Data shows Polkadot crashes after reaching $1B open interest — Will it happen...

Data shows Polkadot crashes after reaching $1B open interest — Will it happen...

DOT price crashed both times after its futures open interest clipped $1 billion. Should traders expect a correction now that OI is over this figure? Whenever there is relevant growth in the number of derivatives contracts currently in play (open interest), it usually means that more traders are involved. In futures markets, longs and shorts are balanced at all times, but having a larger number of active contracts allows the participation of institutional investors that require a minimum market size.However, in Polkadot's (DOT) case, price crashes have often been anticipated by this....


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