{"id":660825,"date":"2026-09-22T18:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=849732"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:33:25","slug":"someone-bet-3-17m-on-bitcoin-price-rising-but-could-lose-big-if-btc-hits-100k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/someone-bet-3-17m-on-bitcoin-price-rising-but-could-lose-big-if-btc-hits-100k\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone Bet $3.17M on Bitcoin Price Rising\u2014But Could Lose Big if BTC Hits $100K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/someone-bet-3-17m-on-bitcoins-price-rising-and-could-lose-if-it-soars-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bitcoin, chart and rolling dice\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>A bitcoin options trader targeted a price of $95,000 by October 30, with $3.17 million paid upfront. A bigger rally could erase the position\u2019s entire payout at expiry, however, creating an unusual predicament for someone betting on higher prices. A Multimillion-Dollar Bet With a Precise Destination The price of bitcoin reaching $100,000 for the first [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bitcoin options trader targeted a price of $95,000 by October 30, with $3.17 million paid upfront. A bigger rally could erase the position\u2019s entire payout at expiry, however, creating an unusual predicament for someone betting on higher prices. A Multimillion-Dollar Bet With a Precise Destination The price of bitcoin reaching $100,000 for the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":660826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-660825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660825","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=660825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}