Let’s quickly run through some of the events leading up to these listings

Option premiums and estimated daily volatility for bitcoin are projected to rise significantly around Nov. 6-8

The approvals come less than a month after the SEC granted Nasdaq permission to list similar options

This week hasn’t been very volatile, but it might not stay that way for long

The SEC noted in its Friday filing such options would “help investors to hedge their positions and manage crypto-related risk”

While the delay appears due to the fact that both the CFTC and SEC are involved, optics around the process are “rather poor,” one industry watcher says

The SEC delayed rule change proposals from Cboe, NYSE and Nasdaq to list options related to the bitcoin ETFs

The SEC said Friday it is set to seek public feedbacks on proposals by Cboe, Nasdaq and NYSE to list such financial instruments

If bitcoin’s price hits between $35,750 and $36,000, Galaxy’s Thorn says options dealers will have to buy $20 million more for each 1% price increase

The bitcoin derivatives market is beginning to show heightened volatility and interest from participants seeking to take advantage of the week’s major price moves

Options sellers are facing a call option squeeze and future indicators are growing less bullish as markets adapt to bitcoin’s sudden ascent

A clear sentiment shift is taking hold, Blockworks was told, with increasingly bullish sentiment following in the wake of the fake ETF announcement last week

Panoptic, the venture-backed startup, is looking to onboard liquidity providers from Uniswap

Deribit’s bitcoin and ether options are set to expire Sept. 29, analysts forecast minimal impact, despite typically a volatile period

Billions of dollars in options contracts are going to expire this week, and the recent rally has caught short sellers off guard

Decentralized derivatives platforms have struggled to attract sufficient liquidity, especially in the options space

Galaxy Digital is working with crypto investment firm CoinFund to alleviate credit risk and boost transparency with on-chain trading

Bitcoin is in its “transitionary phase,” analysts say, marked by lower leverage, fewer short-term speculators — and less volatile price

Blockworks exclusive: Bitnomial is getting in on bitcoin block trades, its president told Blockworks in an interview

Cega’s leveraged options vault strategy is expected to launch in the next quarter

“Explosive” bull runs have proceeded those times when volatility has been low in the crypto markets, according to one analyst

DeFi protocol is cutting the proverbial ribbon on an options exchange it hopes will generate $100 million in daily volume despite frosty market conditions

Robinhood, GSR, Interactive Brokers and others intend to take minority stakes in company after ErisX acquisition

The Ethereum Merge is expected to induce a period of high volatility in the crypto markets, with some anticipating a move to the downside

The company is set to make the trading of fractional shares free when fees kick in on Oct. 1