Altcoin options split as XRP volatility compresses sharply

01 · Market read

What is unusual across the altcoin options complex.

XRP one-week ATM IV fell 13.89 volatility points to 71.21%, while HYPE one-week ATM IV rose 1.79 volatility points to 63.67%, producing a 15.68-point cross-complex dispersion in daily changes.

What is unusual today?

One-week ATM IV level dispersion: Compression: 59.87 vol points; signed spread change -4.60 vol points. Historical percentile rank 85%. Stored one-week tenor comparison at this cutoff across 4 assets. 26 historical observations; minimum 20.

Daily one-week ATM IV-change dispersion: The cross-asset spread is 15.68 vol points. Historical percentile rank 100%. Stored daily changes across 4 assets. 26 historical observations; minimum 20.

XRP stands apart: 1W ATM IV change is 12.51 vol points below the group median. Stored cross-section of 4 assets at this report cutoff.

Daily 1W ATM IV moves ranged from -13.89 points to +1.79 points. AVAX had the highest absolute 1W IV at 82.09%.

XRP had the highest 1W RR25 at +5.32 points, call-rich; TRX had the lowest at +0.02 points, marginally call-rich, close to neutral.

One-week ATM IV level dispersion is compressing, at 59.87 vol pts.

Historical cross-sectional readings: 1W ATM IV level dispersion percentile rank 84.6%; Daily 1W ATM IV-change dispersion percentile rank 100.0%; 1W RR25 dispersion percentile rank 65.4%.

This is a comparison of separate fitted surfaces, not a pooled altcoin index; unavailable history is not converted into a zero move.

02 · Relative-value rankings

Leaders, laggards and rank changes.

Metric	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1W ATM IV level	AVAX · 82.09	XRP · 71.21	HYPE · 63.67	TRX · 22.22
Daily 1W ATM IV change	HYPE · 1.79	TRX · 0.92	AVAX · -3.68	XRP · -13.89
1W IV minus 7d realised	XRP · unavailable	HYPE · unavailable	AVAX · unavailable	TRX · unavailable
Highest 1W RR25	XRP · 5.32 · up 1	AVAX · 5.14 · down 1	HYPE · 3.48	TRX · 0.02
Lowest 1W RR25	TRX · 0.02	HYPE · 3.48	AVAX · 5.14 · up 1	XRP · 5.32 · down 1
1Y minus 1W curve slope	XRP · unavailable	HYPE · unavailable	AVAX · unavailable	TRX · unavailable
Largest 1Y minus 1W curve change	XRP · unavailable	HYPE · unavailable	AVAX · unavailable	TRX · unavailable
24h spot-index return	XRP · 1.25	AVAX · 1.17	TRX · 0.53	HYPE · 0.02

XRP

1W ATM IV change

-12.51 points from the group median

TRX

1W ATM IV level

-45.22 points from the group median

TRX

1W RR25 level

-4.29 points from the group median

03 · Altcoin scorecard

Current one-week volatility, realised value and skew.

Asset	Spot 24h	Forward proxy	1W ATM	1W ATM Δ	7d RV	1W IV − 7d RV	IV/RV ratio	Spread percentile	1W RR25	Fit evidence	Status
XRP	+1.25%	$1.53	71.21%	-13.89 vol pts	Unavailable · 97.5% coverage	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	+5.32 vol pts	Accepted fit · 6 expiries	24h comparable
HYPE	+0.02%	$94.16	63.67%	+1.79 vol pts	Unavailable · 97.5% coverage	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	+3.48 vol pts	Accepted fit · 6 expiries	24h comparable
AVAX	+1.17%	$10.46	82.09%	-3.68 vol pts	Unavailable · 97.5% coverage	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	+5.14 vol pts	Accepted fit · 6 expiries	24h comparable
TRX	+0.53%	$0.34	22.22%	+0.92 vol pts	Unavailable · 97.5% coverage	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	+0.02 vol pts	Accepted fit · 6 expiries	24h comparable

04 · Term structures

ATM implied volatility across standard tenors.

Asset	1W ATM / Δ	1M ATM / Δ	3M ATM / Δ
XRP	71.21% / -13.89	70.99% / -4.11	70.47% / -0.47
HYPE	63.67% / +1.79	60.00% / -0.06	58.22% / -0.70
AVAX	82.09% / -3.68	76.25% / -0.06	72.92% / +0.38
TRX	22.22% / +0.92	22.65% / +0.57	22.52% / +0.40

05 · Catalyst check

Relevant market context identified

The central research dossier identified events relevant to the covered options markets; they are retained as context rather than assigned as causes.

Sources relevant to the cross-sectional thesis

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Evidence, source data and methodology

Altcoins report data

Download the report’s stored cross-asset comparisons, rankings, declared lead evidence and per-asset quality information. Missing analysis remains unavailable.

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Original report summary

Altcoin one-week ATM IV changes diverged markedly at the cutoff: XRP one-week ATM IV fell 13.89 volatility points to 71.21%, while HYPE one-week ATM IV rose 1.79 volatility points to 63.67%. The resulting 15.68-point change dispersion was the widest in the available history, leaving a sharply uneven front-end volatility complex.

At report cutoff · Levels and stored endpoint changes

What matters now

Vol: XRP 1W ATM IV 71.21% · Δ -13.89 vol pts; HYPE 1W ATM IV 63.67% · Δ +1.79 vol pts; AVAX 1W ATM IV 82.09% · Δ -3.68 vol pts; TRX 1W ATM IV 22.22% · Δ +0.92 vol pts

Skew: XRP 1W RR25 5.32 vol pts · Δ +0.70 vol pts; HYPE 1W RR25 3.48 vol pts · Δ +0.55 vol pts; AVAX 1W RR25 5.14 vol pts · Δ -0.07 vol pts; TRX 1W RR25 0.02 vol pts · Δ -0.12 vol pts

IV change dispersion: 1W ATM IV daily-change dispersion 15.68 vol pts (HYPE Δ +1.79 versus XRP Δ -13.89 vol pts)

Vol

XRP 1W ATM IV 71.21% · Δ -13.89 vol pts

HYPE 1W ATM IV 63.67% · Δ +1.79 vol pts

AVAX 1W ATM IV 82.09% · Δ -3.68 vol pts

TRX 1W ATM IV 22.22% · Δ +0.92 vol pts

Skew

XRP 1W RR25 5.32 vol pts · Δ +0.70 vol pts

HYPE 1W RR25 3.48 vol pts · Δ +0.55 vol pts

AVAX 1W RR25 5.14 vol pts · Δ -0.07 vol pts

TRX 1W RR25 0.02 vol pts · Δ -0.12 vol pts

Wings

XRP 1W BF25 5.66 vol pts · Δ -1.76 vol pts

HYPE 1W BF25 3.66 vol pts · Δ +0.37 vol pts

AVAX 1W BF25 6.20 vol pts · Δ -0.17 vol pts

TRX 1W BF25 2.04 vol pts · Δ -0.28 vol pts

IV versus RV

XRP Unavailable

HYPE Unavailable

AVAX Unavailable

TRX Unavailable

Unavailable readings: XRP IV versus RV; HYPE IV versus RV; AVAX IV versus RV; TRX IV versus RV. See the report’s data availability notes.

Δ compares the report’s stored surface endpoints. IV versus RV is a level comparison, not a daily change.

Component cutoffs: XRP 24 Sept 2026, 16:30 UTC; HYPE 24 Sept 2026, 16:30 UTC; AVAX 24 Sept 2026, 16:30 UTC; TRX 24 Sept 2026, 16:30 UTC. Each asset is shown separately.

7D realised volatility · data quality

Asset	Recorded RV	Status	Coverage / required	Longest gap / maximum
XRP	Unavailable	Unavailable	97.4603% / 99.5% required	228 min / 60 min maximum
HYPE	Unavailable	Unavailable	97.4603% / 99.5% required	228 min / 60 min maximum
AVAX	Unavailable	Unavailable	97.4603% / 99.5% required	228 min / 60 min maximum
TRX	Unavailable	Unavailable	97.4603% / 99.5% required	228 min / 60 min maximum

Thresholds are asset-specific policies recorded in this edition. Each window is assessed independently; returns spanning gaps are excluded. Partial estimates may miss volatility during gaps.

Full RV evidence and methodology

XRP · Surface cutoff 24 Sept 2026, 16:30:00 UTC. 7d RV requires at least 99.5% valid one-minute returns and no price gap over 60 minutes; coverage is 97.4603% with a largest gap of 228 minutes.

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HYPE · Surface cutoff 24 Sept 2026, 16:30:00 UTC. 7d RV requires at least 99.5% valid one-minute returns and no price gap over 60 minutes; coverage is 97.4603% with a largest gap of 228 minutes.

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AVAX · Surface cutoff 24 Sept 2026, 16:30:00 UTC. 7d RV requires at least 99.5% valid one-minute returns and no price gap over 60 minutes; coverage is 97.4603% with a largest gap of 228 minutes.

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TRX · Surface cutoff 24 Sept 2026, 16:30:00 UTC. 7d RV requires at least 99.5% valid one-minute returns and no price gap over 60 minutes; coverage is 97.4603% with a largest gap of 228 minutes.

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Source data JSON

06 · Methodology and provenance

An availability-aware daily comparison.

Latest successful snapshot at or before the common cutoff versus the nearest successful snapshot 24 hours earlier, within a three-hour tolerance.

Current levels remain visible when a 24-hour baseline does not yet exist; changes stay null rather than being inferred from a shorter window.

Realised volatility uses the canonical minute index for each asset. Spot returns and rankings use the same stored 24-hour index return; missing index returns remain unavailable. Forward levels and any legacy forward-return rankings are labelled separately.