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XRP hovers near $14 million options battleground that could sway trading
$XRP ($XRP) is trading just above a level heavily targeted by derivative traders, making it a critical zone for near-term price action.

The payments-focused cryptocurrency changed hands at around $1.50 at press time, placing just above a notable concentration of options activity at $1.40 on crypto exchange Deribit. $XRP is used by Ripple to facilitate cross-border transactions.

Options are derivatives contracts whose value is derived from an underlying asset, in this case $XRP. They give traders the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell $XRP at a specific price (known as the strike) before a set expiry date. Call options are typically used to bet on upside, while put options are used to hedge or speculate on downside.

As of writing, about $6.95 million worth of call option positions were open at the $1.40 strike, alongside $7.69 million in put positions at the same level. In total, that brings the value of outstanding or “open" contracts at this strike to roughly $14.6 million, or nearly 25% of all $XRP options open on the exchange. Most of this open interest in concentrated in the March 27 expiry.

CoinDesk reached out to Deribit for a comment on the same.

This kind of clustering at a single strike is unusual and typically signals that the market is approaching a key inflection point.
$XRP options: Distribution of open interest. (Deribit Metrics)

As expiry approaches, this level may act as a magnet or gravitational price zone. Market makers, and traders who sold options at $1.40 and are "short gamma" could dynamically hedge their exposure, potentially pulling the price toward the strike. This phenomenon is widely referred to as "pinning."

This concept is common in currency markets, where major currency pairs like EUR/USD often gravitate toward large strikes as expiry nears.

Traders, therefore, need to watch $1.40 level closely in the days ahead. A

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Metaplanet’s market-to-net-asset value stood at about 1.11x on Monday, a level that put the company above the threshold needed to make a novel class of warrants exercisable.

Data shows the firm held 35,102 BTC, and executives say the fresh capital will be used to keep buying Bitcoin as it chases a 210,000 BTC treasury target.

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The company sold roughly $255 million in a private placement of new shares priced at a 2% premium, and paired those shares with fixed-strike warrants at a 10% premium.

According to the CEO, Simon Gerovich, if all warrants are exercised the firm could add about $276 million more — and a separate “moving strike” warrant package could provide another $234 million of potential capital.


Source: Metaplanet
The moving strike warrants include what the Metaplanet CEO called an mNAV clause: they can only be exercised when the stock trades above 1.01x mNAV. That clause is meant to prevent issuing shares at levels that would reduce Bitcoin per share.

Reports note the mNAV metric compares enterprise value to the value of a company’s crypto holdings, and a reading below 1 makes new equity raises more difficult.

Metaplanet has raised ~$255m from global institutional investors via a placement of new shares priced at a 2% premium, paired with fixed-strike warrants at a 10% premium that monetize our equity volatility for up to ~$276m in additional capital upon exercise. Up to ~$531m in... pic.twitter.com/0tg62TopGR

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The placement drew institutional investors. The new capital will be directed mainly toward Bitcoin purchases as part of a buildup that aims to make this company one of the largest corporate holders.

Reports indicate the firm already ranks among the top holders and is positioning to expand further with the fresh funds.

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