Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Trading Flat: 'Friday Is A Big Day For Bitcoin—Options Expiry Could Lead To Upside Volatility'

Zinger Key Points
  • Global cryptocurrency market capitalization is trading 0.88% higher to $2.2 trillion.
  • One trader sees Friday as a big day for Bitcoin being the options expiry date, another marks $63,300 as an important support level.

Cryptocurrency markets are trading sideways as BlackRock leads total U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF net inflows.

CryptocurrencyPrice    Gains +/-
Bitcoin BTC/USD $63,252.75 -0.8%
Ethereum ETH/USD $2,579.65 -2.2%
Solana SOL/USD $150.04 -1.9%
Dogecoin DOGE/USD $0.1095 +0.2%
Shiba Inu SHIB/USD $0.00001548   +5.3%

Notable Statistics:

  • IntoTheBlock data shows an increase of 11.5% in large transaction volume and a decrease of 5.1% in daily active addresses. Transactions greater than $100,000 are down from 8,444 to 8,367 in a single day. Exchanges netflows fell by 242.6%.
  • Coinglass data reports 46,541 traders liquidated in the past 24 hours for $103.91 million. Bitcoin short liquidations stood at $3.17 million, the lowest since Sep.14.
  • Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez stated that Bitcoin whales sold more than 20,000 BTC, worth $1.28 billion, in the past 24 hours.

Notable Developments:

Top Gainers:

CryptocurrencyPrice    Gains +/-
Worldcoin WLD/USD $2.11 +21.9%
Sei SEI/USD $0.4544 +17.3%
Popcat (SOL) POPCAT/USD $1 +9.7%

Trader Notes: With Bitcoin prices trading relatively flat, crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez marked $63,300 as Bitcoin's most important support level. If it holds, the crypto king can rise to $65,500, but if it doesn’t, it could dive to $60,365.

Stockmoney Lizards sees Bitcoin as "frontrunning the cycle." The current levels are aligning with the previous cycle.

Looking ahead, Coin Bureau CEO and co-founder Nic predicts Friday as the big day for Bitcoin with $5.8 billion in options expiring with 21% "in the money". He stated that the expiry could lead to upside volatility.

Nic added, "The "max pain" price is $58,000 which means dealers may be attempting to hold down spot prices to inflict max losses on buyers."

Crypto Bully advises, "Let’s buy the dip on leverage, All-time high soon."

What’s Next: The influence of Bitcoin as an institutional asset class is expected to be thoroughly explored at Benzinga’s upcoming Future of Digital Assets event on Nov. 19.

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