Blockchain.com Launches Weekly Options on Seven Cryptoassets
Blockchain.com added weekly options to its Trading Account on October 20, 2026: buy-only calls and puts on seven assets, USDC-settled, $5 minimum premium, no early exit. US and UK residents are excluded while its CFTC filings are pending.
Five dollars and one week. That is the shortest version of the options product Blockchain.com switched on inside its Trading Account on October 20, 2026. Eligible users can now buy call and put contracts on seven digital assets, with every trade settled in USDC.
Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana are on the list. The rest of the seven-asset lineup has not been detailed.
How the product works
Expiries are capped at one week. Buyers must hold to settlement and cannot exit early, which removes the usual move of selling a winning option before expiry to lock in profit. You're in until the clock runs out.
The minimum premium is $5 per order, plus fees. That premium is also the most a trader can lose on a position. Every trade is funded in USDC, and users don't need to hold the underlying asset.
The structure is buy-only. Users don't write contracts or take on open-ended obligations. That is a different risk profile from the perpetual futures Blockchain.com rolled out earlier in 2026.
Who can trade
Access is limited to users the company deems eligible. US and UK residents are among those excluded.
The catch for degens
Capped risk per trade is not capped risk overall. Short-dated options can expire worthless quickly, and many do. Someone rolling a string of weekly calls can lose the full premium every week, and $5 tickets add up fast.
Then there's the no-early-exit rule. The defined risk comes with a defined commitment: you can't cut a position that's going against you.
Regulatory backdrop
The launch landed a week after Blockchain.com filed with the CFTC on October 13, 2026 for a Futures Commission Merchant license and a Designated Contract Market registration, aiming to offer regulated derivatives and prediction markets in the US. Those applications are filed, not approved, and US access to this product depends on that process. Our earlier coverage details the two CFTC license filings and the company's $500M IPO target.
For traders, the pitch is simple: a defined-loss, USDC-settled instrument sitting in a retail account, offering convexity (outsized upside for a small fixed cost) with the worst case known at entry. Whether weekly expiries pull enough volume will show in whether Blockchain.com widens the menu beyond seven assets.
