Ethereum Futures Activity Running 7 Times Faster Than Spot – What It Means Fo...
Ethereum’s price being positioned above the $2,000 level now may be heavily attributed to the massive activity on the Futures market front. While the spot market has slowed down, the futures market is growing at an extremely high rate compared to spot, reshaping the market dynamics of ETH. Futures Lead The Way In The Ethereum […]
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According to TokenInsight 2021 Crypto Trading Industry Annual Review, the industry continues to break through, with 2021 full-year trading volume reaching $112 trillion, of which about half is futures contracts ($57 trillion), compared with spot trading that accounts for 43% ($49 trillion). In addition, the total crypto trading volume increased 3.37 times year on year. To be specific, futures contracts have grown the most by nearly 6 times, spot 2.3 times, and delivery contracts 2.36 times only. The overall data presented in the Review shows rapid growth in the futures market in 2021. It....
Data shows the Bitcoin futures-to-spot trading volume ratio has decreased by 63% since the peak of the last bull market. Here’s what it means. Bitcoin Futures Market Occupying Lower Volume Share This Rally As explained by CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju in a new post on X, the BTC market has appeared to […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had on August 11 moved to delay its decision on the ARK 21Shares Spot Bitcoin ETF application. Following this, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest and 21 Shares has moved to apply for a separate Ethereum futures ETF in what many may consider a double-barreled approach for these firms. ARK Invest Joins Ethereum Futures ETF Race According to a filing with the SEC on August 24, ARK Invest and 21 Shares will act as sub-adviser and sub-sub-adviser respectively, on two separate funds that seek to invest in Ethereum futures contracts. These include the ARK....
Ethereum exchange reserves have fallen to a record low, even as the token trades near $2,15 and still struggles to break out. CryptoQuant data shows reserves are down about 77% from their 2021 peak, while CoinGlass data points to a surge in futures activity, with volume topping close to $50 billion in 24 hours. Related Reading: XRP Wallet Count Tops 8 Million As Trading Volume Nears $4 Billion Exchange Balances Keep Sliding The long slide in exchange balances has been building for years. According to CryptoQuant analyst Rich_dady, the decline has accelerated since late 2025, and the gap....
Backwardation reflects a market condition wherein spot prices trade higher than future prices. Ether (ETH) bulls like a positive spread between its spot and ETH futures prices because the so-called contango reflects optimism about a higher rate in the future. But as of Aug. 1, the Ethereum futures curve slid in the opposite direction.Ethereum quarterly futures in backwardationOn the daily chart, Ethereum futures quarterly contracts, scheduled to expire in December 2022, have slipped into backwardation, a condition opposite to contango, wherein the futures price becomes lower than the spot....