Options on BlackRock's popular iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) debuted on the Nasdaq Tuesday, ushering in a new way to speculate on the price of bitcoin.

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF options will start trading tomorrow with significant market implications after regulatory approvals.

Bitcoin ETF Options is set to launch today, sparking market optimism over a potential BTC rally to $200K in the coming days amid soaring institutional interest.

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced its readiness to manage the clearance and settlement of options on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

The launch occurs alongside notable inflows into Bitcoin spot ETFs. On Monday, Coinglass data showed that BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) had a daily inflow of $87.95 million, the highest among all 11 US-listed spot ETFs that day.

Nasdaq head of ETP listings Alison Hennessy discusses the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and says our intent is to list and trade Bitcoin ETF options "as early as tomorrow." She speaks with Eric Balchunas,

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF options will finally go live on the Nasdaq stock exchange, maybe as soon as tomorrow. Alison Hennessy, Nasdaq’s head of ETP listings, dropped the news on Bloomberg’s ETF IQ. “Getting these options listed on IBIT into the market I think will be very exciting for investors because that’s really what we have