Gate Research: Implied volatility remains high; Gate exclusively launches rolling sell option tool.

This week, implied volatility (IV) in the options market remained high, with BTC and ETH IV at 46% and 70%, respectively. Looking at the skewness structure, BTC skew across all maturities converged to approximately -5 vol this week, while ETH showed structural divergence and increased short-term hedging demand. Meanwhile, ETH forward skew remained relatively stable, while BTC maintained a steeper downside protection demand.