Bitcoin holds near $87,115 as $23.7B BTC options expiry looms

Bitcoin traded at $87,115 on December 26, down 0.48% over 24 hours, while Ethereum fell 1.68% to $2,897 and Solana slipped below $120, HTX data show. Total cryptocurrency market capitalization stands at $3.021 trillion, down 0.6% in 24 hours, with about 300,000 BTC options contracts worth roughly $23.7 billion set to expire, bringing combined BTC and ETH options expiries to $28.5 billion, approximately twice the scale of the same period last year. Among altcoins, BIFI rose 78% to $238.4, ZBT gained 55.2% to $0.1557, and 0G climbed 29.3% to $1.034, while METIS fell 12.8% to $5.79, BANANA declined 12.05% to $7.14, and DOLO dropped 10.08% to $0.03811 over 24 hours.