{"id":6948,"date":"2025-08-18T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/6948\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:20:07","slug":"bitcoin-at-140000-traders-load-over-1bn-into-bets-that-price-will-surge-in-september-dl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/6948\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin at $140,000? Traders load over $1bn into bets that price will surge in September \u2013 DL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"list-outside pl-8\">\n<li>Deribit data shows $1 billion in bullish calls targeting $140,000 by late September.<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin broke $124,000 last week, with forecasts of over $200,000 by year-end.<\/li>\n<li>Potential Fed rate cuts are fuelling risk appetite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Bitcoin\u2019s record run is enticing options traders to plough over $1 billion into bets that the price will trade above $140,000 by September 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basedmoney.io\/metrics\/open-interest\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Data<\/a> from derivatives exchange Deribit shows bullish positioning, underscoring confidence that the rally has more room to run. <\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">\u201cThe demand is here, and I expect to see Bitcoin surpass $250,000 by the end of the year,\u201d Kyle Chasse, founder of venture capital firm MV Global, said in comments shared with DL News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Call options give buyers the right, but not the obligation, to purchase Bitcoin at a set price. In this case at $140,000 on or before the contract expires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The optimism comes as Metaplanet, a Japanese Bitcoin treasury company, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Metaplanet_JP\/status\/1957276679706992813\/photo\/1\" rel=\" nofollow\">announced<\/a> that it has purchased another 775 Bitcoin at about $120,000 per coin in a deal worth $93 million, bringing its total holdings to 18,888. <\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Bitcoin\u2019s climb past $124,000 earlier in August to a fresh all-time high has been driven by continuing spot exchange-traded fund inflows, with over 200 corporate treasuries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/six-factors-for-a-successful-bitcoin-treasury-says-tom-lee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">adding<\/a> crypto to balance sheets, and a weakening US dollar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Traders are also anticipating strong macroeconomic tailwinds in September. <\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">The US Federal Reserve is scheduled to hold the next Open Market Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/monetarypolicy\/fomccalendars.htm\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meeting<\/a> on September 16-17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/ethereum-eyes-all-time-high-as-bessent-calls-for-50-bps-cut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a> Fox Business that the Fed should kick off an easing cycle with a 50 basis-point cut next month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Lower rates tend to boost risk assets by reducing borrowing costs and pushing investors out of safe-haven bonds.<\/p>\n<p><b>What we\u2019re reading<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"puppeteer-article-text-type-element\">Lance Datskoluo is DL News\u2019 Europe-based markets correspondent. Got a tip? Email at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/bitcoin-traders-load-1bn-into-bets-that-price-will-surge-to-140000-in-september\/mailto:lance@dlnews.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dlnews.com\/articles\/markets\/bitcoin-traders-load-1bn-into-bets-that-price-will-surge-to-140000-in-september\/mailto:lance@dlnews.com\">lance@dlnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deribit data shows $1 billion in bullish calls targeting $140,000 by late September. 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