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Bitcoin options are expiring in a huge batch today with 30500 contracts worth 1.9 billion vanishing into thin air. This week’s drop feels smaller than last but the markets still wobble without big spot shakes. Crypto dipped after a tiny gains streak with total value floating near 2.25 trillion and 70 billion slipping away since Monday. A US Iran peace deal failed to lift vibes while the new Fed chair Kevin Warsh kept rates steady as expected yet more hikes loom if inflation spikes.

Expiry Shadows Looming 🖤

The Bitcoin batch shows a put call ratio of 0.78 so call sellers edge out put ones slightly. Max pain sits at 65000 about 2000 above spot so plenty end up underwater. Open interest stays heaviest at the 80000 strike on Deribit with 1.6 billion while 60k holds 1.3 billion in shorts. Across exchanges total BTC options OI climbed to 36 billion per Coinglass.
Derivatives provider Greeks Live noted the 60000 level acts as a critical threshold.

1/ Midweek Crypto Derivatives Report
2026-06-18

A week of grinding calm has gutted the front of the bitcoin:native vol surface. Seven-day ATM IV has fallen from roughly 46 to 36 while the back barely moved near 43; the curve that was inverted a week ago – a classic fear-front -… pic.twitter.com/IGSHaQFna1

— Laevitas (@laevitas1) June 18, 2026

A sustained breach here could flip hedging flows toward more downside speed. The 70000 to 82000 zone offers positive gamma that dampens volatility naturally while Laevitas observed a grinding calm has thinned front month vol surfaces.

Ethereum Joins the Dark Flow 🕸️

137600 Ethereum contracts expire too for 234 million notional with max pain at 1725 and even put call ratio. Total ETH options OI reaches 6 billion across platforms. Combined crypto expiry hits 2.1 billion a modest event overall.
Crypto trades red in Asian morning hours with total cap plunging 2.4 percent. Bitcoin slid from 64500 intraday high down to 62800 now and lows may get tested again soon. Ethereum drops 3 percent nearing 1700 at yearly lows. Heavier altcoin pain hits Hyperliquid Zcash Sui and Avalanche.

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Trump declared on Truth Social that oil is now flowing freely while jobs hit fresh records and prices keep sliding lower which should boost overall affordability across the board 🖤. Oil has indeed been sliding with USOIL breaking under 73 dollars per barrel today.

This marks a roughly 40 percent drop from the post conflict peak near 120 dollars though the price still sits above pre conflict lows before tensions escalated with Iran 🌙.

Iran Nuclear Promise Locks In Safer Markets 🕸️

He added that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon which strengthens global safety under the reported but unsigned Iran US agreement. The POTUS also noted stock markets are roaring with jobs at records and prices dropping to improve affordability while calling the US strong safe and respected like never before.
He wrapped it up with a direct YOU’RE WELCOME on his platform here. Recent CPI prints have still shown multi year highs so any real affordability gains need more proof while equities hover near but below their all time peaks. Bitcoin mirrored the oil slide over the last day slipping to 63600 after his remarks before a quick bounce to 64200 that failed to hold leaving it under 64000 now. This kind of macro shake keeps defi plays on edge as liquidity rotates into safer plays.

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Uniswap caught some fresh momentum this week as institutional whispers about UNI’s future stirred up the markets and feeds.

Whales Stirring Up Volume 🌑

Whale moves on the network hit a 7-month high while active whale addresses climbed to a four-month peak according to Santiment’s report. The buzz followed a bold long-term forecast from Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick and team projecting UNI at $100 by 2030. They linked it to tokenized assets surging on-chain to roughly $4 trillion by end of 2028 from around $340 billion currently.

The researchers also flagged that tokenized assets in DeFi could expand at least 37 times over the next four years, hinting at serious ripple effects for Uniswap’s liquidity pools. Uniswap sits in a strong spot to grab that growth with its general-purpose trading setup, solid history, brand pull, and lead in correlated asset pairs as the top DEX.

This weekend the protocol confirmed tokenized equities like Apple, Tesla and NVIDIA now trade via its app and API. Earlier it also opened access to BlackRock’s BUIDL fund through UniswapX which sparked a 40% token pop. Standard Chartered laid out a clear path: $6.50 by year-end, $20 by 2027, $40 by 2028, $65 by 2029 and finally $100 in 2030. That path spells a potential 40x jump from recent levels and outperformance versus Bitcoin and Ethereum.

“Uniswap shocked traders with a +24% surge and massive whale activity and volume,” Santiment reported on X.

On June 17 that note dropped and the next day Santiment followed with active addresses hitting a 4-month high plus whale transactions matching their level from seven months back.

UNI Chart Vibes 🔮

Price-wise UNI hovered near $3.10 at writing after tapping $3.65 in the last 24 hours, its highest since mid-May. The token climbed almost 24% over the past week and over 16% in 14 days though it still sits down nearly 12% for the month and 58% year-on-year. 🖤

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Dogecoin keeps slipping through the cracks after losing its grip on the top 10 ranks these past months 🖤. Some still eye a bounce back while whale moves hint at something darker unfolding.

DOGE Whales Paying Rent 🦇

Analyst Ali Martinez highlighted how big holders offloaded 420 million coins in just seven days. At present prices that stacks up to roughly $35 million with whales still sitting on nearly 35 billion DOGE or 22.7% of the total supply. This flow does not seal a steeper fall yet it shows these players positioning ahead of possible turbulence. Retail eyes watch close since experienced wallets often sense shifts before the crowd piles on. One X user joked the whales simply needed cash to cover rent this week via their linked post.

Time to Rally? 🌑

Martinez flipped earlier to a sunnier take when the Tom DeMark Sequential lit a buy signal back in June after nailing the May dip from $0.113 down to $0.078. Holding the $0.081 line inside that long five-year channel could spark another sharp climb. The RSI dipping to 30 now flags oversold conditions ripe for a reversal since readings above 70 usually warn of corrections ahead.

Exchange outflows beating inflows over recent weeks point to more holders preferring self-custody which eases sell pressure in the near term.

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