Unmasking Bitcoin’s Bouncing Bet: Trump’s Tariff Tango Sparks a $100K Dream

What to know:

  • A motley ensemble of traders now chases the elusive call options as Bitcoin, wondrous and capricious, stirs from its slumber. 😏
  • The celebrated $100K call option, shimmering like a rare jewel, whisks an open interest nearing a mad $1.2 billion—a spectacle of financial opera. 😎

In a scene dripping with flamboyance and the scent of high finance, bullish Bitcoin options unfurl like a velvet banner, tempering last week’s frenzy with a delicate irony that would leave even the dourest critic grinning.

Bitcoin, that mischievous sprite, pirouetted to heights beyond $84,000 from its humbler dalliance beneath $75,000—a most absurd resurgence set to a backdrop of bond market chaos and a tariff debacle that even the theatrical Trump could not resist. 😂

Late on Friday, in what could be mistaken for a bureaucratic jest, the Trump administration drolly exempted cherished gadgets from his notorious 125% tariff—a moment both surreal and laughably tragic. Hours later, the maestro Trump theatrically denied any reprieve, as if playing a part in his own farcical drama.

Undeterred by the absurdities of fate, our intrepid speculators embraced Deribit’s call options—a curious ticket to a potentially jubilant rise. Much like a whispered secret, a call grants its owner the right (but never the burden) to join in the market’s capricious waltz, while the put, ever the pessimist, preps for a melancholic tumble.

In a delicious twist of theatrical irony, Trump’s tariff walkback—propelled by a bond market apparition—transmuted a narrative of belligerence into one of reluctant capitulation, catapulting Bitcoin from despair to a stage of vibrant resurgence. Oh, the delicious absurdity of it all! 😄

The pendulum has swung; the skew of options now hums a gentler tune. Calls have supplanted the erstwhile put panic—a veritable sigh of relief in the grand theater of markets, though the seven-day gauge still murmurs in a minor key.

$100K is the most popular bet

Behold another marvel to electrify the hearts of battle-worn traders: the resplendent $100K call, reigning supreme on Deribit and captivating over 75% of global options—a siren call for even the most jaded speculator. 😉

At this very moment, the exalted $100K call boasts a notional open interest of nearly $1.2 billion—a figure as beguiling as a midnight mirage in a bazaar of dreams. Once, the allure of calls at $100K and $120K danced seductively on the market stage until a languorous flirtation with an $80K put took center stage last month.

A whimsical chart now reveals a congregation of open interests from $95,000 to $120,000, while the modest $70K put—second only in allure—clutches a respectable $982 million. One might muse: is this alchemy or merely the art of market madness? 😉

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2025-04-14 11:03