#Open Interest

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Bitcoin traders face an eight-hour blind spot as Deribit prepares to delay key market data
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Bitcoin traders face an eight-hour blind spot as Deribit prepares to delay key market data

Public open interest will show earlier positions across all Deribit futures and options, limiting comparisons with current prices. Read the …

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Bitcoin traders face Friday’s $2.7 billion options expiry with a dangerous five-hour blind spot
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Bitcoin traders face Friday’s $2.7 billion options expiry with a dangerous five-hour blind spot

Deribit’s Friday expiry precedes payrolls by five and a half hours, while later-dated puts span different risks at higher quoted prices. Rea…

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A $68 million bitcoin bet is targeting a post-midterm election breakout to $90,000
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A $68 million bitcoin bet is targeting a post-midterm election breakout to $90,000

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 26, 2026…

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Bitcoin corrects below $82K after Tesla Q3 results, KOSPI falls
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Bitcoin corrects below $82K after Tesla Q3 results, KOSPI falls

Bitcoin reversed a run toward $85,000 after Tesla reported lower-than-expected capital expenditure in Q3.…

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Bitcoin risk management grows more popular as the “just bet on price” era fades
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Bitcoin risk management grows more popular as the “just bet on price” era fades

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 21, 2026…

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Monero futures are again heating with leverage, raising volatility risks
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Monero futures are again heating with leverage, raising volatility risks

Open interest has topped $300 million and price is back above $600. A similar setup was seen before January's crash.…

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Bitcoin’s next selloff could be amplified by the traders still betting on its recovery
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Bitcoin’s next selloff could be amplified by the traders still betting on its recovery

Glassnode’s spread crossed zero as downside skew rose, but the figures establish neither higher dollar hedge costs nor an option-selling pro…

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Bitcoin fell 1.3% while Nasdaq-100 lost 5.5% in last week’s tech selloff
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Bitcoin fell 1.3% while Nasdaq-100 lost 5.5% in last week’s tech selloff

Bitcoin lost less than the Nasdaq-100 in last week's tech selloff. Hedge funds cut technology positions at the fastest pace since at least 2…

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Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype
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Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype

Volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract hit $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo, up from $2.8 million, with U.S. s…

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Crypto market cap leaps $800B in Q3, but spot volume drops 14%
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Crypto market cap leaps $800B in Q3, but spot volume drops 14%

CoinGecko’s Q3 2026 report shows spot turnover at its top 10 centralized exchanges fell 14.2%, while perpetual open interest ended September…

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Altcoins rally on thin trading as bitcoin holds below $83,500
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Altcoins rally on thin trading as bitcoin holds below $83,500

The CoinDesk 80 has risen around 3% in 24 hours, more than double the CoinDesk 5, while spot bitcoin ETFs lost $681 million last week.…

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XRP rebounded as Binance spot turnover fell nearly 80%
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XRP rebounded as Binance spot turnover fell nearly 80%

Binance and Bybit exposure is returning after XRPL.to's sampled liquidation wave, while Binance spot turnover declined during the rebound. T…

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Bitcoin’s weekend rebound faces an $80,400 test after nearly $730 million in ETF outflows
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Bitcoin’s weekend rebound faces an $80,400 test after nearly $730 million in ETF outflows

Bitcoin traded near $82,900 in PerpFinder’s Oct. 10, 09:36 UTC snapshot, with traders watching whether the weekend rebound brings fresh leve…

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Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything?
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Bitcoin's $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything?

One year after a flash crash wiped out billions in leveraged crypto bets, traders have better tools to spot risks. But the forces behind the…

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Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%
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Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%

Matched October 6–8 snapshots show a larger ETH-denominated book despite Thursday’s contraction, separating outstanding exposure from lower …

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Crypto liquidations hit $550M as Bitcoin price dips below $84K
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Crypto liquidations hit $550M as Bitcoin price dips below $84K

Bitcoin fell 2.3% in two hours amid suspicion over the appearance of leveraged BTC short positions on Hyperliquid.…

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Bitcoin futures drop $1.4B, but spot buyers step in to help
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Bitcoin futures drop $1.4B, but spot buyers step in to help

Glassnode’s weekly snapshot pairs a smaller derivatives footprint with rising holder activity, while spot buying supplies a counterweight. T…

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Ten tokens held 62% of altcoin futures exposure, but shared collateral can put other positions at risk
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Ten tokens held 62% of altcoin futures exposure, but shared collateral can put other positions at risk

Talos’s September 24–30 snapshot showed concentrated positions; PUMP funding on Binance changed paying sides between October 5 settlements. …

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Bitcoin’s $85,000 recovery awaits proof that ETF investors kept buying after payrolls
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Bitcoin’s $85,000 recovery awaits proof that ETF investors kept buying after payrolls

Glassnode estimated the probability of an additional quarter-point hike at the Oct. 28 meeting fell from 66% on Sept. 28 to 22% by 15:00 UTC…

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Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink
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Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink

The September 29 snapshot shows leveraged funds’ reported shorts fell about 5,300 BTC-equivalent across four products, while longs and open …

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U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September. with unemployment rate rising to 4.2%
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U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September. with unemployment rate rising to 4.2%

Ahead of the report, traders were pricing in only a 23% of a second Fed rate hike at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting later this month…

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Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60%
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Crypto traders are in risk-on mode as bitcoin dominance nears return to 60%

Bitcoin dominance is closing in on 60% while USDT's has slipped to 6.3%, pointing to a market growing more comfortable with risk.…

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Why rising perpetual funding rates signal growing bullish leverage as bitcoin crosses $86,500
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Why rising perpetual funding rates signal growing bullish leverage as bitcoin crosses $86,500

Rising open interest and funding rates signal renewed demand for bullish bitcoin exposure.…

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Bitcoin trapped below $86K as PCE changes cloud inflation reading
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Bitcoin trapped below $86K as PCE changes cloud inflation reading

Bitcoin erased its post-PCE gains as analysts cautioned that methodology changes complicated the lower-than-expected inflation reading.…

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