Options Market Surges as Institutions Deploy $40B Hedging Strategy

By Rohit Oct 23,2025

Executive Summary: Bitcoin's options open interest exceeded futures by a record $40 billion as institutions aggressively deployed hedging strategies during seven consecutive days of market decline, with BTC consolidating around $107,600 (-0.42% weekly) in its worst October performance since 2015. Despite $101.29M Bitcoin ETF outflows and $18.77M Ethereum outflows on October 22, public companies increased BTC holdings to 1.02 million tokens ($117B, +28% quarterly) while whales strategically rebu

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