Bitcoin Options Expiry: 127,000 BTC ($14.42B) with Max Pain at $114k; Ethereum Notional $2.56B (Deribit Data)

According to Deribit data cited by COINOTAG News, 127,000 BTC options are set to expire this Friday at 4:00 PM Beijing time, with a total notional value of $14.42 billion. The options landscape points to a max pain level of $114,000 per BTC, while the put/call ratio stands at 0.76, signaling the current tilt in hedging activity as expiry approaches.

Across the Ethereum options stack, traders face a notional exposure of $2.56 billion with the expiry window centered around a max pain at $4,100. The put/call ratio for Ethereum sits at 0.70, underscoring the balance of bullish and bearish hedges ahead of settlement.