Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, announced on Monday that it opens access to Bitcoin
“Writing options” for all users. Moving is a direct response to a significant increase in retail demand for more strategic and sophisticated trading tools.
Options are derivative contracts that allow the consumer the right to buy or sell the underlying property at a predetermined price at or before a certain date. A call option provides the right to buy and represent a bullish bet in the market while a choice to put is offering downside protection.
Writing options refer to the sale of the call or place, which offers insurance against bullish or bearish moves prices at the underlying possession. The writer (seller) is paid for both in the form of an upward premium.
Sophisticated crypto holders are known to write options to earn excessive yield at the top of the area market handling.
“Acceleration of crypto adoption will increase demand for more sophisticated liquidity tools and we focus on developing a full suite of derivative products to support our users.” Jeff Li, VP of the product in Binance, commented on the development.
Binance said to maintain stable risk management controls, which requires writers’ choices to pass a mandated assessment of suitability and post a margin to sollate their obligations.
The announcement came as the broader BTC options market saw explosion growth, with a total trading volume rising to more than 3200% from $ 4.11 billion from 2020 to $ 138.76 billion in June 2025, Binance’s statement shared with CoinDesk.
By enabling a wider user base to write options, Binance aims to empower entrepreneurs to express views on the market, manage risk, earn premium premiums, and implement techniques beyond simple direction betting.
To celebrate the launch, Binance offers a 20% discount on taker fees and manufacturers for all newly listed option contracts, including those for Ether (Et)Bnb (Bnb)and Solana
. The exchange also improves the options that are improved programs for high-volumes and institutional traders, which offer lower qualification thresholds and more attractive fees structures.
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