Retail options surge and US–EU tariff clash raise market volatility risks

Beincrypto reports crypto markets face an unusually turbulent week as record retail options activity collides with escalating US–EU trade tensions and a looming Supreme Court ruling. Retail traders now account for 21.7% of options volume, up from 10.7% in 2022, with daily retail call volume at 8.2 million contracts and puts at 5.4 million, the article said.

Bitcoin steadied near $95,100 on Sunday, but the near-$95,000 level is described as increasingly fragile as retail speculation and macro shocks converge; Bitcoin pioneer Max Keiser called the frenzy a market "casino gulag," and a global markets observer said overall retail options volume has more than doubled since last year and "risk appetite remains extremely high." Over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced 10% tariffs on eight European countries to pressure support for the US purchase of Greenland, a measure that could rise to 25% by June and threaten $1.5 trillion in trade flows, while French President Emmanuel Macron urged the EU to deploy an "anti-coercion instrument" that could block US banks from EU procurement and target American tech giants.

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Crypto, Bitcoin, Retail Options, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Us-eu Tariffs