Billions in Bitcoin options expired today. What actually changed hands?

BTC

BTC/USDT

$84,063.20

+0.15%

$84,063.20

+0.15%

(24s)

24h Volume

$15,532,587,614.22

24h H/L

$85,255.00 / $83,183.00

Change: $2,072.00 (2.49%)

Long/Short

58.4%

Long: 58.4%Short: 41.6%

Funding Rate

+0.0008%

Longs pay

Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data

Bitcoin

Daily

$84,007.02

▼ -0.11%

Volume (24h): -

Resistance Levels

Resistance 3$87,335.96

Resistance 2$85,667.07

Resistance 1$84,048.83

Price$84,007.02

Support 1$83,103.66

Support 2$80,169.72

Support 3$77,064.96

Pivot (PP):$84,179.33

Trend:Uptrend

RSI (14):63.9

crypto.news Editorial

(11:30 AM UTC)

1 min read

Verified byMichael Roberts

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Bitcoin’s September 25 quarterly options expiry has put an enormous open-interest figure beside a much smaller and less visible question: which contracts produced payments? The exchange rules tell us what a winning holder receives. They do not turn a pre-expiry headline into a verified account of money transferred at settlement.

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