Options on BlackRock's popular iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) debuted on the Nasdaq Tuesday, ushering in a new way to speculate on the price of bitcoin.

The options rollout comes as bitcoin reached new highs above $94,900 on Wednesday. While it's retreated to $94,320, it's still about 2% higher over the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

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This is Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Bitcoin hit a record high at $94,963 on Tuesday, after the Nasdaq started to allow trading of options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust for the first time on the same day.

Crypto investors are buzzing about this week’s debut of options on exchange-traded funds that hold bitcoin, as heavy volumes du

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Nasdaq Inc. is planning to list options on BlackRock Inc.’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, possibly as soon as Tuesday, allowing investors to use derivatives to bet on or against the world’s largest digital asset.