Bitcoin Options Hit Fever Pitch as Open Interest Sets Record and Traders Battle
Bitcoin’s options market is on fire — open interest has blasted to a new record as traders wrestle between euphoric calls and cautionary puts, all while BTC lounges around $110,614 per coin, according to Coinglass data....
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