{"id":595728,"date":"2026-05-08T00:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/bitcoin-bulls-target-115k-by-december-does-data-back-the-expectation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:53:04","slug":"bitcoin-bulls-target-115k-by-december-does-data-back-the-expectation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/bitcoin-bulls-target-115k-by-december-does-data-back-the-expectation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin bulls target $115K by December: Does data back the expectation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9wYXlsb2FkLmNvaW50ZWxlZ3JhcGguY29tL2FwaS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9maWxlL0hJJTIwSXMlMjB0aGUlMjAyMDIxJTIwYnVsbCUyMHJ1biUyMG11Y2glMjBsaWtlJTIwd2hhdCUyMGhhcHBlbmVkJTIwaW4lMjAyMDE3JTIwYW5kJTIwMTMtMy5qcGc\/cHJlZml4PW1lZGlhJTJGYXJ0aWNsZS1jb3ZlcnM=.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin bulls target $115K by December: Does data back the expectation?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin options show bulls targeting $115,000 by year-end but are traders becoming overly optimistic? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have high hopes for the year-end options expiry on Dec. 25, which features $6 billion at stake. The 33% price gain since the $60,130 yearly low on Feb. 6 have played a major role in bringing back bullish expectations. However, the huge amount of call (buy) options targeting $115,000 and higher for Dec. 25 raises questions about whether bulls are overconfident.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/payload.cointelegraph.com\/api\/media\/file\/pasted-image-418.png?prefix=media%2Fcontent\" width=\"1660\" \/>\n      <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-bulls-target-115k-by-december-does-data-back-the-expectation\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin options show bulls targeting $115,000 by year-end but are traders becoming overly optimistic? Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have high hopes for the year-end options expiry on Dec. 25, which features $6 billion at stake. The 33% price gain since the $60,130 yearly low on Feb. 6 have played a major role in bringing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-595728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}