Around 115,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Feb. 27, with a notional value of roughly $7.8 billion. This event is much larger than usual because it is the end of the month, so there could be a little volatility on spot markets.<\/p>\n
Crypto markets have seen a little daylight with a mid-week lift, but total capitalization has remained the same as gains are starting to erode again, and zooming out shows they\u2019re still in a downtrend.<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s batch of Bitcoin options contracts has a put\/call ratio of 0.76, meaning that there are more expiring calls (longs) than puts (shorts). Max pain is around $75,000, according to Coinglass, which is way above current spot prices, so many will be out of the money on expiry.<\/p>\n
Open interest (OI), or the value or number of Bitcoin options contracts yet to expire, remains highest at $60,000 with $1.5 billion and $1.1 billion at $50,000 strike prices on Deribit as bearish bets increase. Total BTC options OI across all exchanges has been climbing this month and has reached $37 billion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a continuous downtrend in the existing range, it\u2019s not a surprise to see ongoing downside plays (protection and bearish) on BTC,\u201d said<\/a> Deribit this week.<\/p>\n \u201cCall OI dominates across both assets, with BTC carrying the significantly larger notional weight into settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n Options Expiry Alert Call OI dominates across both assets, with BTC carrying\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/5r8MjeQtJ9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Deribit (@DeribitOfficial) February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n Derivatives provider Greeks Live said<\/a> the expiration of options accounts for 20% of total open interest, totaling nearly $9 billion, with Bitcoin\u2019s position share reaching a multi-year peak.<\/p>\n \u201cThe market remains firmly in bear territory. Currently, the crypto space lacks both fresh capital inflows and clear catalysts, with pessimistic narratives dominating social media. The market bottom likely remains elusive.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to today\u2019s oversized batch of Bitcoin options, around 477,000 Ethereum contracts are also expiring, with a notional value of $963 million, max pain at $2,200, and a put\/call ratio of 0.77. Total ETH options OI across all exchanges is around $6.6 billion.\u00a0This brings the total notional value of crypto options expiries to around $9 billion.<\/p>\n Markets are back in the red again today with total cap dropping 1.3% below $2.4 trillion.\u00a0Bitcoin failed to hold above $68,000 and dipped back below $67,000 during early trading in Asia on Friday morning.<\/p>\n Ethereum is teetering around the $2,000 level and is likely to fall below it again as any hopes<\/a> of a relief rally dwindle.<\/p>\n The post Massive $9 Billion Crypto Options Expiry Today: How WIll BTC and ETH React?<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around 115,500 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Feb. 27, with a notional value of roughly $7.8 billion. This event is much larger than usual because it is the end of the month, so there could be a little volatility on spot markets. Crypto markets have seen a little daylight with a mid-week lift, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":138407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/138407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAt 08:00 UTC tomorrow, over $8.8B in crypto options are set to expire on Deribit.$BTC<\/a>: ~$7.8B notional | Put\/Call: 0.76 | Max Pain: $75K $ETH<\/a>: ~$961M notional | Put\/Call: 0.77 | Max Pain: $2,200<\/p>\nSpot Market Outlook<\/h2>\n