Bitcoin Options Expiry on September 25: What to Check on Leverage, Margin and Maturity Now

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.On September 25, Bitcoin options worth $14.39 billion expire, alongside Ether options worth $1.81 billion. We counted the derivatives market ourselves and show what holders of leveraged positions should check before then.On Friday, September 25, 2026, at 08:00 UTC — 10:00 in Germany — Bitcoin options covering roughly 181,896 Bitcoin expire. At an index level of $79,117 that is $14.39 billion in a single morning. Anyone simply holding Bitcoin in their own wallet need do nothing about it. Anyone holding a leveraged position, a futures contract or an option, by contrast, has three things to settle by then: when their own contract runs out, how far away the liquidation price is, and what the position eats in financing costs until that day. This analysis was compiled by cryptoticker.io itself on September 9, 2026. Instead of taking a figure from a wire report, we read the derivatives market at the Deribit exchange directly: every open options contract in Bitcoin and Ether, together w...