Bitcoin Traders Still Lean Bearish: Shorts Outweigh Longs By 485 BTC
Data shows the Bitcoin investors on derivatives exchanges still lean bearish toward the cryptocurrency even after the recent price recovery. Bitcoin Short Positions Still Outweigh The Long Ones In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about how Bitcoin market sentiment is looking from the lens of the derivatives market right […]
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