Bitcoin Rally Stalls as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits; XRP, Solana Climb

The divergence is the story: capital rotating into large-cap alts while bitcoin absorbs an options-driven pause suggests the market is treating this as a positioning event rather than a change in trend. The expiry itself is mechanical and finite, so its influence fades quickly — which makes the next few sessions the real test of whether underlying demand persists without that overhang. What matters for RWA and broader alt sentiment is whether XRP and Solana's relative strength outlasts bitcoin's consolidation, or proves to be a brief spillover. Whether the pullback-versus-reversal question resolves on the pullback side is the open question.