The $6.4 Billion Question: Bitcoin's Options Expiry Is a Market Microstructure Stress Test
As of August 28, Bitcoin sits pinned between $75,000 and $80,000. The largest...
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Market Prices
BTC
Bitcoin
$76,422.5
-2.80%
ETH
Ethereum
$2,422.14
-3.93%
SOL
Solana
$99.22
-3.08%
BNB
BNB Chain
$719.1
-0.62%
XRP
XRP Ledger
$1.39
-1.44%
DOGE
Dogecoin
$0.0817
-2.95%
ADA
Cardano
$0.2019
-4.04%
AVAX
Avalanche
$7.44
-0.77%
DOT
Polkadot
$0.9849
-2.85%
LINK
Chainlink
$11.28
-1.90%
Fear & Greed
69
Greed
Market Sentiment
Event Calendar
202612
05
halving
BCH Halving
Block reward halving event
15
04
halving
Bitcoin Halving
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
22
03
unlock
Optimism Unlock
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
30
04
upgrade
Celestia Mainnet Upgrade
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
10
05
upgrade
Ethereum Pectra Upgrade
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
18
03
unlock
Sui Token Unlock
Team and early investor shares released
08
04
upgrade
Solana Firedancer
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
28
03
unlock
Arbitrum Token Unlock
92 million ARB released
Altseason Index
42
Bitcoin Season
BTC Dominance
Altseason
Gas Tracker
Ethereum
28 Gwei
BNB Chain
3 Gwei
Polygon
42 Gwei
Arbitrum
0.5 Gwei
Optimism
0.3 Gwei
Trend Tags
Market Cap
All →| # | Coin | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bitcoin
BTC
|
$76,422.5 |
| 1 |
Ethereum
ETH
|
$2,422.14 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
|
$99.22 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
|
$719.1 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
|
$1.39 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
|
$0.0817 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
|
$0.2019 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$7.44 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
|
$0.9849 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
|
$11.28 |
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