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Bitcoin is trapped on a “liquidation treadmill” where risky positions are being systematically hunted
Bitcoin’s recent price action had a familiar signature: leverage built on the bounce, funding turned supportive for longs,…
Bitcoin traders are dumping billions into insurance in case the price drops to $75k as June options expiry creates a high-stakes price trap
Bitcoin’s June 26 options expiry provides a clean snapshot of how risk is being framed several months out,…
Bitcoin options just overtook futures for the first time, and the new way institutions hedge is trapping retail leverage
By mid-January, open interest in Bitcoin options rose to about $74.1 billion, edging past Bitcoin futures open interest…
Crypto futures legitimized by CME with Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar addition, but retail traders face a massive catch
The era of the crypto industry being seen as a two-asset town is officially over at the world’s…
Here’s the exact price the dam cracks as Bitcoin demand breaks out, but dealers mechanically forcing stability
Bitcoin is now trading around near $96,000 as spot ETF inflows and options market positioning exert opposing mechanical…
This Bitfinex whale “buy signal” is everywhere, but the real Bitcoin data suggests a much messier six weeks
The first thing you learn when you spend too long around Bitcoin is that everyone has a chart…
Oil prices just did the unthinkable after the Venezuela raid, and it hands Bitcoin a rare advantage
When the futures market opened Monday, the screens told a story that felt backward. The U.S. had just…
This legendary $197M bear has flipped long altcoins with high leverage, but funding rates signal a dangerous trap
There are traders you hear about because they talk, and traders you hear about because their footprints keep…
Bitcoin order books just exposed the “wild” mechanics secretly crushing every rally before it starts
Bitcoin has spent the past several weeks going nowhere fast, and that is not because traders have run…
How $150 billion was liquidated from crypto market in 2025 driving Bitcoin crash
Forced liquidations in the crypto derivatives market reached about $150 billion in 2025, according to CoinGlass data. On…