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title: "Trending | CRCL Surges 5% last Friday, Some Call options Surges 74%"
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# Trending | CRCL Surges 5% last Friday, Some Call options Surges 74%

On August 21, Eastern Time, Circle options saw a total of 230327 contracts traded, with calls accounting for 72% and puts making up 27%.

Circle has 852307 contracts outstanding, with calls accounting for 58% and puts making up 41%.

The top volume gainer was the 90 dollars Call option expiring on August 28, 2026, with 6748 contracts traded.

On the news front, CRCL.US traded between 86.360 and 92.970 on 2026-08-21 with 26.02M volume. The 5% price surge and 74% call option spike drove heavy speculative trading and recent volatility.

Please note: The chart below does not include options expiring within five days.

![image](https://assets.lbctrl.com/h5hub/optrank/images/2026-08-24/ST_US_CRCL_en.png)

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