Bitcoin remains below $80,000 as January prediction contracts miss a liquidation-driven slide: Asia Morning Briefing.
TL;DR Options markets signaled rising tail risk amid mounting liquidations, while January odds adjusted slowly as bitcoin volatility emerged. The whole 9 yards of 💩 The Royal Flush here, diving into the latest Bitcoin soap opera with enough snark to melt a GPU, but with just enough warmth to keep the chips from burning. Bitcoin’s latest status update: it’s still flirting with the $80,000 line, and yes, that number matters because every time price taps near 80k, the Internet erupts like a sentient trading desk. The Asia Morning Briefing flagged the obvious drama: options markets were signaling rising tail risk as liquidations mounted, and yet January prediction contracts—those cute little bets about what price we’ll see next month—missed the dramatic liquidation-driven slide that many folks clearly hoped would happen. In short: the plot kept stalling at the edge of the cliff, and the crowd kept shouting about it anyway. Let’s unpack what that means without pretending the jargon ...