700 contracts, of which 44,639 are call options and 37,061 are put options, with a put/call ratio of 0.83, indicating an overall bullish sentiment. Deribit's maximum pain point is between $68,000 and $70,000, which is about $9,000 to $11,000 lower than Bitcoin's current price of approximately $79,000.The open interest for call options is concentrated at strike prices of $75,000 and $80,000, with a notional value exceeding $500 million within 5% of the spot price. Frank Hepworth, CEO of New Market Trading, stated that expiration week "always sounds scarier than it actually is," with about 62% of contracts set to expire worthless on Friday, and the size of September expiration contracts is expected to be nearly double that of this week.This expiration coincides with the second day of the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, where newly appointed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will deliver his first keynote speech. Hepworth pointed out that if the pullback triggered by this week's PCE data continues into Friday, Bitcoin's 200-day moving average (around $69,000) is worth watching.

According to CoinDesk, approximately 81,700 Bitcoin options contracts (with a nominal value of about $6.4 billion) on Deribit will expire on Friday at 08:00 UTC. The number of call options exceeds that of put options, with a put/call ratio of 0.83, and the maximum pain point is at $68,000. The $80,000 strike price holds $157 million in nominal value of call options, while the $75,000 strike price has the largest open interest in call options, reaching $236 million.Shaun Fernando, Chief Risk Officer of Deribit, stated that nearly 20% of Deribit's Bitcoin open contracts are about to expire, combined with factors such as severe market volatility, the volatility term structure shifting from backwardation to contango, a relative increase of 30% in DVOL, and a shift from negative to positive skew in call-put options, this will be a "noteworthy expiration date." Bitcoin surged from about $62,000 to $80,000 within a week, marking the second-largest weekly gain in years, with a large number of call options with strike prices below $80,000 entering in-the-money status.Fernando pointed out that over $500 million in nominal value is within a 5% volatility range of the current price, which may trigger more intense gamma hedging before expiration, leading to a "pinning" effect around key strike prices or accelerating a breakout beyond these levels. Dynamic hedging conducted by market makers to manage exposure may cause Bitcoin prices to fluctuate around dominant strike prices like $80,000, and once a decisive breakout occurs at that level, it could trigger a larger market movement.

Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that Deribit has obtained a VARA brokerage license, allowing access to the market and liquidity of Coinbase Exchange. The UAE is embracing modern finance and digital assets.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 109,000,000 USDC was transferred from an unknown wallet to Deribit.

According to a Coinbase announcement, the Coinbase International Exchange will be integrated into Deribit as part of an infrastructure upgrade. The accounts, positions, and balances of institutional clients will be migrated by September 9, 2026, after which Deribit will serve as the unified trading venue for Coinbase's global derivatives business.The announcement states that August 28 will be the last day to exit the migration through closing positions. Clients who do not close their accounts by this date will be considered to have accepted the migration. The migration day is expected to have a downtime of about 30 minutes, and positions will be settled at the marked price before being transferred to new Deribit sub-accounts. After the migration, institutional clients will gain access to the complete options suite on Deribit, and mechanisms such as perpetual contract settlement, funding rates, and APIs will also change accordingly.

According to Deribit data, Bitcoin and Ethereum options worth approximately $1.45 billion will expire at 16:00. Among them, the notional value of BTC options is about $1.23 billion, with a put/call ratio of 0.86 and a maximum pain point of $62,500; the notional value of ETH options is about $218 million, with a put/call ratio of 1.54 and a maximum pain point of $1,750.Deribit stated that this expiration will inject liquidity and volatility into the market, creating ideal conditions for short-term options trading.

According to CoinDesk, data from the cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform Deribit shows that the 30-day implied volatility index (DVOL) for Bitcoin has dropped to 41.5%, far below the peak of 90% in February. Deribit's Chief Commercial Officer Jean-David Péquignot stated that the current Bitcoin volatility is low compared to historical levels, indicating that traders have lowered their expectations for significant price fluctuations, making the cost of purchasing options cheaper.Additionally, this Friday, the cryptocurrency market will see the quarterly options expiration worth $10.5 billion. Data shows that the current volatility of call options is significantly lower than that of put options, making call spreads more attractive based on relative volatility. Péquignot further noted that recent sell-offs in tech stocks and macro factors such as the U.S. core PCE inflation data set to be released on Thursday may further increase market volatility in the short term.

According to CoinDesk, Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Jean-David Péquignot stated that $60,000 is a key structural threshold for Bitcoin. Over the past year, a large amount of institutional funds (including ETF buyers, large holders, and short-term speculators) have bought Bitcoin in the $60,000 to $67,000 range. If the price continues to decline, unrealized losses will increase, and holding costs will rise, especially against the backdrop of rising AI stocks, which may prompt panic selling among investors. The open interest of put options with a strike price of $60,000 on Deribit has a notional value of over $1.2 billion.As Bitcoin approaches $60,000, market makers face Gamma risk from shorting put options and will be forced to sell spot or futures to balance their books, accelerating the decline. In addition, there is still excessive leveraged long positions in the system, and a drop below $60,000 could trigger more liquidations, creating a chain reaction.

Lin Chen, the Head of Asia-Pacific Business at Deribit, posted on platform X that a certain options trader bought 800 BTC in a bull spread, purchasing $80,000 in call options and selling $85,000 in put options, as the trader is optimistic about BTC prices rising at the beginning of this month.

According to CoinDesk, the open interest (OI) of the Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund IBIT under BlackRock once surged to $27.61 billion, surpassing the $26.9 billion scale of the Bitcoin options market on the crypto derivatives platform Deribit for the first time. Analysts believe this milestone indicates that the institutionalization process of the Bitcoin market in the United States is accelerating.Additionally, according to Volmex data, the open interest volume of IBIT call options suggests that its call options primarily expect the Bitcoin trading price to rise to $109,709, which is about 41% higher than the current market price of $77,400. Furthermore, the average expiration date of IBIT options is also about two months longer than that of Deribit, indicating stronger bullish sentiment and a preference for longer-term holdings.

Deribit officially tweeted that tomorrow at 08:00 UTC (16:00 Beijing time), approximately 2.1 billion dollars worth of cryptocurrency options will expire on the platform.Among them, the notional value of BTC options is about 1.63 billion dollars, with a put/call ratio of 1.02, having flipped from bullish dominance to bearish dominance since last week; the notional value of ETH options is about 445 million dollars, with a put/call ratio of 0.94, and the open interest (OI) for Ethereum has increased week-on-week.Deribit pointed out that despite overall market volatility, both major assets are currently operating below their maximum pain price levels. The maximum pain for BTC is 71,000 dollars, and for ETH it is 2,250 dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale purchased 4,000 ETH on Deribit for a price of 8.55 million dollars.

According to market news, approximately $16.38 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options will expire this Friday. Among them, 199,000 Bitcoin options will expire, with a notional value of $14.16 billion, a maximum pain price of $75,000, and a put/call ratio of 0.63.At the same time, Ethereum options with a notional value of $2.22 billion will expire, with a maximum pain price of $2,300 and a put/call ratio of 0.57.

Coindesk analyst Omkar Godbole stated that Bloomberg has reaffirmed its prediction: Bitcoin could drop to $10,000------a price level not seen since mid-2020. Industry observers believe this prediction is overly absurd.However, on the largest crypto options trading platform Deribit, about $800 million in open positions are concentrated on $20,000 put options, betting that the price will fall below that level. This is the fourth most popular bearish bet on the platform. This indicates that some traders are preparing for a possible crash. But Deribit stated that not all positions are direct bets against a price crash.Deribit’s Global Retail Sales Head Sidrah Fariq said, "Most positions are more like selling put options rather than directional long hedges. Traders often sell out-of-the-money put options because the probability of reaching those levels is low." Meanwhile, Bitcoin has shown remarkable resilience, maintaining around $70,000 even as crude oil prices rebounded, pushing benchmark oil prices close to $100 in the early session, shaking traditional markets. Ethereum, XRP, and SOL have also remained strong, while HYPE tokens rose about 10% within 24 hours.Analysts say that excessive leverage is being cleared from the Bitcoin market, paving the way for price increases. Diana Pires, Vice President of Sales at crypto platform sFOX, stated in an email, "From a market structure perspective, this consolidation could be constructive, as reducing leveraged positions often lays a more stable foundation for the next wave of movement once clearer macro catalysts emerge."

According to Arkham data, at 09:50, 275.83 BTC (worth approximately 10.29 million USD) was transferred from an anonymous address (starting with bc1qnec...) to Deribit.

According to market news, large Bitcoin ETF holders and treasury companies have recently concentrated their purchases of BTC put options with a strike price of $60,000 and below, with maturities of 6 months and 1 year on Deribit, as a hedge against a price drop below $60,000.Deribit stated that the open interest for BTC put options with a strike price of $60,000 has risen to approximately $1.5 billion, the highest among all strike prices and maturities on the platform, indicating a significant increase in demand for medium to long-term downside hedging. Currently, Bitcoin spot is fluctuating around $67,000, but the implied volatility of 30-day put options is about 7% higher than that of call options, indicating that the options market still favors downside protection.

A whale wallet with an address of 0x166f has withdrawn 20,000 Ethereum (worth approximately $38.25 million) from Binance and Deribit exchanges in the past 2 hours.