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 news, on the day of the U.S. election, some key battleground states were hit by a strong cold front, resulting in heavy rain and severe storm weather. From eastern Texas to the border of Missouri and Illinois, including the city of St. Louis, the highest rainfall was recorded. Many flash flood warnings were also issued in these areas. Although the rain will slowly shift eastward, the rain that has already fallen may affect voters trying to head out to vote in the morning. The front will continue to move eastward, bringing showers to battleground states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, as well as southern Louisiana.In past elections, rain has led to a slight decrease in voter turnout. Among the seven battleground states, Wisconsin is experiencing the worst weather, with the Storm Prediction Center issuing severe storm threats ranging from level 1 to level 5 for most of the state. Widespread showers and even thunderstorms could bring gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour and brief tornadoes.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin Shi reports, during the campaign activities this weekend, U.S. Vice President Harris and former President Trump briefly discussed Israel's airstrikes on Iranian military bases. Trump said at a rally in Michigan, "Israel is striking, we are at war, and Harris is out there partying." It is reported that Harris was campaigning with Beyoncé in Texas at the time.Meanwhile, Harris called on Saturday for "de-escalation rather than escalation of the situation in the region." She told reporters, "I, along with all of America, feel very strongly that Iran must stop its threats to the region, and we will always protect Israel from any attacks launched by Iran in this way."

ChainCatcher news, according to AXIOS, two informed sources said that Israel began attacking Iran early Saturday local time in retaliation for Iran's large-scale ballistic missile attack on October 1.Iranian state television reported explosions in several areas, including Tehran. U.S. and Israeli officials believe Iran will respond militarily, but hope it will be limited and break the cycle of tit-for-tat between the two adversaries. Before Israel potentially attacks Iran, the U.S. military has increased its presence in the region over the past few weeks.U.S. officials said the aim is to deter Iran from responding and to assist Israel in defending against another round of missile attacks from Iran.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Japanese listed company Metaplanet has transferred its Bitcoin put options disclosed on October 3, adjusting the strike price from $62,000 to $66,000, as the company remains optimistic about the outlook for the largest cryptocurrency. A roll of options is a strategy where investors close existing options positions while opening new positions in the same options at a higher strike price. Essentially, this is a way to increase the strike price of options positions.Metaplanet announced on Wednesday that the transaction aims to replace the existing Bitcoin put options with new options at the updated strike price, while maintaining December 27 as the expiration date. Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich wrote in an X post: "This increases the nominal yield of our options sales and generates an additional ¥57.9 million in premiums, bringing total premium income to ¥272.5 million, which will be included in this year's revenue." The company noted that the margin collateral remains unchanged at approximately $13.8 million, sourced from the proceeds of its stock options exercise.Specifically, the transaction executed by Metaplanet includes repurchasing 223 Bitcoin put options with a strike price of $62,000 while selling the same number of put options at the higher strike price of $66,000. The company stated: "This adjustment has increased the company's nominal yield by 2.65%, reaching 13.40%," and added that it received a total premium of 5.9 BTC.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, based on order flow data tracked by Amberdata, as Bitcoin prices rise, there has been a surge in buying activity for Bitcoin call options with strike prices of $75,000 and above on Deribit, while investors have also sold put options.Amberdata's Director of Derivatives, Greg Magadini, stated: "This flow pattern indicates a bullish outlook for Bitcoin's spot price (due to the selling of put options), while also anticipating an acceleration in price volatility."

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, the head of Deribit Asia-Pacific business, stated on social media that the largest ETH block options today are: a certain user bought 60,000 put options expiring at the end of October and sold 64,000 put options, totaling 257 BTC, with a premium income of 510,000 USD.Lin Chen mentioned that if the price of the coin is 62,000 at the end of October, it will be profitable, with a coin-based income of 10.75%. Last night, it was reported that 30,000 BTC were transferred to Binance (actually 130,000 BTC), causing noticeable panic in the market, but the US stock market performed well, so from a macro perspective, the risks are controllable.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, the Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on social media that the largest ETH block option today is: a certain user received a premium of $626,000, selling a call option at $2,800 for the end of September, totaling 3,250 ETH.

ChainCatcher message, Lin Chen, the Head of APAC Business at Deribit, stated on social media that the largest BTC block options today were: an investor purchased 80,000 call options for the end of the year and sold 120,000 call options for the end of the year, totaling 525 BTC, paying a premium of 1.844 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to data released by Deribit officials: today’s largest ETH block options trade involved a user selling 500 ETH worth of call and put options with a strike price of $2700 for the end of October, earning a premium of $282,000.It is stated that the user is shorting volatility, with a profit range of $2200 to $3500, achieving a coin-based return of 20.6%. They may believe that there are no new events to drive a significant market movement in the short term. Prices are expected to fluctuate repeatedly within this range.

ChainCatcher message, Lin Chen, the Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on X stating that the largest ETH block options today are: a certain user received a premium of $224,000, selling a call option for $2,650 expiring on September 6, totaling 1,750 ETH.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin payment application Strike and cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp join forces to expand their business in Europe. Strike offers a customizable widget that developers can embed into their products to allow for instant settlement of cryptocurrency conversions and transactions. The widget will not be available to UK customers.

ChainCatcher news, Deribit Asia Pacific Business Head LinChen posted on platform X stating that a user purchased 61,000 put options expiring on August 9 (this Friday) for a total of 250 BTC, paying a premium of 916,000 USD. The user is bearish, believing that the price will continue to decline by the expiration this Friday. The current price has dropped to 54,600 USD, with the most significant reason for this decline being fears of a U.S. economic or trading recession, causing strong panic in the market.

ChainCatcher news, Hezbollah announced that it used multiple drones to attack the IDF's 91st Division headquarters located in Ayelet HaShahar in the early hours of the day.Hezbollah stated that this attack was in response to the IDF's assassinations and attacks in several locations in southern Lebanon.

ChainCatcher news, Musk commented under the tweet related to "xAI is considering acquiring Character AI" that misinformation has struck again, xAI is not considering acquiring Character AI.Previous news, according to Bloomberg citing informed sources, Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has discussed acquiring the AI chatbot startup Character.AI. One of the informed sources stated that xAI has been in talks with the startup about a deal, but it is unclear whether the negotiations have made any progress.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on platform X that today the largest block options for BTC: a certain user sold 263 BTC worth of call and put options with a strike price of 65,000 at the end of August, earning a premium of 2,494,000 USD. Shorting volatility, the price profit range is 56,000-76,000, and the premium's coin-based yield reaches 32.2%.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, the Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on platform X that today the largest BTC block options transaction involved a user purchasing a call option for $65,000 expiring at the end of the year and selling a call option for $100,000 expiring at the end of the year, totaling 413 BTC, with a premium payment of $3.627 million. This long-term bullish strategy, through a buy-sell bull spread, reduces costs (leveraging) for going long, and as long as the price at expiration is above $75,000 (the breakeven point), it will be profitable.

ChainCatcher news, Deribit Asia Pacific Business Head Lin released today's BTC large transaction data, showing that a user sold a $60,000 put option for the end of the year while buying a $45,000 put option, totaling 310 BTC, with a premium income of $872,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, CrowdStrike stated that it is understanding how the issue (which caused global chaos yesterday) occurred and is conducting a thorough root cause analysis to determine how the logical flaw happened. The company stated, "We are committed to identifying any improvements in our infrastructure or workflows to strengthen our processes. As the investigation progresses, updates will be provided on the results of the root cause analysis. Currently unaffected systems will continue to operate as expected, and there will be no risk of such incidents occurring in the future." The company's CEO, George Kurtz, posted on social media that the company has prepared a technical overview regarding the incident and will continue to work with customers and partners to address this event.