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

Bitcoin has undergone a strong rally over the past two weeks. Since the news broke that OKEx has restricted withdrawals, the cryptocurrency has gained approximately 25%, recently peaking at $14,100 on Saturday morning. Analysts say that BTC’s price action has been surprising, namely because there is much uncertainty in the markets. Bitcoin’s Resilience In Face of Uncertainty is Bullish For one, the stock market has begun to record a series of red days as the […]

Bitcoin may be en route to retest underlying support levels but the record $22.5 billion open interest on BTC futures shows bulls expect the uptrend to continue. Bitcoin (BTC) price has rallied 22.5% in March, but as the price moved up, some buyers began to use excessive leverage, according to derivatives data. Meanwhile, futures open interest reached a $22.5 billion record-high, causing investors to question how sustainable the current rally is.Being optimistic, especially during a bullish market, can't be deemed worrisome. Still, a yellow flag is raised when buyers use excessive leverage....

The Long Condor options strategy allows traders to place bullish bets without taking on liquidation risks. Long-dated Bitcoin options and bulls still make waves with their ultra bullish bets, but even they must admit that the possibility of (BTC) trading above $60,000 in the next couple of months is dim. Many traders have added leveraged-long positions via futures contracts to chase after the elusive all-time high, but this seems like an unrealistic outcome. According to Willy Woo, a popular on-chain analyst, exchange outflows and accumulation from BTC miners and whales suggest that....

The FTX crypto exchange’s new index is called the Wall Street Bets Index. Following numerous headlines about the meteoric price rise of several assets, including GameStop (GME), AMC Entertainment (AMC) stocks, and Dogecoin (DOGE), crypto exchange FTX has listed an index following the assets. FTX named the index after Wall Street Bets — the Reddit group thought to be associated with pumping the prices of those assets. “We're happy to announce that we have launched trading for a basket of Wall Street Bets markets,” FTX said in a public statement on Thursday. The index trades as a futures....

Bitcoin’s three-month futures premium reached a record-high of 50%, signaling market inefficiencies. Bitcoin (BTC) has been struggling to break the $60,000 resistance for almost a month. But despite the impasse, BTC futures markets have never been so bullish. While regular spot exchanges are trading near $59,600, the BTC contracts maturing in June are trading above $65,000.Futures contracts tend to trade at a premium, mainly on neutral-to-bullish markets, and this happens on every asset, including commodities, equities, indexes, and currencies. However, a 50% annualized premium (basis) for....