{"id":48124,"date":"2025-09-17T20:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48124"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:16:31","slug":"options-corner-cleanspark-could-offer-crypto-speculators-a-massive-short-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48124","title":{"rendered":"Options Corner: CleanSpark Could Offer Crypto Speculators A Massive Short Squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Fundamentally, cryptocurrency miner <strong>CleanSpark Inc<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/CLSK#NASDAQ\">CLSK<\/a>) has likely been moving higher due to speculation of monetary policy. In the trailing five sessions, for example, CLSK stock has jumped over 13%. Heading into the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee&#8217;s (FOMC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/equities\/25\/09\/47709643\/stock-market-today-sp-500-nasdaq-futures-dip-ahead-of-fomc-decision-on-interest-rates-general-mills-new-fortress-cracker-barrel-in-focus\">decision on a dovish adjustment<\/a> of the benchmark interest rate \u2014 and more importantly commentary regarding the forward outlook \u2014 the security gained over 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it could ultimately be rising short interest that helps move CLSK stock even higher. Even more enticing, the stock is flashing a strong technical signal that is almost surely on the watchlist of meme traders and other market gamblers.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, the earlier moves of CLSK stock likely stem from buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news dynamics \u2014 and the headline rumor itself wasn\u2019t all that groundbreaking. According to CME Group&#8217;s FedWatch, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/interest-rates\/cme-fedwatch-tool.html?tblci=GiBHQ5jGSz2tTIA8W0d9W_RJMHgkmUPdKPzylaI48Ac4RiCN1Vcomc3V5NGfyeiJATDviEo\">tool<\/a> projected a 100% likelihood that the Federal Reserve would cut the benchmark interest rate. Instead of the actual decision, it&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/market-summary\/25\/09\/47720713\/fomc-cuts-nvidias-uk-play-chinas-big-run\">central bank&#8217;s commentary<\/a> that had investors glued to their screens.<\/p>\n<p>For the Fed, it has an incredibly difficult job because inflation remains sticky. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/economic-data\/25\/09\/47573677\/jobs-market-revision-2025-labor-voo-fed-interest-rates-nonfarm-payrolls\">weak jobs data and negative adjustments<\/a> help bolster the case of a dovish shift in monetary policy. If so, that could be supportive of digital assets, which in turn would likely lead to positive spillover effects for blockchain miners like CleanSpark.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the concern that traders just encountering CLSK stock may have is its already-strong performance. In the trailing half-year period, CLSK is up roughly 40%. Given the volatility of crypto-exposed assets, legitimate fears of holding the bag exist. At the same time, this rally could be an early chapter of a longer-term narrative.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CLSK Stock Flashes A Bullish Signal Amid Rising Short Interest<\/h2>\n<p>As with any healthy market, CLSK stock has both believers and skeptics. What makes CleanSpark a must-watch entity is that the skeptics are putting &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/options\/25\/09\/47726071\/cleanspark-clsk-stock-short-squeeze-speculation\" alt=\"Options\" corner: cleanspark could offer crypto speculators a massive short squeeze>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fundamentally, cryptocurrency miner CleanSpark Inc (NASDAQ:CLSK) has likely been moving higher due to speculation of monetary policy. In the trailing five sessions, for example, CLSK stock has jumped over 13%. Heading into the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee&#8217;s (FOMC) decision on a dovish adjustment of the benchmark interest rate \u2014 and more importantly commentary regarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-48124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}