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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops as Low as $14.8K; ETH Options Open Interest at Record High
9.11.2020
Bitcoin’s price performance has been choppy while ether options trading has gained steam
Leverage is fueling Bitcoin’s rally to highest price since January 2018
5.11.2020
Bitcoin’s recent gains appear to have been driven by leverage-fuelled speculation, with open interest in futures and Binance’s leverage ratio pushing into new highs
Record $2.9B Bitcoin options open interest follows BTC rally to $14,259
4.11.2020
Open interest in Bitcoin options reached a new record at $2.9 billion, signaling that pro traders remain bullish on BTC price
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
24.10.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data shows that the Bitcoin Mercantile...
Institutions Long and Hedge Funds Short: Bitcoin Options Traders Prep for ‘Big Moves’ Ahead
20.10.2020
Trends in bitcoin options markets are making it difficult for financial analysts to pinpoint BTC’s next move. Data from CME’s recently published trader report shows that institutional investors are capturing a larger number of bitcoin long contracts, while hedge funds are showing...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11.5K; Ether Futures Open Interest Flattens
15.10.2020
Bitcoin's price is trending up while ether futures open interest has stopped growing in the past month
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bumps Close to $11.6K; Ether Options Open Interest Dips
12.10.2020
Bitcoin price jumped after a sleepy weekend while ether options interest has been weaker than the past month
BitMEX Open Interest Drops, Withdrawals Increase
6.10.2020
The troubled major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has seen large drops in both open interest, and bitcoin (BTC) balances held on the platform.
Following the news last week that three owners of BitMEX and five related companies charged with operating an unregistered trading platform...
Open Interest in CME Bitcoin Futures Slides as Market Sapped by Surging DeFi
5.10.2020
Institutional interest in bitcoin futures has plummeted as the DeFi explosion made carry trades less attractive, said Bequant's Denis Vinokourov
Bitcoin options open interest sets new high sparked by rising liquidity
4.10.2020
Bitcoin options open interest hits an all-time high as increased liquidity points to investors still being bullish on BTC
Open Interest on Bitmex Drops 16%: Investors Withdraw 37,000 BTC in Less Than 24 Hours
2.10.2020
Data from Arcane Research shows that open interest on Bitmex’s bitcoin derivatives market touched a new low of 45,122 BTC on October 1. The figure represents a 16% drop since the CFTC announced charges against Bitmex and its executives for allegedly operating an unregistered trading platform....
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits Record High in Expiry Week
24.9.2020
Bitcoin's options market is more popular than ever with record open interest of more than $2.10 billion
Bitcoin Options Traders Bet the Price of BTC Can Touch $36K by December
14.9.2020
This past weekend, data shows the most active bitcoin options contracts were calls for $28k, $32k, and $36k by the year’s end. This means a number of options traders are betting the price of bitcoin will exceed the all-time high (ATH) the decentralized currency touched in December 2017....
Sub-$10K Bitcoin price caused $653M open interest drop, largest since March
4.9.2020
Pro traders bullish sentiment softened after Bitcoin futures open interest fell in tandem with traditional markets which also recorded notable losses
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Reaches $2B — Should BTC Traders Worry?
21.8.2020
Open interest on Bitcoin options reached $2 billion but should traders be worried that the majority of August options appear worthless?
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Nears All Time High – But Rise in Puts Could Presage Drop
21.8.2020
While soaring open interest can be a sign of a continuing trend, the offloading of calls suggests bitcoin could correct further
Ethereum Price Hits 2-Year High as ETH Futures Open Interest Tops $1.5B
14.8.2020
Ethereum price surged to a two-year high at $445 and record open interest on ETH futures hints that the rally will continue
Institutional FOMO? CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Soars to $841M
12.8.2020
CME Bitcoin futures set a new open interest high at $841 million, further highlighting growing institutional interest in BTC
BTC and ETH Crypto Derivatives in Demand, Market Expected to Grow Further
8.8.2020
Options interest and volumes reach their all-time highs, with derivatives markets exploding as market sentiments remain bullish on BTC and ETH
Record $830M CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Highlights Bullish Trend
6.8.2020
Top traders’ net exposure and institutional investors' growing open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts show the market remains tilted toward bulls