{"id":606221,"date":"2026-05-29T04:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/bitcoins-trapped-under-74k-while-9b-options-expiry-looms-are-bears-back-in-control\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:54:20","slug":"bitcoins-trapped-under-74k-while-9b-options-expiry-looms-are-bears-back-in-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/bitcoins-trapped-under-74k-while-9b-options-expiry-looms-are-bears-back-in-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s trapped under $74K while $9B options expiry looms: Are bears back in control?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1ub3Rlcy1mcm9tLXRoZS1icmluay1yaHltZS1hbmQtcmVhc29uLWluLWEtYmVhci1tYXJrZXQtMy5qcGc=.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\u2019s trapped under $74K while $9B options expiry looms: Are bears back in control?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bears hold the upper hand for Friday&#8217;s $9 billion options expiry, keeping Bitcoin under pressure amid heavy ETF outflows and corporate selling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) retested the $72,500 level for the first time in six weeks on Thursday, triggering $342 million in liquidations for bullish leveraged positions. Despite a subsequent relief bounce to $73,500, traders are worried that bears will keep control due to the upcoming $9 billion monthly options expiry.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/content\/pasted-image-1125.png\" width=\"1618\" \/>\n      <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoins-trapped-under-74k-while-9b-options-expiry-looms-are-bears-back-in-control\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bears hold the upper hand for Friday&#8217;s $9 billion options expiry, keeping Bitcoin under pressure amid heavy ETF outflows and corporate selling Key takeaways: Bitcoin (BTC) retested the $72,500 level for the first time in six weeks on Thursday, triggering $342 million in liquidations for bullish leveraged positions. Despite a subsequent relief bounce to $73,500, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-606221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606221","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=606221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}