Bitcoin (BTC) options open interest expanded from $30.33 billion on April 21 to $37.92 billion on April 24, a 25% jump that outpaced Bitcoin’s 5.5% rise from $87,506 to $92,352 over the same stretch. Such a swift build in notional exposure shows traders rushing to add convex positions rather than thickening linear futures books. This […]
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Bitcoin’s latest liquidation sweep erased $652.84 million across crypto on April 23, wiping out 172,948 traders. Bitcoin alone contributed $321.70 million, or roughly 50% of the total. Exchange dashboards show shorts carried almost the entire weight: on Bybit, HTX, Gate.io, and CoinEx, more than 95% of BTC positions liquidated were shorts, and across the market,
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Gold is on a tear in 2025, rallying to all-time highs above $3,400/oz as investors seek safety in a turbulent macro environment. The precious metal’s year-to-date (YTD) gains are firmly in double digits, reflecting robust safe-haven demand. Gold’s sprint to new highs and Bitcoin’s choppy start to the year might look different on the surface.
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Short‑term holder supply in profit measures the share of coins held for fewer than 155 days whose last on‑chain movement occurred at a price below the current spot. Since these coins are statistically the most mobile, the metric is an effective thermometer for near‑term selling pressure: when the percentage is high, a larger share of speculative
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The sell-side risk ratio is a behavioral metric designed to assess the likelihood of Bitcoin holders selling their coins based on past accumulation and current market conditions. A low value suggests holders are unlikely to spend, while a high value indicates mounting incentives to realize gains or cut losses. By segmenting this ratio across long-term
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On April 8, Bitcoin’s net unrealized loss (NUP) ratio spiked to 0.0578, the highest level since November 2023. Meanwhile, the net unrealized profit/loss ratio dropped to 0.4253 on the same day, its lowest point since September 2024. This followed Bitcoin’s drop to $76,000 amid a sharp and aggressive retracement from the mid-$80,000 range it traded
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Bitcoin (BTC) futures saw a dramatic surge in trading activity over the past few days, revealing a hyper-reactive, highly leveraged, and structurally cautious market. Across all major derivatives exchanges, daily futures volume soared from $109.39 billion on April 4 to $227.53 billion by April 8, a 108% increase in just four days. However, open interest
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With Bitcoin’s price indicating that capital inflows are softening and investors are stepping back from large-scale buying, on-chain data provides clues about how Bitcoin holders react to market conditions. The sell-side risk ratio (SSR) is an important predictor of holder behavior. The Sell-side Risk Ratio (SSR) measures the potential “risk” of sell-side pressure entering the
