
A $2.5B Options Spread Bets on $72,000 by 31 July
Traders bought 20,000 $70,000 calls and sold 20,000 $72,000 calls on Deribit for the 31 July expiry, a $2.5B notional structure that settles two days after the Fed.
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Traders bought 20,000 $70,000 calls and sold 20,000 $72,000 calls on Deribit for the 31 July expiry, a $2.5B notional structure that settles two days after the Fed.

US spot bitcoin ETFs drew a net $132.3 million on 17 July, a fourth straight positive session, with BlackRock's IBIT supplying more than the entire category total.

Bitcoin touched $65,200 and settled at $63,669.13, up 3%, as $357M of liquidations landed 81% on shorts — a reversal after weeks of long-side flushes.

June CPI came in below forecast on every line, with core flat on the month. Bitcoin ran from about $62,600 to above $64,500 as July hike odds fell to 12%.

Strategy has not bought bitcoin since June 22 and has raised its dollar reserve to about $3 billion, roughly 20 months of preferred dividends and debt interest.

Spot bitcoin and ether funds took in a combined $281.8M in the week to July 10, the first positive week after $9.46B of withdrawals.

US spot bitcoin ETFs shed about $85 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run, while ether funds pulled in $70 million as both assets fell 3%.

A hobbyist's $150 Bitaxe solved block 957382 solo on July 9, taking the full 3.1382 BTC reward against odds of one block per 16,000 years.

Data compiled by Blockchair and reported by one outlet put Bitcoin's daily transaction count well above 2025 levels. The metric counts transfers, not value.

Bitcoin rose 1.4% on July 4 to clear $63,000, a two-week high, with ether up 11.5% and solana 13.2% over seven days in thin holiday trading.

On-chain data on July 3 put 10.83M BTC below their last traded price against 9.22M above it, the first such crossover this cycle, with bitcoin near $62,000.

Bitcoin rose 4% to $61,200 and the CoinDesk 20 gained 4.77%, with open interest and funding rates turning in a way June's brief rallies never did.