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All eyes are currently on the Bitcoin options expiry on Friday as the bulls manage to hold the BTC price above $61,000 as of press time. Amid the tight fight between the bulls and the bears, the Bitcoin price has oscillated between $59,000-$61,000 for a large part of this week. 18,474 Bitcoin Options to Expire Today According to the Deribit data, 18,474 BTC options are set to expire today with a notional value of $1.12 billion and a put-call ratio of 0.83. The put-call ratio shows that the sentiment is not entirely bearish, however, it’s close to 1 showing that the BTC puts have been posing strong competition to the calls. As reported earlier this week, the BTC options block trading is on the rise with traders selling BTC call options and buying the put options. The max pain point of the Bitcoin options expiry is $60,000 as per the below chart. Courtesy: Deribit Furthermore, the data shows a decline in the weekly options positions with the implied volatility also staying neutral ahead of the Jackson Hole meeting later today on Friday. Overall, the options market suggests a period of calm, with a stable term structure and a gradually decreasing expectation of future volatility. Bitcoin Trading Will Continue to Be Boring Throughout the second quarter of 2024, the Bitcoin price has remained rangebound oscillating between $50,000-$70,000. Popular crypto analyst Will Woo stated that the BTC price action will continue to stay boring until excess leverage is out of the market. He added that the BTC crash at the beginning of August led to a significant liquidation of the leveraged position, wiping out most of the open interest from the market. Woo called it a “healthy reset” of the open value, necessary for BTC to climb further. The analyst added that…

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