{"id":64302,"date":"2025-12-18T20:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64302"},"modified":"2025-12-18T20:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:31:34","slug":"bitcoin-whipsaws-from-89000-to-85000-liquidates-120m-whats-driving-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64302","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Whipsaws From $89,000 To $85,000, Liquidates $120M: What&#8217;s Driving Volatility?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) remains trapped in a volatile $85,000 to $90,000 range, struggling to sustain upside even after softer-than-expected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49489829\/inflations-down-but-so-is-bitcoin-why-btc-gets-sold-at-90000-every-time\">inflation data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Bitcoin&#8217;s volatility is spiking ahead of a massive $23 billion options expiry next week, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>BTC briefly surged to $89,430 before reversing sharply and now sits roughly 30% below its October peak near $126,000.<\/p>\n<p>Options markets are leaning bearish. <\/p>\n<p>Thirty-day implied volatility is near 45%, skew is negative, and traders are pricing downside &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49491941\/bitcoin-whipsaws-from-89000-to-85000-liquidates-120m-whats-driving-volatility?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" whipsaws from to liquidates what driving volatility>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) remains trapped in a volatile $85,000 to $90,000 range, struggling to sustain upside even after softer-than-expected inflation data. What Happened: Bitcoin&#8217;s volatility is spiking ahead of a massive $23 billion options expiry next week, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. BTC briefly surged to $89,430 before reversing sharply and now sits roughly 30% below [&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-64302","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\/64302","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=64302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}