Bitcoin options just overtook futures for the first time, and the new way institutions hedge ...
Cryptoslate 18 Jan 2026
By mid-January, open interest in Bitcoin options rose to about $74.1 billion, edging past Bitcoin futures open interest of roughly $65.22 billion. Open interest is the stock of outstanding contracts that have not been closed or expired, so it measures position inventory, not trading activity ... hedges, yield overlays, and volatility positioning. Futures remain the simplest way to take leveraged exposure to Bitcoin’s direction ... ....
How crypto is being devoured by TradFi, killing Satoshi’s dream by rewarding centralization
Cryptoslate 18 Jan 2026
Bitcoin’s price, and thus the entire crypto market, is increasingly being anchored by flows through regulated wrappers. Crypto is increasingly being subsumed by TradFi rather than offering an alternative to the broken system Satoshi criticized. U.S ... 9, 2026 ... 13 and $840.6 million on Jan. 14 ... U.S ... Privacy coins have a growing place among crypto natives' portfolios as a reaction to increasing regulation, but usage dwarves Bitcoin or Ethereum.

