$BTC Bitcoin's $15.6B Options Expiry ls a Positioning Event, Not a Price Target Deribit data cited by Decrypt shows roughly 182,000 BTC in options expiring on September 25, representing about $15.6 billion in notional value. The book contains about 106,200 calls and 75,900 puts, implying a put-to-call ratio near 0.71. Deribit's displayed max-pain level is around $76,000, while the $70,000 strike holds the largest concentration of both calls and puts. The important distinction is that $15.6 billion is not cash that automatically changes hands at expiry. Options notional describes the face value of open contracts. Dealer hedging and gamma exposure can affect short-term price behavior, but "max pain" is not a forecast and should not be treated as one. #StrategyStriveAdd2305BitcoinThisWeek #TrumpRejectsIranHormuzReopening #CircleTetherFreezeBitgetHackerWallet #SECSaysTokenBuybacksNotAutoSecurities #CoinMarketCapCompletesCoinglassAcquisition
$BTC River Financial's latest data puts Bitcoin's supply dynamics in focus: 81% of circulating $BTC , about 16.3 million coins has not moved for at least six months. River also reports that long-term holders have accumulated more than 3 million BTC since 2020, while only about 300,000 BTC from older holdings moved during the first half of 2026. Retail investors sold a net 140,000 BTC during the first half of 2026 but bought back more than 107,000 BTC in Q3, while mid-sized wallets holding 100 to 1,000 BTC have also increased their holdings. The 81% figure does not mean those coins can never move; it simply means they have remained untouched for at least six months. #StrategyStriveAdd2305BitcoinThisWeek #TrumpRejectsIranHormuzReopening #CircleTetherFreezeBitgetHackerWallet #SECSaysTokenBuybacksNotAutoSecurities #CoinMarketCapCompletesCoinglassAcquisition
$BTC $2.39 billion entered U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs in just five trading days, but the price reaction tells an interesting story. From Sept. 21-25, the ETFs recorded net inflows every session, with Monday alone bringing in roughly $999M. BlackRock's IBIT led the week with about $1.16B, while Fidelity's FBTC added roughly $702M. Yet $BTC couldn't simply keep running. Bitcoin briefly pushed above $87K before cooling toward $84K, showing that strong ETF demand can still meet significant selling pressure. That's what makes this worth watching. ETF inflows provide a clearer bridge for traditional capital into Bitcoin, but one record week doesn't guarantee the next move. The stronger signal would be sustained inflows alongside $BTC establishing a higher price range. #TrumpRejectsIranHormuzReopening #CircleTetherFreezeBitgetHackerWallet #SECSaysTokenBuybacksNotAutoSecurities #CoinMarketCapCompletesCoinglassAcquisition #CircleMints500MUSDCOnSolana
$BTC Bitcoin may be entering a new bull market, according to Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer. He says $BTC held the $60,000 support zone for almost a year, roughly matching the length of a typical Bitcoin winter. With Bitcoin now breaking higher, Timmer says a new four-year cycle could be underway. He also pointed to the BTClgold Z-score turning positive after spending an extended period below zero. Timmer's longer-term model also puts a potential path toward $300,000 by 2029, based ona slower projected growth rate of around 60 to 65% annually. That figure comes from his power-law framework and is a model-based scenario, not a guaranteed price target. #PolymarketBankFailureBetsDrawFDICConcern #PolymarketBankFailureBetsDrawFDICConcern #BitwiseFilesToListNEARETFOnNYSEArca #SECSaysBuybacksUpgradesDontMakeTokenSecurity
$BTC desks are holding the least $BTC on this Crypto Quant series in years. the blue balance has slid from about 500,000 to 550,000 bitcoin in 2021 toward the low 120,000s now, a drop of roughly 400,000 coins since 2022. the latest prints sit near 123,000 to 150,000 depending on the snapshot. that inventory is what large buyers used to lift without hitting the public order book. empty desks are not the same as zero supply. coins left those wallets for ETFs, treasuries and cold storage. Strategy alone holds 846,000 $BTC . IBIT has been a bid for months. the float did not vanish. it changed address. #CircleMints500MUSDCOnSolana #PolymarketBankFailureBetsDrawFDICConcern #CircleMints500MUSDCOnSolana #BitwiseFilesToListNEARETFOnNYSEArca #SECSaysBuybacksUpgradesDontMakeTokenSecurity
$BTC Slippage and price impact are two of the most commonly confused terms in DeFi. Most users treat them as interchangeable. They describe different things and understanding both changes how you set up swaps. Price impact is what your specific trade does to the pool's price. When you buy an asset from a liquidity pool you are removing that asset from the pool and adding the asset you're selling. This changes the ratio of assets in the pool which changes the price. A small trade in a deep pool produces minimal price impact. A large trade in a shallow pool produces significant price impact, you effectively move the market against yourself as you execute. #CircleMints500MUSDCOnSolana #PolymarketBankFailureBetsDrawFDICConcern #BlackRockBuildsTokenizedPortfoliosForOndo #SECCommissionerPeirceToLeaveOct2 #SECSaysBuybacksUpgradesDontMakeTokenSecurity
$BTC is trading around $84,020, down 0.88% in 24 hours after another rejection from the $85K area. The 15-minute chart is becoming increasingly defined by two levels. BTC pushed from around $84K toward $85,150, but failed to hold the breakout. Price then reversed sharply, falling roughly 2.3% toward $83,150 before recovering back above $84K. For me, this reinforces the $83K-$85K range we have been tracking. $85K-$85.15K remains the immediate ceiling. BTC has now struggled around this area multiple times, so a clean break and hold above it would be a meaningful change in short-term structure and could bring $86K, followed by $88K, back into focus. ##PolymarketBankFailureBetsDrawFDICConcern #BlackRockBuildsTokenizedPortfoliosForOndo #BitwiseFilesToListNEARETFOnNYSEArca #SECSaysBuybacksUpgradesDontMakeTokenSecurity #SECCommissionerPeirceToLeaveOct2
$BTC Quick reality check: They're tokenizing stocks now? So you can get "exposure" to Meta via $METAC on some blockchain? Meanwhile, $BTC is actual money, not some derivative. Enjoy your "certificates."
$BTC Whales are stacking everyone watches the price $BTC while Since July 15, walets holding 100-1,000 BTC have added almost 114,000 BTC. That pushed their total holdings to around 5.24M BTC. And here's the interesting part: Santiment says this group has historically accumulated before or during strong Bitcoin rallies. Meanwhile, CryptoQuant sees Bitcoin demand recovering from recent lows, with futures demand still climbing. So... are whales positioning before the next move or just playing the long game? Either way, 114K BTC is not a small bet. #QNTRises39% #BitgetBreachForgedRequestsNotStolenKeys #BitcoinSpotETFsTurnNetPositiveYTD #CFTCUpdatesGuidanceOnTokenizedAssets
$BTC Block has joined the x402 Foundation and added support for x402 payment protocol. $BTC Lightning to the The idea is to let Al agents and web services handle payments on their own for things like APl access, data, and other digital services - an interesting step toward more automated online commerce. Block is also joining a heavyweight group of backers, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Coinbase, and the Solana Foundation. With companies like these involved, the protocol is clearly starting to attract serious attention.
$BTC researchers just put out a design for $BTC transfers on bitcoin itself, private with no soft fork. the paper is Shielded Bitcoin, from Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov and Aleksei Moskvin at [[alloc] init]. bitcoin already proves ownership without a custodian. it also publishes amounts, timing and the links between wallets, which is a problem for treasuries, desks and anyone moving sİze. their fix is a metaprotocol on L1, closer to a Zcash-style shielded pool than a nevw chain. a sender seals an encrypted note for the receiver, then publishes it inside a normal bitcoin transaction with a zero- knowledge proof and a nullifier that marks the old note spent. the data can sit in OP_RETURN or witness space. bitcoin stores the bytes and orders them. it does not read the amount or the counterparty. #BinanceWillListHyperliquid(HYPE) #FedOctoberRateHikeOddsRiseTo69.7% #US30YearYieldHighestSince2004 #US10YTreasuryYieldHits19YearHigh
$BTC and ETH just showed how quickly the market can move BTC pushed toward $87K while ETH moved above $2,800, showing strong momentum across the two biggest crypto assets. The rebound came as lower oil prices, softer yields and short covering helped improve market sentiment. But for me, the bigger question is what happens next. A fast move is interesting, but I want to see whether real buying demand can keep supporting these levels. If BTC continues holding its strength and ETH follows, the next few sessions could get even more interesting. #USWeighsPromotingDollarStablecoinsAbroad #US10YTreasuryYieldHits19YearHigh #WallStreetEarningsRevisionsTurnBearish #WallStreetEarningsRevisionsTurnBearish #DollarIndexReclaims101
$BTC 18B in $BTC options expiring while max pain sits $10K below the current price... yeah, expect some chaos. That doesn't mean Bitcoin has to dump straight to max pain. We've seen BTC completely ignore it before. What matters is how price reacts if they try to push it lower. If sellers hit hard and Bitcoin keeps holding support, that tells me buyers are still in control. Expect volatility, fakeouts and probably a lot of overleveraged traders getting wiped on both sides. Expiry can create short-term noise, but I'm not changing my bigger view because of one options event. Sometimes the market shakes everyone out first... then makes the real move. #AIStocksWhatNext #BCHJumps28%OnCMEFuturesListing #WallStreetEarningsRevisionsTurnBearish #DollarIndexReclaims101 #21SharesLaunchesEuropesFirstZcashETP
$BTC As B $BTC continues to perform strongly, altcoin holders remain largely underwater. According to Glassnode, the median altcoin has less than 25% of its supply in profit, suggesting broad altcoin euphoria has yet to arrive. That could be a bullish sign, as the market may still have room to run before reaching the profit levels typically associated with maior tops. #AIStocksWhatNext #DogecoinRises15% #BNBMarketCapPassesBNYMellon #MuseOvertakesChatGPTAsTopFreeIOSApp
$BTC C Don't long here... 1. This is only a deviation, and price retraces the entire move over the next couple weeks before sweeping the previous lows at 74K. This scenario becomes much less likely if weekly candles start closing above the previous range highs. 2. Price forms a new range and consolidates in the 80K's, forming a multi- month range before another leg higher. Scenario 2 is already becoming more likely, and that likelihood wil continue to increase if more weekly candles close above the previous range highs. Either way, longing here doesn't make sense. It's better to wait for the optimal entries in the green zones. #AIStocksWhatNext #DogecoinRises15% #BNBMarketCapPassesBNYMellon #MuseOvertakesChatGPTAsTopFreeIOSApp