Bitcoin Falls Under $109K as Traders Brace for Friday’s $22B BTC Options Expiry

Bitcoin: Trade $108K–$113K Range Ahead Of $22B Options Expiry - FinanceFeeds

Bitcoin inched up to $109,572.79 (+0.47%) on Friday afternoon after sliding below $109,000 at the U.S. open, with traders digesting a clean read on inflation and bracing for a heavy quarter-end options expiry. The move capped a choppy week shaped by ETF outflows, forced deleveraging and a widening split between spot and derivatives flows. The PCE price index—the Fed’s preferred gauge—matched forecasts: headline +0.3% m/m (2.7% y/y) and core +0.2…

Crypto sheds $400 billion in a week as Uptober nears — “worst case is $50K BTC”

Can Uptober’s bullish history overcome a $400 billion drawdown, Trump’s tariff shock, and a looming $22 billion options expiry testing fragile support? A $400 billion slide puts crypto’s summer rally to the test Crypto markets have endured one of their…

Will Markets Dump Even More Today With Huge $22B Crypto Options Expiry?

Around 146,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, September 26, and they have a notional value of roughly $17 billion. This expiry event is a big one because it is the end of the month and the end of the third quarter, so there could be some volatility on spot markets, which have tanked this week. More uncertainty from the US Federal Reserve has rattled markets as high-risk assets become less appealing, deepening the September corr…

Bitcoin Could Face Pullback as $22B Options Expire Amid Key U.S. Core PCE Inflation Data

Bitcoin’s rally faces a test as roughly $22.3 billion in crypto options expire the quarter alongside the U.S. Core PCE inflation report; Bitcoin options worth about $17.06 billion are in