Bitcoin Traders’ Favorite Lottery Ticket for the First Half of the Year — The $300K BTC Call

In the crypto market, bold predictions aren’t just talk - they’re backed by real dollars, often through option plays that resemble lottery tickets offering outsized upside for relatively small costs.The stand-out as of writing is the Deribit-listed $300,000 strike bitcoin call option expiring on June 26. Theoretically, this call is a bet that BTC's spot price will triple to over $300,000 by the end of the first half of the year.Over 5,000 contracts were active in the June $300K call at press time, with a notional open interest of $484 million source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/05/04/bitcoin-traders-favorite-lottery-ticket-for-the-first-half-of-the-year-the-usd300k-btc-call