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- Solana Open Interest Falls 6.59% as Ether Long Accounts Reach 75.4%
Open interest declined across all five assets in the Oct. 17 snapshot. Funding was positive for Bitcoin and Ether and negative for Solana, XRP and Dogecoin.
· Investing
- Ether Options Show 62.25% Call Share; Long Liquidation Value Tops Short Liquidation Value
Calls were 62.25% of options open interest at 9:44 a.m. ET (13:44 UTC) Oct. 17. Long positions accounted for $23.1 million in liquidation value, compared with $9.4 million for shorts, out of $32.5 million over the pri…
· Investing
- Bitcoin Open Interest Stands at $7.68 Billion as Solana Open Interest Drops 4.25%
Bitcoin and Solana shared the highest funding rate in the five-asset snapshot. XRP was the only asset with rising open interest over 24 hours.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Leads Five-Asset Funding Snapshot at 0.0100% Every Eight Hours
Its 10.9% annualized rate topped the group as open interest fell 0.62% to $7.74 billion. Long accounts made up 63.3% of BTC accounts.
· Investing
- Bitcoin (BTC) Account Reverses From $3.018 Million Short to $558,000 Net Long
The 36-minute shift included position closures and new long and short trades. The account’s cumulative contract losses were about $26.24 million.
· Investing
- XRP Leads at 8.9% Annualized Funding as Dogecoin Open Interest Climbs 8.49%
Funding stayed positive across Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP and Dogecoin, with long accounts exceeding short accounts in every market.
· Investing
- Coinbase Markets Maps XRP Net-Long Exposure by Entry Price
The measure tracks open derivatives exposure by average entry price, but it does not show each trader’s margin or liquidation level.
· Investing
- Bitcoin and Ether Rise as Gate Ranks in Top Three for Contract Volume
Bitcoin was near $81,804.80, up 1.21% over 24 hours, while Ether traded around $2,426.43, up 2.91%.
· Investing
- Tesla-Linked Perpetuals See $128 Million in 24-Hour Trading
At least three traders opened long positions worth about $3.98 million combined.
· Investing
- Crypto Derivatives Volume Fell 15.7% in First Half of 2026
Average daily open interest fell 10% year over year, while the tracked exchange sample recorded $73.35 billion in liquidations.
· Investing
- BitMEX Operator Faces Claim for 324.8 BTC Over UK Derivatives Trades
Barber alleges he made about 2,294 trades across five accounts from 2018 to 2022 and seeks recovery tied to 1,053 losing perpetual swaps.
· Regulation
- Binance ETH Long Liquidations Top $106M in One Hour After Hot U.S. Inflation
Crypto futures trading volume was about nine times spot volume, while expectations for another Federal Reserve rate increase climbed from 17% to nearly 30% during the week.
· Investing
- Binance Leads Global Crypto Derivatives Exchanges in 24-Hour Open Interest
Hyperliquid ranked second at $15.430 billion, followed by Gate at $13.471 billion.
· Investing
- Binance’s MSFTUSDT Contract Tracks Microsoft Shares With 10x Leverage
The perpetual contract launched April 20, 2026, and settles in USDT. Its reported market readings are unverified against Binance data.
· Investing
- XRP coin-margined long positions jump 4.8 pp as Bitcoin accounts rise
XRP’s coin-margined long-position share rose 4.8 percentage points to 84.2%, while Bitcoin long accounts in the USDT-margined market climbed 3 points to 58.36%.
· Investing
- British Engineer Seeks $26.5 Million From BitMEX Operator
Lewis Barber filed a £20 million claim over Bitcoin losses he alleges occurred between 2018 and 2022.
· Regulation
- Bitcoin Funding Turns Negative as Open Interest Falls Across Five Assets
Solana had the steepest 24-hour open-interest decline at 2.44%, while Ether had the largest share of long accounts at 73.5%.
· Investing
- Dogecoin Leads Open-Interest Declines as Bitcoin Funding Hits 0.0079%
DOGE open interest fell 13.69% to $208 million, while Ether retained the largest position base at $5.74 billion despite a 4.07% decline.
· Investing
- OKX Liquidates $2.38 Million Bitcoin Short Position at $82,580
The forced liquidation occurred in an OKX Bitcoin perpetual futures contract at 10:11 p.m. ET on Oct. 12.
· Investing
- Crypto Liquidations Reach $149 Million in One Hour, Longs Dominate
Long positions accounted for $146 million of the total, while Bitcoin and Ether liquidations topped $45 million each.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Funding Rate Reaches 9.2% Annualized as Ether Longs Hit 74.4%
Bitcoin open interest fell 0.67% to $7.67 billion, while Ether open interest dropped 4.28% to $5.58 billion in the Oct. 12 snapshot.
· Investing
- Derive Proposes Treasury Funding for U.S. Derivatives Expansion
The proposal builds on Derive’s plan to replace Derive Chain with V3, an Ethereum-settled options exchange for other crypto applications.
· Business
- Binance’s BABAUSDT Contract Trades Below $111 as Alibaba Targets Rise
The contract stood at $110.35 at 6 a.m. ET on Oct. 12, while Alibaba ADR price targets ranged from $178 to $193.
· Investing
- Binance AMZNUSDT Trades Near Upper Band as Amazon Share Target Reaches $385
The contract gained 0.17% over 24 hours to $263.34, while momentum readings were mixed and extended.
· Investing
- Anthropic Pre-Listing Perpetuals Reach $57 Million in Open Interest
Contracts across five exchanges imply a valuation between $2.04 trillion and $2.11 trillion, while the median quote gap is 3.5%.
· Investing
- NVIDIA Perpetual Contract Falls Below Short-Term Averages as Taker Sells Outpace Buys at 5 a.m. ET (09:00 UTC)
NVDAUSDT traded between $229.56 and $231.96, while accounts were net long at 5 a.m. ET (09:00 UTC) despite the taker-flow imbalance.
· Investing
- Australia’s ASIC Weighs Leverage Caps for Digital-Asset Derivatives
The proposed rules would extend CFD protections to some digitally settled contracts, including forced closeouts and negative-balance protection.
· Regulation
- ASIC Plans To Extend CFD Protections To Crypto-Settled Derivatives
The proposal would apply leverage limits, mandatory closeouts and negative-balance protection, while excluding some fixed-term crypto futures and options.
· Regulation
- Dogecoin Open Interest Rises 5.68% as Five Crypto Assets Gain
A 7:04 a.m. ET snapshot showed higher open interest across Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP and Dogecoin, with funding rates moving in mixed directions.
· Investing
- Bybit Adds Five Stock-Linked Perpetual Contracts With 20x Leverage
The contracts track MercadoLibre, Nu Holdings, Petrobras, YPF and Vista Energy. Bybit is offering temporary fee discounts alongside the launch.
· Investing
- Crypto Open Interest Tracks Open Contracts, Not Market Direction
The measure shows how many futures and options contracts remain active, but it does not identify whether traders are long, short, hedged or using arbitrage.
· Investing
- MarketVector Index Extends Semiconductor Pricing Beyond U.S. Stock Hours
The index is disseminated 24 hours on weekdays, while perpetual contracts using similar benchmarks may face liquidation decisions before U.S. shares reopen.
· Investing
- Crypto Liquidations Exceed $19 Billion on Record Day
More than $19 billion in crypto derivatives positions were liquidated Oct. 10, making it the largest liquidation day on record.
· Investing
- Coinbase Secures CFTC Clearing Registration, Expanding U.S. Derivatives
The registration allows Coinbase to clear crypto-related trades and strengthens its regulated market infrastructure in the United States.
· Regulation
- Blockchain.com Seeks CFTC Approval for U.S. Event Contracts, Derivatives
The company applied for licenses to serve retail and institutional customers with prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives.
· Regulation
- Crypto Derivatives Open Interest Falls Across Five Major Assets
Bitcoin open interest fell 3.79% to $7.64 billion in the Oct. 9 snapshot, while funding rates diverged across the market.
· Investing
- Binance Sees $7.21 Million Ether Long Liquidated in a Single Event
The liquidation occurred at $2,496 at 12:18 a.m. Korea Standard Time on Oct. 9, or 11:18 a.m. ET on Oct. 8.
· Investing
- Coinbase Completes Deribit Integration as TOKEN2049 Maps 2027 Expansion
TOKEN2049 Singapore’s second day focused on tokenization, stablecoins and regulated crypto infrastructure as Coinbase detailed its rollout and organizers set Dubai and New York dates.
· Business
- Hyperliquid Founder Jeff Yan Might Study Options If No Longer Allowed to Build Infrastructure
Yan said HIP-4 could retain spot markets, an order book and portfolio margin while using perpetual contracts to hedge options’ delta exposure.
· People
- Dogecoin Leads 24-Hour Open-Interest Declines as Crypto Positioning Shifts
Dogecoin open interest fell 13.34%, while XRP posted the most negative funding rate in the Oct. 8 perpetual-futures snapshot.
· Investing