The last couple of days have been extremely bullish for the crypto space, especially for the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum price. The lead altcoin has gained 6% in the last 24hrs and is now trading at $2,000.
In May, ethereum
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The reason behind such a surge is mainly The Merge upgrade scheduled for September 15-16, 2022. Thus, the bullish sentiment could continue till the upgrade, and maybe even after.
ETH Options interest Surpass That Of Bitcoin’s
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As per the reports, ETH Options Open Interest is positioned at $6.6B whereas BTC Open Interest is at $4.8B. This might be because of traders who are betting big with call options due to the upcoming September merge.
On the contrary, reports from the derivatives market indicate that most of the market participants believe that this bullish momentum will find its end after the Merge. Meanwhile, one of the Glassnode analysts says that this might flip into a sell-the-news kind of situation.
September call options are presently increasing, which is affecting the put options, with Deribit data indicating a rebound to $2,200. Nevertheless, after the Merge update, the demand for call options might decline dramatically.
This indicates that market participants are eager to have more downward shieldings. This is to protect their holdings following a large rally in a short period of time.
Additionally, Ethereum co-founder, vitalik buterin 
vitalik buterin co-founder at ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine Vitalik Buterin is a professional programmer and writer who is famous as the Co-Founder of Ethereum. Buterin along with Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Joseph Lubin, and Anthony Di launched Ethereum in 2014. He co-created Ethereum when he understood that he could construct a new, possibly enhanced version by iterating on the Bitcoin blockchain.
He has been involved in the Bitcoin community since 2011, writing and co-founding articles for Bitcoin magazine. Vitalik linked Bitcoin to a calculator and a future blockchain to a smartphone and used the same method of improving the system’s strength by making it more general purpose to blockchain network space.
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