Deribit

🚨Deribit the world’s premier digital assets derivatives exchange, today announced its full-year operational results and exchange statistics for 2024🚨 The company achieved record growth in 2024 ➡️ YoY increase of 99% in options notional trading volume ➡️ 95% YoY growth in company volumes ➡️ Q4 volume was ATH (+22% on prior record quarter) CEO Luuk Strijers commented: “The rise in total platform volume and across our offered products indicates that Deribit continues to be the go-to derivatives exchange…” For the full press release👇 Deribit. Always Open.

Next week on Crypto Options Unplugged🎙️ Prime Brokerage Special 📺 Michael Higgins - Hidden Road Tommy Doyle - FalconX Sean Lawrence - LTP Hosted by Imran Lakha and David Brickell Deribit. Always Open.

BlackRock adds IBIT Bitcoin ETF To Alternative Asset Model Portfolio Makes 1% to 2% allocation to its target allocation portfolios. The first time BlackRock has added IBIT to any of its models. By CoinDesk with h/t to James Seyffart, CFA, CAIA👇 Deribit. Always Open.

Game On at the Deribit Padel Event! 🎾 A fantastic evening of Padel in London last night—intense matches, a great turnout, and an incredible atmosphere! It was great to see so much energy on and off the court. Many congratulations to our winners: 🥇 Marex Solutions & Elwood 🥈 Nickel Digital Asset Management & Deribit 🥉 Galaxy & GSR A huge thank you to everyone who joined—we look forward to future matches! 👏🔥 Deribit. Always Open.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission releases staff statement on meme coins👇 Alexander Grieve | James Seyffart, CFA, CAIA 🫡 Deribit. Always Open.

Crypto Options Unplugged - Episode #55🎙️ With Imran Lakha and David Brickell and special guest David Gokhshtein ➡️ Markets fall on ByBit hack and key support is breached ➡️ Vol spikes and put skew strengthens at short end ➡️ But longer term call skew indicates bullish sentiment remains All this and more on 📺👇 Deribit. Always Open.

🚨Major month end options expiry🚨 Tomorrow $6.17bn in crypto options are set to expire at Deribit ➡️ BTC $4.94bn notional Max Pain: $97K Put/Call: 0.73 ➡️ ETH $1.2bn notional Max Pain: $3K Put/Call: 0.54 Deribit. Always Open.

Weekly Crypto Derivatives Analytics Report by Block Scholes👇 Sell off hits ETH and altcoins harder than BTC ➡️ ETH trades at a significant vol premium to BTC ➡️ Short end vol smiles skewed towards puts ➡️ From one month, curves still skewed towards OTM calls and BTC perp swap funding rate remained positive throughout Deribit. Always Open.

Sell off drives surge in vol Market commentary by Imran Lakha of Options Insight 👇 ➡️ Sentiment weakens and support tested ➡️ Short vs longer term outlook drives steeper contango ➡️ ETH/BTC continues to slide but skew is shifting Deribit. Always Open.

BTC correction wave 📉 A 21% decline from the highs, influenced by several factors - including trade tensions over Trump’s new tariffs, a significant exchange hack that resulted in the theft of $1.4 billion in crypto and ETF divestments Sidrah Fariq Head of Retail at Deribit explains that this correction reflects the ongoing volatility in the market👇 Asharq Business اقتصاد الشرق Bloomberg Deribit. Always Open.