Bitcoin Surges Amid Leverage-Driven Price Action – Will It Last?
Bitcoin is now trading above the $85,000 mark following an impressive rally that began on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for all countries except China. The announcement injected a wave of optimism across financial markets, helping to ease investor fears and ignite fresh momentum in the crypto […]
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Examining leverage in the derivatives market, which can explain some recent bearish price action in bitcoin.
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin market observed its largest daily trading volume since 2021 last week following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bitcoin Trading Volume Surges To Highest Values For 2022 As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the BTC market activity saw a revival due to the Russia-Ukraine war. […]
Binance suspended withdrawals for LUNA and UST amid the UST stablecoin losing its peg to the U.S. dollar on Tuesday. Amid collapsing Terra network’s cryptocurrencies Luna (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST), crypto exchange Binance continues deactivating related trading services.Binance’s derivatives arm Binance Futures has delisted coin-margined LUNA perpetual contracts, the firm officially announced on May 12.“Users are advised to close any open positions prior to the delisting time to avoid automatic settlement,” the statement by the platform reads.Binance Futures has also started conducting....
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin leverage ratio has gone down recently as market de-risks amid macro uncertainties. Bitcoin Leverage Ratio Sharply Falls Down Over The Past Week According to the latest weekly report from Glassnode, the BTC futures open interest leverage ratio has decreased in the last week as investors de-risk their holdings. The “futures open interest leverage ratio” is an indicator that’s defined as the ratio between the market open contract value and the total market cap of Bitcoin. In simpler terms, what this metric tells us is the degree of leverage....
The exchange rate surges at withdrawal testing news. MtGox has allegedly begun testing withdrawals, seeing a 200% surge in exchange rates. This post's updates have largely subsided, any additional breaks may be a separate article. UPDATES: Original Reddit thread about withdrawal signs here. 1:55am JST: 1400BTC buy order on BTC-e. 2:03am JST: MtGox exchange rate now up 215% in just under 2 hours. $280. 2:12am JST: Massive sell-offs on MtGox dropping the exchange rate back to $200, still up a little for the hour. Rumors of market manipulation and also insider trading abound. 2:30am JST:....