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BlackRock bitcoin ETF options errupt in crash: Hedge fund blowup or just market madness?

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BlackRock bitcoin ETF options errupt in crash: Hedge fund blowup or just market madness?

Options trading on BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF, IBIT, surged to a record 2.33 million contracts on Thursday as bitcoin crashed.

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