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The current total position of OKX BTC options contract is 22818.06 BTC, with a 9.42% decline in the past 24 hours, indicating a decrease in the activity of the options trading market. Data for reference only Interpretation: Option holding refers to the total number of unexercised option contracts in the market, which can reflect the current market's views and expectations on the future price trend of a certain underlying asset. Data for reference only

Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick and 21Shares’ Matt Mena see current market conditions as supportive for bitcoin, given that 10-year U.S. Treasury yields remain below 4.50%.If yields hold at these levels through the weekend, Kendrick suggests bitcoin could break past $102,500 and potentially reach a fresh all-time high above $108,000 in February.

BlockBeats news, on February 8th, according to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is planning to hold a CEO forum to discuss the CFTC's digital asset market pilot program for tokenized non cash collateral, such as stablecoins. The participants include leaders from Circle, Coinbase, (Crypto.com), and Ripple, a cryptocurrency pilot program, and the concept of expanding non cash collateral through distributed ledger technology proposed by current CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham.

Caroline Pham, who is running the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on an acting basis, is pursuing a stablecoin-backed tokenization pilot program, and an upcoming summit will include the heads of Coinbase, Ripple, Circle, Crypto.com and other digital assets firms.Pham had suggested the idea for a so-called regulatory sandbox on tokenization through her advisory committee, the Global Markets Advisory Committee, in the past but that hadn't been embraced by the agency's previous leadership.See all newsletters“I’m excited to announce this groundbreaking initiative for U.S. digital asset markets,” Acting Chairman Pham said in a statement on Friday. “I look forward to engaging with market participants to deliver on the Trump Administration’s promise of ensuring that America leads the way on economic opportunity.”The idea, based in what Pham called "responsible innovation," would push into the use of non-cash collateral "through distributed ledger technology," according to the agency.A date and further details for the forum of digital assets CEOs hasn't yet been set.As acting chairman, Republican Commissioner Pham has made some dramatic changes at the U.S. derivatives watchdog in just a few weeks after she began standing in for the previous Chairman Rostin Behnam, a Democrat appointed by former President Joe Biden. Those changes have included a wide-ranging replacement of senior officials at the agency, and one personnel matter involving a former human-resource chief sparked an unusually open and detailed response on Thursday from the CFTC. Spokespeople for the regulator argued that "false allegations" had been made against Pham by "disgruntled individuals" the agency linked to internal misconduct investigations.Trump's CFTC Pick Clears Top Ranks of Key US Crypto Regulator

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