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A whale spent $10.22 million to buy Bitcoin call options
TechFlow
Jan 16, 2026
#Bitcoin
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On January 16, according to on-chain analyst AI Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa)'s monitoring, a whale on Deribit bought 1,300 $BTC call options expiring on February 27, 2026 with a strike price of $100,000, and 2,400 $BTC call options expiring on January 30, 2026 with a strike price of $98,000, paying a total premium of $10.22M.
These call options correspond to $353.00M worth of BTC. It is currently uncertain whether they belong to the same person, but the purchase times are very close.
#GateTradFiExperien
TechFlow
Jan 16, 2026
#Bitcoin
BTC
-0.52%
On January 16, according to on-chain analyst AI Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa)'s monitoring, a whale on Deribit bought 1,300 $BTC call options expiring on February 27, 2026 with a strike price of $100,000, and 2,400 $BTC call options expiring on January 30, 2026 with a strike price of $98,000, paying a total premium of $10.22M.
These call options correspond to $353.00M worth of BTC. It is currently uncertain whether they belong to the same person, but the purchase times are very close.
#GateTradFiExperien
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