Bitcoin options flash warning as traders brace for sharp move
Bitcoin’s spot price remains stuck near $91,000, but options traders are preparing for turbulence.
Bitcoin is attempting to stabilize above the $90,000 level as markets digest fresh comments from Jerome Powell, which briefly reintroduced macro uncertainty into an already fragile environment.
Bitcoin has entered a fresh bout of volatility after a rare and highly charged response from Jerome Powell, following reports that federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation related to his conduct as Federal Reserve Chair.
January 13, 2026, 12:00 amBitcoin is attempting to hold above the $90,000 level as the market enters a new and increasingly decisive phase. After weeks of tight consolidation, BTC appears to be coiling for a volatile move, with price action compressing while conviction remains fragile on both sides of the market.
January 12, 2026, 11:00 pmBitcoin’s spot price remains stuck near $91,000, but options traders are preparing for turbulence.
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Strategy (MSTR) just announced a new, massive Bitcoin purchase. The preeminent BTC treasury company says it has purchased 13,627 Bitcoin for approximately $1.25 billion. That’s the firm’s largest weekly purchase since last summer.
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Five key data points from ETFs and on-chain markets show whether Bitcoin is resetting or slipping into a bear phase as price holds near $90,000.
On Sunday night, a lot of people in markets did the same thing at the same time: they opened a video and listened to a central banker sound like he was reading from a crisis manual.