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Bitcoin $70,000-$72,000 call options surge as post-FOMC window seen as key test

Large call option positions targeting bitcoin at $70,000 and $72,000 have built up ahead of a July 31 expiry on Deribit. Open interest clustered around those strikes, with bitcoin near $64,289 at the time. Deribit’s chief business officer described a block trade structured as a bull call spread. The expiry falls just after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s July 29 policy decision, focusing attention on whether bitcoin can clear resistance near $69,000.