Roughly $3 billion in Bitcoin Options Contracts Set to Expire Today

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading hands for $26,921, according to CoinGecko. The asset has brought the rest of the market with it, with most digital coins and tokens in the green. But with Bitcoin options contracts set to expire, the price of cryptocurrency could dip or swing up even higher, right?

Data from CME Group shows that $9 billion worth of open interest—or unexpired options contracts. And of those, $3 billion will expire today. A Bitcoin options contract is a deal that lets buyers snap up Bitcoin at an agreed-upon price.

Experts believe that it’s unlikely the price of Bitcoin will budge that much. Anders Helseth, head of research at K33, said that “in general, options expiries in crypto don’t affect prices much.” BaroVirtual added that the current data “indicates no clear bullish or bearish sentiment.” He added that it “was likely” Bitcoin would continue to trade between $26,500 and $27,250 in October.

Although the price of Bitcoin has historically been volatile, that looks like it is changing. And it doesn’t look like $3 billion in options contracts will make much of a difference, either.

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Verifying Trustworthiness on the Blockchain: Introducing On-Chain Attestations

Graeme Moore, the Head of Tokenization at the Polymesh Association, is looking to prove identity and reputation on the Web3 blockchain. Known in the financial industry as KYC (Know Your Customer), this trust in a real-life human offers important protection, but is not enough. Decentralized finance (DeFi) needs more than just proof of being human. Steve Dakh, an Ethereum founding member, is building the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) which is a primitive for any entity to make attestations on the ledger about anything at all. Attestations are claims about one identity, usually made by another identity, that can be independently verified. Attestations work by making reference to identifiers, such as a legal name, address, or social security number. Combined with zero-knowledge proofs, attestations enable entities to prove facets of identity information without revealing the entire contents. This flexibility enables participants to not only choose which entities they trust, but also how quantitative or qualitative they want this trust to be. On-chain attestations are an important step in Verifying Trustworthiness on the Blockchain and will enable decentralized finance to take off. #OnChainAttestations #DecentralizedFinance #KYC #TrustVerification

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Circle, a stablecoin issuer, argued in a court document that tokens pegged to the price of a sovereign currency are not securities. This is in response to the SEC’s lawsuit against Binance for operating illegally in the US and misusing customer funds. Circle’s filing outlines the potential implications of the SEC’s case for stablecoins as a whole, and argues that stablecoins, on their own, do not have the characteristics of investment contracts. The SEC’s opinion on stablecoins is currently being questioned, with representatives and leaders in the crypto space holding different perspectives. #CryptoRegulation #SEC #Stablecoins #Binance

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