{"id":619811,"date":"2026-06-25T20:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/bitcoin-options-traders-hedge-downside-as-uncertainty-lingers-anchorage-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:52:40","slug":"bitcoin-options-traders-hedge-downside-as-uncertainty-lingers-anchorage-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/bitcoin-options-traders-hedge-downside-as-uncertainty-lingers-anchorage-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin options traders hedge downside as uncertainty lingers, Anchorage says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anchorage Digital\u2019s latest analysis shows Bitcoin options traders remain defensive as near-term uncertainty persists, though markets are not pricing an extreme downside scenario for Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin options traders remain heavily positioned for downside protection, with both crypto-native and exchange-traded fund investors showing elevated demand for downside hedges, according to new research by Anchorage Digital&#8217;s head of research, David Lawant.<\/p>\n<p>The report analyzed options activity across Deribit, BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and Strategy (MSTR), saying the three markets together provide a broader view of crypto-native, institutional and retail investor sentiment than any single options market alone.<\/p>\n<p>Both Deribit and IBIT options markets showed elevated put skew, indicating traders are paying a premium for downside protection rather than positioning for further gains. The report found defensive positioning ranked in the 82nd percentile of IBIT\u2019s history and the 84th percentile of Deribit\u2019s five-year history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-options-traders-hedge-downside-as-uncertainty-lingers-anchorage-says?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_medium&amp;utm_campaign=rss_feed_medium\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anchorage Digital\u2019s latest analysis shows Bitcoin options traders remain defensive as near-term uncertainty persists, though markets are not pricing an extreme downside scenario for Strategy. Bitcoin options traders remain heavily positioned for downside protection, with both crypto-native and exchange-traded fund investors showing elevated demand for downside hedges, according to new research by Anchorage Digital&#8217;s head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-619811","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\/619811","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=619811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}