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Goldman Sachs: Demand for gold bullish options has surged, or amplified fluctuations in gold prices

Comparing news, Goldman Sachs analysts said in the report that demand for bullish gold options has surged, increasing the risk of sharp fluctuations in gold prices. Analysts such as Lina Thomas wrote in the report that the increase in the volume of gold bullish options trading forms a price amplification mechanism for the two-way fluctuation of gold prices. Therefore, we still believe that the forecast for gold to reach $4,900 per ounce by the end of 2026 faces significant upward risks, but there is also a greater two-way fluctuation in the gold price increase.

1d ago

STS Digital CEO: Crypto prices are still in the cold winter, and institutional adoption is already in the middle of summer

Comparative news, according to The Block, Maxime Seiler, CEO of crypto options market maker STS Digital, said that there is a divergence between crypto asset prices and institutional adoption. He said, “From the price point of view, we are still in the crypto winter, but from the institutional side, we are already in the middle of summer.” Seiler said that institutions are using more underlying technology, and capital does not necessarily flow into tokens, so technology adoption is not fully reflected in currency prices. He also pointed out that the Bitcoin futures base has converged from an annualized 20% to 30% of the 2021 cycle to close to risk-free interest rates, and is more stable than the previous cycle, partly due to the fact that the dollar has a deeper channel into and out of the crypto market.

1d ago

BTC and ETH options with a nominal value of 2.18 billion US dollars will expire and be delivered today, and the market quickly became fully long

Comparative news, according to Greeks.live data, 24,000 BTC options will expire today. The Put Call Ratio is 0.84, the biggest pain point is $67,000, and the nominal value is $1.82 billion. Additionally, 149,000 ETH options will expire and be delivered today. The Put Call Ratio is 0.84, the biggest pain point is $2,000, and the nominal value is $360 million. Greeks.live analyst Adam said that Bitcoin has risen sharply this week and has broken through 76,000 US dollars, breaking through the two sideways price zones this year. It is one of the few delivery days this year where the delivery price is greater than the biggest pain point. The monthly volatility of RV surged 20% to 53%, and monthly IV rose by only 6%. Currently, VRP has declined sharply. Judging from other major options data, 6% of the options expired this week. Positions rebounded but remained low, and the popularity of transactions increased sharply. The rate of increase and popularity are rising too fast, causing Gex in the bullish direction to be very scattered, and Gex in the downward direction is almost negligible, and the market is in an all-round long state.

1d ago

Hyperliquid's total processing fees increased 31% to $419 million in the first half of the year, and HYPE's valuation is close to traditional trading platforms

In comparison, Hyperliquid released its performance analysis for the first half of 2026. According to the data, its total transaction fee revenue in the first half of the year reached US$419.3 million, an increase of 31% over the previous year; the average daily active users increased by about 90%, and the trading volume reached US$1.29 trillion in the first half of the year, and the monthly transaction volume reached US$266.5 billion in June. However, Hyperliquid's core protocol revenue fell 3.8% year over year from $317.5 million in the first half of 2025 to $305.3 million. The main reason is the rapid expansion of the HIP-3 market. The mechanism allows external teams to launch markets such as stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO assets based on Hyperliquid infrastructure and receive 50% transaction fees. Currently, HIP-3 has contributed 11.2% of total processing fee revenue. In the derivatives market, Hyperliquid's open contracts are about $9.1 billion, accounting for 10.3% of the global cryptocurrency perpetual contract market, up 24.8% year over year; in the on-chain perpetual contract market, its share reached 54.5%, more than other on-chain platforms combined. In terms of valuation, if the annual HYPE token issuance cost of approximately US$309 million is included, HYPE's price-earnings ratio is about 23 times the issue-adjusted price-earnings ratio, which is basically about 24.5 times the average of traditional exchange peers such as CME, CBOE, Interactive Brokers, and Coinbase. The report predicts that if the USDC reserve revenue cooperation is implemented, it may bring about $135 million to $160 million in additional revenue to Hyperliquid each year and be used for HYPE repurchases. According to the report, Hyperliquid's growth in the second half of the year still faces competition and regulatory risks, including the HIP-3 market's high dependence on a single developer, and markets such as stocks and pre-IPO assets facing regulatory uncertainty. However, HIP-4 predicts new businesses such as markets, options products, and USDC reserve earnings, which may further broaden its revenue sources.

1d ago

Crypto options with a nominal value of over $1.8 billion due and delivery tomorrow, BTC's biggest pain point is $66,000

According to Deribit data, according to Deribit data, crypto options with a nominal value of $1.82 billion will expire tomorrow, including: · BTC options have a nominal value of $1.57 billion, a bearish/bullish ratio of 0.65, and a maximum pain point of $66,000; · ETH options have a nominal value of $250 million, a bearish/bullish ratio of 0.77, and a maximum pain point of $1950.

2d ago

Crypto is empty, BitMine's bullish options are trading abnormally, and institutional investors have already placed and increased their positions ahead of schedule

Comparing news, the crypto market experienced a sharp rise after a long absence last night, and there were also changes in cryptographic concept stocks. According to BIT (bit.com) market data, the stock price of BitMine, Ethereum's largest treasury company, closed up 10%. Notably, there was also a change in BitMine stock call options last night. Investors bought 181,684 call options (call options) on Wednesday, which is about 25% higher than the stock's average daily call option volume (about 145,316). Multiple data platforms marked multiple stock option transactions on the same day as abnormal options activity (abnormal options transactions). Furthermore, the implied volatility of this stock option has also increased. Recently, institutional investors frequently announced additional positions in BitMine: Marex Group increased its holdings by 560.1% in Q4 last year, and now holds approximately 10.02 million shares. Weiss Asset Management increased its holdings by 363.6% in Q1 this year and currently holds about 4.32 million shares. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings by 25.8% in Q4 last year and now holds approximately 12.19 million shares.

2d ago

10x Research: Continuing to be bullish on Bitcoin, Circle's self-purchase points rose more than 31%

Comparing news, 10x Research's latest report indicates that after several months of narrow fluctuations, Bitcoin has already broken through the market. It indicates this month's most popular strategy to buy a call option (Call) with an execution price of $70,000. The option had a low of around $300 on August 5, dropped to $30 three days ago, then soared to $1,600, and is currently trading at around $1,300. 10x Research also said that a better trading strategy is a bullish spread (Call Spread) with an execution price of $70,000/$80,000, which expires in September. This structure is more bullish, while retaining some flexibility. Additionally, Circle was one of 10x Research's best deals this month. Previously, it was recommended to buy on dips when Circle fell to around $60 to $61, but now its stock price has risen to $80, an increase of more than 31%. On the gold side, the previously predicted breakthrough was also realized, and the price rose from $4,100 to $4571, an increase of about 11%. It believes that the US debt is about to break through $40 trillion is one of the core drivers of the current macroeconomic judgment. Relevant market concerns may continue to drive gold and may further support Bitcoin's rise.

2d ago

Duan Yongping revealed Micron Technology's options holdings: sold the Put and was allotted shares

Comparing news, Duan Yongping, a well-known investor, posted an article on Snowball with pictures disclosing his Micron Technology (MU) related positions. He said that people who buy short-term options are probably gambling; the seller is probably just an insurance company or a casino. The key is to rely on rules to control odds; selling Put relies on understanding the business (that is, probability or win). He emphasized not to try to win every game, but don't touch anything you don't understand. The picture shows that its recent transaction records include: multiple Micron Put options due in August due to expiration; selling 100 $870 Call options due on August 26, for a transaction price of $37.55, receiving approximately $375,500 in royalties; and being placed to buy 10,000 shares of Micron shares due to the exercise of Put on August 10, at a cost of $870, for a total amount of $8.7 million.

2d ago

Analysis: This round of Bitcoin's rise was driven by heightened optimism about crypto regulations and the expansion of the scale of US bond repurchases

Comparative news, according to Bloomberg, as industry executives gathered in the White House and market regulatory optimism was heating up, Bitcoin broke through a multi-month trading range on Wednesday, once rising 8% to about $69,500, the biggest increase since March, and rose to the highest level since early June. Trump is expected to hold meetings with executives from companies such as Coinbase, Payward, and Blockchain.com. Axel Rudolph, IG's chief technical analyst, said that this round of gains towards $70,000 was triggered by bears' recovery, indicating that buyers' confidence is recovering, but whether the market can maintain momentum and further challenge the $75,000 area still faces a critical test. Bitcoin returned to the 100-day and 200-day EMAs simultaneously on Wednesday. According to Coinglass data, the rapid rise triggered more than $1 billion in liquidations within an hour, with a liquidation scale of about $1.5 billion over the past 24 hours. On the regulatory side, the US SEC proposed this week that some digital asset issuance exempt securities registration requirements are required to help companies in the start-up and financing stages. Meanwhile, the US Treasury Department announced that it will at least double the scale of liquidity support repurchase operations for 10-year to 30-year treasury bonds, driving US bond yields and the dollar downward. Joshua Lim, co-head of marketing at FalconX, said that while the market has been flooded with sales over the past few weeks, Bitcoin remained strong in the $60,000 low area, which subsequently drove a shift in market sentiment and narrative. Bitcoin options holdings are mainly concentrated around $60,000 put options and $70,000 call options, according to Deribit data.

3d ago

US retail investors have begun to “explode” in bearish options, but the underlying bullish formation is not chaotic

Comparing news, since April of this year, there has been a fundamental reversal in the behavior pattern of retail investors in the US stock market. According to data from research firm Vanda Research, although total direct stock purchases showed a downward trend this year, retail purchases of put options are bucking the trend and surging. According to the data, buying volume of put options for the 12 most popular stocks favored by retail investors in 2026 almost doubled compared to the first quarter. As a basic defensive derivative, a put option gives the holder the right to sell the corresponding asset at a predetermined price before a specific date. Kaidi Meng, a global equity strategist at Vanda, confirmed this dramatic shift in funding. She pointed out that the purchase volume of such options as a share of net cash purchases (that is, the difference between buying and selling assets) has soared sharply from about 26% to 110%. In response to widespread cuts in long positions, industry analysts believe this may be the end of retail investors' concentrated profits after years of successfully adopting the “buy on dips” strategy. Furthermore, some of the withdrawn funds may have chosen to take on a more intense risk game through speculative stocks, leveraged ETFs, and predictive markets. (CNBC)

3d ago