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Bitcoin funding rates just flashed one of the bleakest signals in months before one macro number changed everything
Bitcoin’s derivatives market gave us the best explanation of this week’s macro stress. Funding rates turned sharply negative,…
Why Bitcoin keeps snapping back to $70k — and the $13B options “magnet” behind it
Bitcoin’s rebound on March 4 looked odd if you only watched it through the usual “risk assets are…
Hyperliquid gold perps front-ran CME after Iran strikes and the Monday gap exposed a new weekend leader
On Feb. 28, coordinated strikes hit Iranian nuclear facilities while most benchmark commodity markets sat dark. Traditional gold…
Ethereum usage is at record highs yet ETH nears its longest monthly losing streak since 2018
Ethereum is approaching a milestone that few investors would welcome: its longest run of consecutive monthly losses since…
Bitcoin rebounds after $100B tariff whiplash — but $60k options price target hints at bigger risk
Bitcoin’s weekend selloff led to about $100 billion in crypto market value losses during the reporting period and…
The SEC just gave Cardano a 75-day shortcut to a spot ETF that took Bitcoin 240 days
CME’s Cardano futures went live on Feb. 9, and that date may matter more for ETFs than for…
The Bitcoin CME gap is dead – and past gaps could close forever in May this year
CME Group has spent most of its life as the financial plumbing moving the gears behind wheat hedges,…
Wall Street is desperate to copy crypto’s prediction markets as Cboe files for “Yes/No” options
Cboe wants to bring back all-or-nothing options, a contract that pays a fixed amount if a condition is…
Bitcoin hit $60,000 because two different groups finally surrendered — on-chain data shows who blinked
Bitcoin’s February drop to about $60,000 was the kind of single-day panic people will remember as a bottom.…
Bitcoin shorts just hit their most extreme level in years as BTC defiantly holds above $70k
Bitcoin derivative traders are increasingly positioning for further downside rather than a clean bounce as the leading cryptocurrency…
