Key facts: CRYPTO:ETHUSD; $1.02B/$553M risk; 1wk options; 35.9% held
ETHUSD: a drop below $2,333 would risk about $1.023B in long liquidations; a move above $2,572 would risk about $553M in short liquidations on major exchanges.Blockchain.com launched weekly ETHUSD spot CFD options (calls and puts) with up-to-one-week expiries, USDC settlement, premiums equal max loss, and mandatory hold until settlement.Validators hold 35.9% of circulating ETH; validator count fell from ~1.1M to 881k as operators consolidated under EIP-7251. Active validator balances rose 8.8% to 43.8M ETH, cutting emission ~3–4%.This is an AI-generated summary and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify any important information with the original sources.