Institutions Take Record Bullish Bets in Bitcoin Futures, Shrugging Off Excha...

Futures funding stayed flat or turned negative despite bitcoin's rally to $12,000.

CME data shows Institutions are long Bitcoin while hedge funds are aggressively shorting BTC. According to CME, the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) long contracts held by institutions are at an all-time high. Yet, CME’s most recent Commitment of Trader report shows hedge funds are at a record-high for BTC shorts.There seemingly is a major difference in the perception of Bitcoin’s short to medium-term trend between hedge funds and institutions.CME Bitcoin futures net open interest. Source: SkewWhy are hedge funds aggressively shorting Bitcoin but not institutions?Hedge funds typically implement....

Referring to Bitcoin as a commodity seems to show a maturing view of the asset. Multiple JPMorgan Chase experts analyzed Bitcoin’s current price when compared to other commodities, and noted that the asset could see selling pressure ahead. “The JPMorgan strategists said they calculated an intrinsic value by effectively treating Bitcoin as a commodity and looking at the marginal cost of production,” according to an Oct. 14 article from India’s BloombergQuint media outlet — a partnered entity involving Bloomberg and Quintillion Media. The article added:“Bitcoin faces a ‘modest headwind’ in....

Bakkt recorded an all-time high Bitcoin delivery in October, demonstrating a clear spike in institutional demand for BTC. Data from Arcane Research shows Bakkt Bitcoin exchange saw another record-high month from Sept. 20 to Oct. 20. This follows a noticeable rise in institutional demand for Bitcoin (BTC) from public companies in recent months.Bitcoin delivery on Bakkt. Source: ICE, Arcane ResearchBakkt, the digital asset payment platform and derivatives exchange, is tailored for institutional investors in the U.S. It is operated by Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New....

The futures contracts premium and the long-to-short ratio show that top traders feel bullish about Bitcoin price. On Oct. 7 Cointelegraph reported that top crypto traders had kept a bearish stance since mid-September and at the time the Bitcoin (BTC) long-to-short ratio had reached its lowest level in 10 weeks. All of this changed in a matter of hours as soon as BTC broke through the $11,000 resistance.Whenever Bitcoin's volatility gets too low, it usually signals that traders became too complacent. Naturally, there will be periods of range trading, but short-term unpredictability is....