ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached $328 million, with 38% being active buy orders and 43% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT pre-market trading volume today reached $175 million, with 44% being active buy orders and 39% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher message, according to the latest report released by QCP, BlackRock's Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT) has performed strongly in the options market, with the first hour trading volume reaching 73,000 contracts and a call-to-put ratio of 4.4:1.IBIT has entered the top 20 most active non-index options, indicating increased institutional confidence in Bitcoin as a mainstream asset class. This market reaction may attract new groups of investors and support diversified trading strategies, helping to reduce volatility and downside risk, thereby solidifying Bitcoin's position in the mainstream market.Additionally, the Trump cabinet nominations have drawn attention, particularly the selection of Elon Musk, who is friendly to cryptocurrencies, to lead the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and the nomination of Bitcoin supporter Peter Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. With the Republican Party controlling the Senate, most nominations are expected to pass confirmation smoothly, and Trump plans to finalize cabinet selections before Thanksgiving. These choices highlight the new government's alignment with the growing influence of digital assets in policy and finance.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, some traders are betting that the ETF price will double to $100, with IBIT closing at $52.70 yesterday.ConvexValue data shows that the trading volume of call options with a strike price of $100 has exceeded 32,000 contracts. Most of the value occurred in options that expire on December 12, which is also the most popular settlement price overall, accounting for 40% of the total trading volume of 354,000 contracts.

ChainCatcher news, the Russian government's Electricity Development Commission approved cryptocurrency mining restrictions on Monday, which will take effect on December 1, with a subsequent enforcement period from November 15 to March 15 each year until 2031.Deputy Energy Minister Evgeny Grabchak confirmed this decision, which targets 13 regions including Irkutsk, Buryatia, and Transbaikal, but excluding Moscow. The approval to extend the enforcement period is aimed at managing peak electricity demand and addressing energy shortages. Other affected regions include Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Donetsk, and Luhansk People's Republic.

ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst James Seyffart posted data on social media stating that on the first day of trading for BlackRock's IBIT options, 354,000 contracts were traded with a notional exposure slightly below $1.9 billion, of which 82% were call options (289,000 contracts) and 18% were put options (65,000 contracts), with a ratio of 4.4:1. It is almost certain that such first-day data is one of the reasons for Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high.

ChainCatcher news, the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced that IBIT options will be listed and traded on November 19. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved BlackRock's proposal to list and trade its iShares Bitcoin Trust (ticker symbol: IBIT) options on September 20.

ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, the trading volume of IBIT reached 119 million dollars before today's opening. Among them, 43% were active buy orders and 37% were active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, Deribit Asia Pacific Business Head Lin Chen posted on X that there has been an extreme greed state for five consecutive days, with the greed index reaching 90. At this time, market FOMO sentiment is starting to rise, and market buying power is gradually increasing, while BTC ETFs are also beginning to show net interruptions. However, the liquidity over the weekend is relatively insufficient, so attention should be paid to tonight's opening trends in the US stock market. Currently, BTC is fluctuating around 90,000, and if there is a lack of sustained positive support, the possibility of a short-term correction cannot be ruled out.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on X that the largest BTC block options today involved an investor selling 90,000 USD put and call options for the end of the year, totaling 375 BTC, with a revenue of 4.958 million USD.Analysis suggests that the investor is shorting volatility, with a profit range of 78,000 - 105,000 USD, achieving a coin-based return of 14.2%.

ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached 125 million dollars, with 45% being active buy orders and 37% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, the open interest of options on the digital asset derivatives exchange Deribit hit a record high on Thursday, with the open interest for Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts reaching $37.6 billion, and the total open interest on the platform reaching $40.8 billion.Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers stated, "The record high open interest not only reflects the price increase but also indicates a higher overall adoption rate of options in the cryptocurrency derivatives space. Institutional and retail investors are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency options as they are attracted by the liquidity, robust hedging mechanisms, and precise risk management strategies offered by this category of instruments."Strijers noted that with the deepening of institutional participation, he expects open interest to continue to grow, which will add stability and maturity to the crypto derivatives space.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached 143 million USD, with 35% being active buy orders and 47% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, Sberbank CEO Herman Gref stated that the law currently prohibits the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment within the Russian Federation, and it is unlikely to be allowed in the near future.Gref clarified at a meeting in Moscow that while new legislation in Russia allows for the use of digital currencies and cryptocurrencies for international payments, their use domestically remains restricted. He also pointed out that if other countries are willing to accept it, the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) of Russia—the digital ruble—can be used for global transactions.As the largest bank and state-owned financial institution in Russia, Sberbank is closely monitoring these developments, although Gref expressed uncertainty about the adoption of the digital ruble abroad.

ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached $186 million, with 49% being active buy orders and 36% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg's senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas disclosed on the X platform that BlackRock's IBIT reached a market value of $40 billion in just 211 days (only two weeks ago it reached $30 billion), breaking the record of 1,253 days held by IEMG. IBIT is now in the top 1% of all ETFs by asset size, surpassing the scale of all 2,800 ETFs launched in the past decade after just 10 months since its inception.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, the Head of Asia-Pacific Business at Deribit, stated that a certain user paid $1.714 million to purchase call options with a strike price of $3,800 expiring at the end of the year, totaling 10,000 ETH. Currently, the ETH price has rebounded to around $3,300, and if the price exceeds $4,000 at expiration, the investor will make a profit.

ChainCatcher message indicates that according to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time, November 11) the total net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs was $1.114 billion.Yesterday, Grayscale ETF GBTC had a net inflow of $24.2346 million, and the historical net outflow for GBTC is currently $20.163 billion.Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF BTC had a net inflow of $28.1904 million yesterday, and the historical total net inflow for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust BTC is currently $570 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a net inflow of $756 million, and the daily trading volume reached a historical high of $4.65 billion. The historical total net inflow for IBIT is currently $28.143 billion.Following that is Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a net inflow of $135 million yesterday, and the historical total net inflow for FBTC is currently $10.896 billion.As of now, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $90.605 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to total Bitcoin market value) is 5.27%, with a historical cumulative net inflow of $26.902 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached $251 million, with 41% being active buy orders and 45% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, the total value of open contracts for Bitcoin options with an execution price above $90,000 on the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has increased to over $2.8 billion.Vetle Lunde, head of research at K33 Research, stated that the options market is generally optimistic about Bitcoin's continued rise, with the trading price of call options exceeding that of put options, and the number of open contracts for out-of-the-money call options has increased.