Calls for Another Bitcoin Bull Run Grows as Its Open Interest Soars
Bitcoin prices eased on Tuesday as traders with short-term risk appetite locked their profits. The benchmark cryptocurrency slipped by up to 4.56 percent to an intraday low of $25,833. Nevertheless, attempts to extend the bearish momentum faltered due to a comparatively stronger buying pressure near the $25,000-area. Since Christmas, the level held as concrete support […]
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Prior to the launch of the Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), open interest in bitcoin futures products has been surging since the start of the month, according to data from the Coinbase Institutional arm Skew Analytics. Binance and FTX command the lion’s share of bitcoin futures’ open interest with 40.67% of the market. Moreover, data from bybt.com’s bitcoin futures’ open interest metrics, shows the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) commands 15.54% of all the open interest in bitcoin futures tallied this week.
Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Has Risen....
Shiba Inu (SHIB) may have had a week of consolidation, but it’s far from being overlooked by traders. With a steady rise in futures open interest since mid-March, this cryptocurrency has been on the radar of many investors. And while its recent performance hasn’t been particularly outstanding, with a 1.7% increase in the past 24 […]
Bitcoin has recovered above $23,000 multiple times now, but the digital asset remains in a perilous position. This is because the recovery alone has not been able to assure that the bull trend would endure. Rather, it has been falling the brief buying and selling pressures that have been plaguing investors in recent times. The bitcoin open interest also mirrors this fact and shows just how easy it would be for bitcoin to lose its position. Bitcoin Open Interest Stays Elevated For the past week, the bitcoin open interest has been on the rise. After hitting above 300k the previous week,....
The bitcoin economy in Indonesia has been growing lately, with its premier bitcoin buying and selling service Bitcoin Indonesia now operating a full open exchange, trading around 30 BTC per day. While still not at the level of other larger countries, it's certainly an improvement on the 5 BTC per day the exchange reported at its launch back in December 2013. At that stage, CEO and active local digital currency advocate Oscar Darmawan said he aimed for the company to become a full-fledged open exchange, but that volumes would need to improve first. It seems that has happened within just a....
Open interest in Bitcoin futures is soaring but volumes are falling. Open interest in Bitcoin futures has surged to new record highs ahead of Coinbase’s April 14 direct listing on the Nasdaq.Crypto market data aggregator Glassode states that Bitcoin open interest has exceeded $27 billion for the first time as Bitcoin pushed into new record highs above $63,000. The milestone suggests traders may be speculating on higher prices, although some may also be hedging against incoming volatility.#Bitcoin Futures Open Interest across major exchanges reaches record highs of more than $27B as $BTC....