Check Your Options: Mara, Beyond Meat Hit Top Ten Contract Volume

$Marathon Digital (MARA.US)$ is back in the top 10 U.S. Equities by options contract trading volume after bitcoin continued its march to an all-time high, passing $60k on Wednesday. The market prices Marathon to climb as the Bitcoin halving approaches and excitement over newly approved ETFs tracking the coin. The coin briefly climbed to $64k before pulling back to $61k, up 8% by noon.

$Beyond Meat(BYND.US)$ also found itself with high options contract volume, after jumping 100% overnight before tapering to a smooth 46% climb Wednesday morning after the firm reported a healthy increase in its net margins, and layoffs.