Ethereum derivatives data shows pro traders are bearish, but for how long?
The ETH futures premium turned bearish and the network's TVL dropped 22% from its peak, but how is this impacting pro traders’ sentiment? Ether (ETH) lost the critical $3,000 psychological support level on April 11 after a 16% weekly negative performance. Bulls were definitively caught by surprise as $104 million in leveraged long futures got liquidated on April 11. Ether's downturn also followed a decline in the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum smart contracts. Ethereum network TVL in ETH. Source: Defi LlamaThe metric peaked at 40.6 million Ether on Jan. 27, and has since dropped by....
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