Bitcoin’s retracement from $109,000 over the past 24 hours capped off a volatile week defined by thin weekend liquidity and sharp reactions to geopolitical stress. In the early hours of Friday, June 13, the market saw the $1,490 CME gap closed, which formed between the Friday (June 6) close at $105,060 and the Sunday (June […]
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During Bitcoin’s climb to a new ATH above $111,000 in late May, a silent but measurable reshuffling has occurred in the market: more BTC is now held on offshore exchanges than on regulated platforms in the US, and volumes are steadily leaking from KYC-compliant venues. Data from CryptoQuant shows that the market embraced institutional inflows
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CME’s Bitcoin futures and options structure has become increasingly condensed and cautious, with the vast majority of notional exposure now expiring within the next four weeks. At the same time, the annualized basis curve has flattened to its narrowest level since April, offering minimal incentive for arbitrage-driven carry trades and limited insight into longer-term market
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Bitcoin crossed the six-figure line for the first time this year in March and spent April drifting near the high $90,000 area. May opened at $96,505 and on May 22 printed a new record at $111,700, a 15.7 % advance in three weeks. Since then, the price has been hovering above $107,000, while turnover on
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The ETH/BTC ratio mounted a comeback in May, reversing months of Ethereum‘s relentless underperformance against Bitcoin. After reaching an 11-month low of 0.01805 on April 21, ETH/BTC surged to 0.02501 by May 15, marking a 38.6% recovery in less than a month and a 17% rise in the past seven days. The sharp ascent marks
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Tether’s market cap just passed $150.66 billion, setting yet another record and extending its dominance over every rival combined. Data from DeFiLlama showed USDT expanded by roughly $830 million in the past week and more than $5.5 billion since mid‑April. The headline total matters on its own, but the real insight lies in how the tokens are distributed:
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Bitcoin exchange inflows over the past month have been driven almost entirely by freshly moved supply, with minimal involvement from long-dormant holders. Nearly three-quarters of all daily deposits across major exchanges consisted of coins that had last moved less than 24 hours earlier, pointing to high-frequency repositioning activity rather than strategic distribution. This type of
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Bitcoin’s market structure has shifted decisively toward leverage, with derivatives now overwhelmingly accounting for the majority of daily trading volume. Data from CryptoQuant showed that the derivatives market consistently comprised over 90% of Bitcoin’s total trading activity in 2025, pushing the average derivative-to-spot volume ratio to 13.2x YTD. This ratio peaked at 16.6× on May
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