Crypto Report | September 23, 2026 Bitcoin, after being rejected again from the $87.3K area, slipped back to around $84K, while the market’s focus shifted to one of the largest options expiries of the year happening on Friday. 👇 Highlights: ▪️ On Friday, Deribit options on approximately $15.9B $BTC and $2.1B $ETH will expire; total nominal size is about $18B. ▪️ Although the BTC max pain level is around $75K, call open interest is concentrated at the $85K, $90K, $95K, and $100K strikes. ▪️ As Bitcoin pulled back from the $87.3K resistance level, BCH rose by about 28% on the news of a CME futures listing; ZEC also gained about 9%. ▪️ The CFTC issued a new warning regarding the “mention market” contracts in prediction markets due to manipulation risks; these contracts have not been directly banned. ▪️ It was reported that the Trump administration is considering a 90-day diesel export ban; Reuters could not independently verify the report. The U.S. national diesel average today is about $6.52/gallon.