THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 36: CHINA....WTH?

TCR 36: CHINA....WTH?

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP

BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT

• CHINA TALKS UP BLOCKCHAIN - President Xi Says China Should 'Seize Opportunity' to Adopt BlockchainCRYPTO UP OVER $1200 FROM LAST SHOW -
• MASSIVE NEARLY $3K POINT RANGE ON THE WEEK:
• HIGH OF THE WEEK: $10,071 ON FRIDAY 10/25 - 1MTH HIGH
• LOW OF THE WEEK: $7363 ON THURS 10/24

BTC VOLATILITY

• 30 DAY REALIZED: HIGHER AT 75.4% FROM 60%

30 DAY IMPLIED

• HIT A RECENT LOW OF 55% LAST WEEK
• THEN SURGED UP TO 95%
• RIGHT NOW HOVERING AT ABOUT 83.5%

BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT

• STRONG VOLUME WEEK
• 10/24 - 123M
• 10/25 - 75M
• 10/27 - 44.6M

OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK

• DEC OTM PUT STUPID?

BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE

• SUPER BACKWARD IN FRONT CONTRACT

BTC CALL/PUT RATIO

• DOWN TO 40% FROM 58.5%

BTC OPEN INTEREST

• UP TO $514M FROM $443M

CME BTC FUTURES

• STRONG VOLUME DAY/WEEK

THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT

• ETH: DOWN $4 THIS WEEK
• HUGE RANGE THIS WEEK
• HIT $158 ON 10/23
• HIT $194 ON 10/25

RIPPLE

• XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD

LTC

• UP APPROX. $2 FROM LAST WEEK
• LOW OF $48.5
• HIGH OF $62.22

BITCOIN CASH

• UP OVER $40 FROM LAST WEEK
• LOW OF APPROX. $205
• HIGH OF NEARLY $277

CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT

• COMMENT FROM ART: Dude China wtf?!
• QUESTION FROM TGINCHK: Why is the crypto market losing its mind over china this week? How the heck can China adopt blockchain when their entire approach is contrary to the open ethos of crypto?
• QUESTION FROM DELETOR: Any talk of Bakkt options?
• QUESTION FROM NEXTGEN: Will the Bakkt consumer app turn the page on the volume?