B3 Lists Options on BTC, ETH and SOL Futures
What B3 Launched
B3, Brazil’s exchange and the largest in Latin America, announced on July 7, 2026 the launch of options on futures for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. The listing appears in the exchange’s official Portuguese news index under the headline “B3 lança Opções sobre futuros de Bitcoin, Ethereum e Solana” (B3 newsroom).
The move extends B3’s existing cryptoasset lineup. The exchange’s products page already lists Bitcoin, Ether and Solana among its tradable cryptoassets, alongside crypto ETFs. Adding options on futures gives Brazilian market participants a further derivatives layer on top of the underlying and futures markets.
The three underlyings map exactly onto the coins we run dedicated pages for: Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. All three sit in our layer-1 category, which makes B3’s selection a clean case study in how a major regional exchange frames institutional-grade crypto access.
Why The Coin Selection Matters
Options on futures are among the more advanced instruments an exchange can list. Their arrival signals that B3 sees enough demand and liquidity in these three assets to support a structured derivatives complex rather than spot exposure alone.
B3 has been building momentum in its options business generally. The exchange registered options market records in 2026, citing record trading volumes in equity options and Ibovespa options in January and February. The crypto options launch fits that broader push into the derivatives segment.
That B3 chose Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana — and no other tokens — is itself informative. These are the same three layer-1 networks that anchor most institutional crypto product menus globally, and the concentration reflects where regulated liquidity is deepest.
Current Market Context For Each Coin
To quantify the market these options sit on top of, here is where each underlying stood as of July 8, 2026, according to our CoinMarketCap data.
Bitcoin traded at $62,218.75, down 2.92% over 24 hours but up 3.60% on the week, per our CoinMarketCap data. Its market capitalization stood at roughly $1.25 trillion on 24-hour volume of about $29.07 billion. Bitcoin remains the largest and most liquid of the three underlyings by a wide margin.
Ethereum was priced at $1,736.79, down 3.79% on the day and up 7.33% over seven days, according to our CoinMarketCap data. Its market cap was near $209.60 billion with 24-hour volume of roughly $11.07 billion — the second-deepest market of the trio.
Solana changed hands at $77.16, down 6.18% over 24 hours and down 0.55% on the week, per our CoinMarketCap data. Over 30 days, though, Solana was up 14.50%, the strongest monthly move of the three. Its market cap sat near $44.90 billion on 24-hour volume of about $2.63 billion.
The volume figures underline why B3 built its options complex around these names: Bitcoin’s turnover alone is more than ten times Solana’s, and the three together represent the bulk of tradable liquidity in the layer-1 space.
What LatAm Derivatives Access Means Across The Set
For the region, a regulated venue offering options on futures matters because it changes who can gain exposure and how. Options let participants express directional and hedging views with defined risk, and doing so on an established exchange places that activity inside Brazil’s regulated market infrastructure rather than offshore or over-the-counter.
Because the launch spans all three of our covered assets simultaneously, it treats Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana as a single derivatives-eligible cohort. That parity is notable: rather than restricting advanced instruments to Bitcoin, B3 has extended them across the layer-1 set at once.
The listing also builds on visible investor evolution at the exchange. B3’s news index highlights the advance of ETFs as a marker of how its individual-investor base is maturing, and the addition of crypto options on futures continues that trajectory toward a broader product shelf.
The Takeaway
B3’s July 7, 2026 launch of options on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana futures (B3 newsroom) adds a derivatives layer on top of the cryptoassets it already lists (B3 products). For readers tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, the significance is structural: Latin America’s largest exchange now supports advanced crypto instruments across the same three layer-1 assets that dominate institutional product menus worldwide, within a regulated framework.
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