The firm’s looped ETH long position unraveled this week as ether's price crashed, resulting in an estimated $686 million loss.

The firm’s looped ETH long position unraveled this week as ether's price crashed, resulting in an estimated $686 million loss.

Options trading on BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF, IBIT, surged to a record 2.33 million contracts on Thursday as bitcoin crashed.

Options trading on BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF, IBIT, surged to a record 2.33 million contracts on Thursday as bitcoin crashed.

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 6, 2026

Unofficial economic indicators suggest the Fed may need to ease policy, boosting riskier assets.

Record volume, redemptions and pronounced tilt toward put options points to institutional capitulation.

Bitcoin's volatility gauge, the BVIV, spiked to nearly 100%, its highest level since the 2022 FTX collapse.

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 5, 2026

Stifel analysts predict bitcoin could fall to $38,000 using an analogy of the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"...