{"id":23961,"date":"2025-07-01T07:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=23961"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:45:21","slug":"institutionals-are-taking-precautions-for-a-bitcoin-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/institutionals-are-taking-precautions-for-a-bitcoin-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutionals Are Taking Precautions for a Bitcoin Dip: It Could Fall to This Price!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bitcoin (BTC)<\/strong> investors are positioning against a price decline to the $85,0.000 to $106,000 range through a high concentration of <strong>put options<\/strong> on the decentralized derivatives platform <strong>Derive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the strong rally recently seen in the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a><\/em><\/strong> price, a significant portion of investors maintain a short-term bearish outlook. According to data from the decentralized derivatives platform <strong>Derive.xyz<\/strong>, investors are taking precautions against the possibility that the <strong>BTC<\/strong> price could fluctuate downwards in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the total open interest value of <strong>BTC options<\/strong> on the platform exceeds $54 million, approximately 20% of this amount is concentrated in <strong>put options<\/strong> with a July 11 expiry, at strike prices of $85,000, $100,000, and $106,000. Over the last 24 hours, 70% of investors have shifted towards <strong>put options<\/strong>, displaying a distinctly defensive stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Divergence between Centralized and Decentralized Platforms!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bitcoin4433-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, this bearish sentiment on the decentralized platform <strong>Derive<\/strong> contradicts the activity observed on the centralized platform giant, <strong>Deribit<\/strong>. On <strong>Deribit<\/strong>, investors have been abandoning <strong>put options<\/strong> at and below the $100,000 level, while shifting towards <strong>call options<\/strong> in the $108,000 to $115,000 range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to experts, the bearish positions on the decentralized platform are linked to macroeconomic uncertainties in the market and expectations of profit-taking following the strong rally in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ethereum (ETH)<\/strong> investors, on the other hand, appear more optimistic. On <strong>Derive<\/strong>, 30% of <strong>ETH options<\/strong> are concentrated at the $2,900 level, with investors anticipating that the price will rise on news from the upcoming ETHCC event in Cannes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (BTC) investors are positioning against a price decline to the $85,0.000 to $106,000 range through a high concentration of put options on the decentralized derivatives platform Derive. Despite the strong rally recently seen in the Bitcoin price, a significant portion of investors maintain a short-term bearish outlook. 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