Blockchain.com launches crypto options with one-week expiries and $5 minimum premium
Blockchain.com opens options trading to eligible users
Blockchain.com has launched options trading for eligible users. Options are contracts that give a buyer the right to buy or sell an asset at a set price by a certain date.
Users can buy call options and put options on seven assets: bitcoin, ether, SOL, HYPE, AVAX, XRP and TRX. The contracts have expiries of up to one week.
Trades are funded upfront in USDC, a stablecoin designed to track the US dollar, through the company's Trading Account. The amount paid for the option is the maximum the buyer can lose. The product is available only in supported jurisdictions.
Key details of the product
- Expiries run up to one week.
- The minimum premium is $5, not counting applicable fees.
- Options must be held until expiry and cannot be sold or closed early, according to Blockchain.com's support documentation.
- Users pick an expiry date and target price, enter a trade amount, and review the trade before confirming.
- Blockchain.com says it translates that view into the matching call or put option.
How the company describes the experience
Taro Ugen, VP of Consumer at Blockchain.com, said the experience was built around where traders think the market is going, when they think it will get there, and how much they are prepared to put behind that view.
Ugen added that the company handles the complexity in the background so users get a simpler way to access a trading service with clearly defined risk that adds to their investment toolkit.
Existing products and license application
Earlier this month, Blockchain.com applied for U.S. regulatory licenses to offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives. The company already offers prediction markets through Polymarket and perpetual futures through Hyperliquid to some international users.
What is confirmed
Blockchain.com has launched options trading for eligible users on bitcoin, ether, SOL, HYPE, AVAX, XRP and TRX, with expiries of up to one week, a $5 minimum premium excluding fees, and USDC funding through its Trading Account. The company's support documentation states the options cannot be sold or closed before expiry. The launch follows the company's application for U.S. licenses for prediction markets and crypto derivatives.
What is still unclear
The source material does not say which jurisdictions are supported, whether the U.S. license application has been decided, or when or whether it will be. The source also does not name a specific launch date for the options product.
Why it matters
Options let traders limit losses to the amount paid for the contract, and Blockchain.com packages that risk cap into a simple flow: choose a direction, a target price and an expiry. Because contracts cannot be closed early, a buyer's position is locked until the expiry date chosen. The product sits alongside the company's existing prediction market and perpetual futures offerings for some users.
Sources
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