A grim forecast regarding the price of Bitcoin is circulating. In fact, today, which is the last Friday of the month, options on BTC and ETH worth a staggering 16 billion dollars are expiring.
According to some analysts, this is destined to give another jolt to the crypto markets.
The expiration of BTC options
The point is that once the options expire, they can no longer be used.
So anyone holding those 16 billion dollars in options on BTC must use them today, or forever forgo using them, and since purchasing them had a cost, more than one holder might be tempted to use them.
The problem is that the peak of put options, which allow selling at a predetermined price, is set at a price of $100,000, which is significantly less than the current $109,000. However, it would make little sense to sell at $100,000 with a put option if one can sell spot at $109,000, but this latter figure can still fluctuate throughout the day.
However, there is also a peak slightly more than
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