BlockBeats news, December 23, the Christmas holiday market liquidity is thin, precious metal prices soaring take away liquidity and the upcoming record options expiration, together causing Bitcoin to remain below $90,000 today. Analysts warn that the record options expiration this Friday will amplify volatility. About 300,000 BTC options contracts (notional value of approximately $23.7 billion) are set to expire on Friday, accounting for more than half of the total open interest in Bitcoin on Deribit. Deribit's Chief Business Officer Jean-David Pequignot stated that this options expiration "breaks records", with a combined BTC and ETH options expiration scale of $28.5 billion, double that of last year.