Bitcoin Deleveraging Finally Over? What The Derivatives Data Says
Bitcoin’s sharp slide to $81,119 on January 30 came with a derivatives-market gut punch: forced long closures spiked to extreme levels, yet perpetual funding stayed decisively positive. That mix is complicating a common read, whether the market has already “cleansed” leverage or is still set up for repeat liquidation waves. Is The Bitcoin Deleveraging Over? On-Chain analyst Axel Adler Jr., in his Morning Brief, pointed to a “cascade of forced closures” over the past 24 hours, with long liquidations dominating the tape. His liquidation dominance oscillator tracking the balance of long....
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Binance has returned to the center of market attention following the October 10 crash, an event that marked one of the most violent deleveraging episodes of the current cycle. On that day, a sharp wave of liquidations swept through derivatives markets, erasing billions in open interest and exposing the extent of excessive leverage across multiple […]
Global investment bank JPMorgan has warned of the crypto market facing weeks of deleveraging stemming from the crisis at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX.com and trading platform Alameda Research. The firm’s analysts also predicted that the price of bitcoin could fall to $13,000.
JPMorgan on FTX and Bitcoin’s Price
JPMorgan Chase’s analysts, led by global market strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, provided their analysis of the FTX situation and a price prediction for bitcoin in a note Thursday.
The analysts explained that fewer....