What to know:
- In the fevered casino of crypto, traders are wagering on Ethereum’s ether pirouetting to $6,000 by December 26, via the elegant ballet of bull call spreads.
- Over 30,000 contracts—yes, thirty thousand!—were flung into the abyss over-the-counter, costing a mere $7 million. Pocket change, really, if you’re Gatsby with a blockchain wallet.
- Ether has soared more than 80% since April, leaving analysts giddy and clutching their pearls in anticipation of further ascension.
Picture this: crypto traders, those modern-day Nabokovian gamblers, tossing chips onto the green felt of ether’s fate, intoxicated by the recent rally’s perfume.
Last week, block traders—think shadowy institutions and whales in bespoke suits—waltzed into bull call spreads on ether, buying $3,500 calls and simultaneously shorting an equal number at the $6,000 strike. Both expire December 26, just in time for a post-holiday existential crisis.
The dance was performed over-the-counter on Paradigm, then paraded onto Deribit for all to gawk at. Thirty thousand contracts of the $3,500/$6,000 call spread pirouetted across ten trades, with $7 million fluttering away like moths to a DeFi flame.
If ether pirouettes to or beyond $6,000 by December 26, these traders will be sipping digital champagne. On Paradigm and Deribit, one contract equals one ETH—simple math for complicated souls.
This orgy of $3,500/$6,000 call spreads signals a bullish fever dream: a collective yearning for ether to moonwalk to $6,000 by year’s end. As I type this, ether is trading at a humble $2,510—so close, yet so far.
Should ETH languish below $3,600, the strategy fizzles out like a forgotten firework, limiting losses to that initial $7 million. The cruel twist? If ether rockets past $6,000, traders miss out on further gains thanks to their own short position—a classic case of “be careful what you wish for.”
Ether’s price has already soared over 80% to $2,500 since April’s panic attack, when ETH flirted with lows around $1,390. The market is nothing if not melodramatic.
Magadini—our oracle in this digital opera—insists there’s no reason to call tops in ETH just yet.
“I continue to like these upside trades,” Magadini muses, “especially for the battered Ethereum. Risk assets are rallying; there’s a good argument for ETH ‘catching up’ as spot ETFs with staking rewards could lure institutions back into the ballroom. No reason to be calling tops right now.”
So there you have it: millions wagered on ether’s ascent, traders poised for glory or ignominy. Will ETH soar or stumble? Place your bets and pass the popcorn. 🎲🍿
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2025-05-20 15:39