Daily briefing · every morning · updated Jul 16, 2026
Today’s crypto options brief
The daily pulse of the BTC and ETH crypto options market: macro context, liquidity levels and the two hidden forces — whale intent and the state of the market makers. The numbers below are free, every morning.
Crypto in numbers
live Deribit data, updated this morning
🌐 MACRO CONTEXT
BTC spot $63,962 · funding +0.0056% · basis +23 · DVOL 36.5 · HV 36.9 · fear premium -0.5
ETH spot $1,871 · funding +0.0031% · basis +1 · DVOL 49.1 · HV 49.7 · fear premium -0.6
🧱 LEVELS — max pain and the whales’ walls
BTC
17JUL · max pain $63,000 · MM zone $60,000–$64,500 · 🛡 put wall $56,000 · 🧱 call wall $64,000
18JUL · max pain $64,500 · MM zone $63,000–$68,000 · 🛡 put wall $64,500 · 🧱 call wall $66,000
19JUL · max pain $64,000 · MM zone $62,500–$66,500 · 🛡 put wall $64,000 · 🧱 call wall $66,500
ETH
17JUL · max pain $1,800 · MM zone $1,650–$1,900 · 🛡 put wall $1,600 · 🧱 call wall $1,900
18JUL · max pain $1,925 · MM zone $1,825–$1,975 · 🛡 put wall $1,750 · 🧱 call wall $1,950
19JUL · max pain $1,875 · MM zone $1,800–$1,975 · 🛡 put wall $1,700 · 🧱 call wall $1,950
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