TL;DR
Blockchain.com launched crypto options for eligible users, offering calls and puts on Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, HYPE, Avalanche, XRP and TRON with expiries up to one week.
Trades are funded in USDC, positions must remain open through settlement, and buyers’ maximum trading loss is limited to the premium and fees.
The launch follows pending CFTC applications that could support regulated U.S. futures, options and prediction markets for retail and institutional customers.
Blockchain.com has launched crypto options trading for eligible users in supported jurisdictions, expanding its consumer derivatives offering one week after filing applications for U.S. derivatives licenses. According to the official announcement , users can buy calls and puts on Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, Hyperliquid, Avalanche, XRP and TRON through the platform’s Trading Account. Trades are funded upfront in USDC, with the premium representing the maximum trading loss. For users following crypto derivatives , the launch adds a defined-risk product alongside Blockchain.com’s existing perpetual futures offering. The company frames this upfront funding model as a way to preserve defined risk while making short-term directional exposure simpler for app users.
Options Add Defined-Risk Exposure as U.S. Licenses Remain Pending
The new interface is designed to simplify options by asking traders to choose an asset, target price, expiry date and trade amount. Blockchain.com then translates those selections into the corresponding call or put contract. At launch, expiries extend up to one week, and positions must be held through settlement rather than sold or closed early. The structure follows Blockchain.com’s broader derivatives expansion . Unlike leveraged margin positions, buyers cannot lose more than the premium and upfront fees committed to the option.
The launch follows Blockchain.com’s applications to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for registration as a Futures Commission Merchant and designation as a Designated Contract Market. If approved, those registrations could allow the company to offer regulated futures, options and prediction-market contracts to U.S. retail and institutional customers. The CFTC licensing effort builds on Blockchain.com’s push into perpetual futures earlier this year. The applications remain pending, so the newly launched options product for eligible supported jurisdictions should not be interpreted as approval to offer the same service to U.S. customers.
Blockchain.com says its options experience is intended to let users express short-term views based on both price direction and timing without requiring them to construct contracts manually. Live prices appear within the interface, and users review the strike, expiry, premium and fees before confirming. The company says the product is subject to local laws and regulatory requirements, meaning access varies by jurisdiction and account eligibility. The expansion comes as U.S. regulators continue shaping access to regulated crypto derivatives . The options launch broadens Blockchain.com’s product suite, while its ability to extend regulated derivatives directly to U.S. customers still depends on the outcome of its CFTC applications.
