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📊 BlockScholes Data: Options Volume Update 🟦 BTC options volumes remained solid over the past week, with daily activity mostly ranging between $1.5B and $3.4B, after the stronger prints seen earlier in April. 🔺 ETH options volumes picked up into the middle of the week, rising to around $1.5B at the peak before cooling back towards $900M. 🧊 SOL options volumes stayed comparatively subdued, with daily activity mostly below $100M despite a few modest bumps higher. 📎 See our data plans and subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/ebH9EjTv

✳️ Block Scholes Risk Appetite Index – 2026-04-17 📈 BTC and ETH risk appetite continue to recover, with BTC rising to -0.3484 and ETH to -0.2219, as ETH maintains the stronger rebound and both indices keep trending higher on the latest available data. Powered by @BlockScholesBot: https://lnkd.in/e7xdBSss

🟠 BlockScholes x Bybit: Potential Path to US-Iran Peace Spurs Bullish Ethereum Positioning 🔍 Bybit recently launched XAUT options — options contracts that settle to the price of Tether’s XAUT token, which itself tracks the spot price of traditional gold. ⏳ As President Trump confirmed the two-week ceasefire on April 7, TradFi gold traders in 30-day options contracts priced out much of the bearish premium towards put options. 📊 Since their launch just over two weeks ago, positioning in Bybit’s XAUT options has at times contrasted with that on traditional venues: implied volatility levels are yet to drop in a similar manner to TradFi gold options despite moves towards a longer-term peace plan, while skew has reacted more strongly, in both directions, to changing headlines compared with TradFi venues. 📎 Read the full report here and explore the latest market structure trends and insights: https://lnkd.in/eZ3TR4UQ #BlockScholes #Bybit #Ethereum #ETH #Crypto #DigitalAssets #Options #ImpliedVolatility #MarketStructure #CryptoDerivatives #Macro #Gold

📈 ETH skew briefly turns positive 🔹 In options markets, 7-day ETH skew once more briefly turned positive, with OTM calls trading at a premium to put contracts, though that quickly returned back to a modest premium in favour of puts. 🔸 For BTC options, we’ve yet to see the same, albeit temporary, shift towards call options. 🔎 View more in our Daily Commentary here: https://lnkd.in/eNM6rF3Y

✳️ Block Scholes Risk Appetite Index – 2026-04-16 📈 BTC and ETH risk appetite continue to recover, with BTC rising to -0.3659 and ETH to -0.2427, as ETH still leads the rebound amid improving macro sentiment and renewed hopes that US-Iran talks could help extend the current ceasefire beyond next week. Powered by @BlockScholesBot: https://lnkd.in/e7xdBSss

Weekly Crypto Derivatives Analytics Report by Block Scholes 👇 Risk assets continue to whipsaw in response to geopolitical headlines. BTC made a one-month high of $74k and ETH rallied towards $2,400. With risk-appetite indexes suggesting a transition to a more bullish phase. ➡️ ETH derivative markets have reacted strongest ➡️ Funding rates jumped higher and the term structure of futures-implied yields has inverted ➡️ Options markets briefly skewed towards calls, a rare occurrence this year Deribit. Always Open. https://lnkd.in/d-2Psear

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📊 ETH skew is one of the more interesting charts on @BlockScholesBot today. 📝 Yesterday, we noted that the ETH 25-delta put-call skew had briefly moved towards OTM calls after being biased towards puts for most of the year. 📈 Short-dated ETH skew had rebounded sharply from its late-March lows, though it had already eased back from those recent highs by Apr 14. 🔗 Follow the link to try out the bot: https://lnkd.in/e7xdBSss

📊 BTC x SPX: Recovery Takes a Different Shape 📈 BTC is recovering alongside the S&P 500 this morning, but with a different gradient to the selloff seen earlier in 2026. 📝 Check out how we cover that in our daily commentary, alongside other macro developments. 🔗 View the link here and read the full report: https://lnkd.in/erx5zaU7

✳️ Block Scholes Risk Appetite Index – 2026-04-15 📈 Risk appetite continues to improve across both majors, with BTC rising to -0.3782 and ETH climbing to -0.2602, as ETH continues to show the stronger recovery. Powered by @BlockScholesBot: https://lnkd.in/e7xdBSss