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- Crypto Liquidations Top $1.9 Billion as Bitcoin Slides to $63,320
Bullish positions made up about 93% of the total, with $925 million liquidated in the final four hours.
· Investing
- Crypto Derivatives Market Sees $700 Million in Long Liquidations
Trader sentiment shifted amid persistent volatility and mixed signals among major assets.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Liquidations Exceeded $500 Million on 13 Days in Past Year
Three of those days topped $1 billion. The latest 24-hour crypto sell-off liquidated about $1.3 billion in long positions.
· Investing
- CFTC Registers Backpack Clearing as a Derivatives Clearing Organization
The registration covers margin-based and fully collateralized futures, futures options and swaps. An application from affiliate TLD Markets remains under review.
· Regulation
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Plans Digital Margin Payments Dec. 14
Eligible clearing participants of Hong Kong Futures Clearing Limited will be able to submit prepaid-margin requests from 4 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET.
· Business
- [Altcoin options watch] Ether puts lead trading as Solana stays balanced and XRP calls dominate open interest
Ether’s 24-hour options trading favored puts, while calls led Solana and XRP activity. Nearest-expiry open interest was broadly balanced for Solana and strongly call-heavy for XRP.
· Investing
- Hong Kong Pushes Wholesale CBDC for After-Hours Derivatives Trading
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury 许正宇 also cited T+1 stock settlement preparations and plans to support more indexes, ETFs and derivatives.
· Regulation
- Wallet 0xecc8 Holds $42.8 Million in Anthropic Shorts Across Two Markets
Three Hyperliquid contracts implied a fully diluted valuation of $1.80 trillion to $1.86 trillion, with combined open interest at $304 million. The IPO prospectus sets a $70-to-$78 price range.
· Investing
- tZERO Wins CFTC Approval to Operate Regulated Derivatives Exchange
The designation joins an Oct. 16 clearing registration and satisfies a condition in tZERO’s Oct. 31 merger agreement with FG Imperii.
· Regulation
- Bitcoin ETFs Logged Outflows on Four of Five Days During Price Retreat
Bitcoin traded around $75,000 Monday after a midweek move above $80,000 reversed. Derivatives selling and rising on-chain activity accompanied the decline.
· Investing
- Centralized Exchange Spot Volume Falls 9.7% in October 2026
Centralized exchange derivatives volume slipped 1.7%, but their share of combined trading rose to 79.1%. Decentralized futures volume increased 5.26% to $659 billion.
· Investing
- XRP’s Estimated Leverage Ratio on Binance Falls to Three-Month Low Near 0.14
The Nov. 11 report put XRP near $1.09 and described the ratio as leverage use relative to Binance’s available reserves.
· Investing
- SoftBank Clears OpenAI Bridge Loan; Intel Contracts Produce ¥321.9 Billion Loss
The repayment was complete by mid-September, ahead of the facility’s March 2027 maturity. Intel-linked contracts raised about $7.35 billion in August.
· Business
- OKX Launches Futures Strategy for Long-Short Portfolios
Users can combine two to 10 USDT-margined perpetual contracts, set target long or short ratios and configure automatic rebalancing.
· Investing
- Grayscale Says AI Compute Derivatives Market Remains Immature
Hyperliquid and OrnnExchange are among platforms beginning to develop the AI compute derivatives market.
· Technology
- Bitcoin (BTC) Wallet Shifts Into $18.57 Million Long Position
The address holds a net 250 BTC long, while its derivatives account shows about $21.34 million in cumulative profit.
· Investing
- Goldman Sachs Shares Rise 1.49% but Stay Below Key Averages
The stock’s relative strength index was neutral, while Binance derivatives measures showed flat funding and mixed positioning.
· Investing
- Crypto Liquidations Hit $1.19 Billion in 24 Hours, Led by Long Bets
Ether accounted for $505 million in liquidations, compared with $318 million for Bitcoin.
· Investing
- Cross-Exchange COINUSDT Aggregate Falls 2.47% Before Nasdaq Opens
A cross-exchange COINUSDT aggregate stood at $130.91 at 4:50 a.m. ET, before Nasdaq's 9:30 a.m. ET regular-session open. The derivative tracks Coinbase common stock.
· Investing
- Crypto Liquidations Reach $803 Million in Four Hours as Longs Dominate
Long positions made up more than 90% of liquidations; Ether and Bitcoin accounted for $358 million and $233 million, respectively.
· Investing
- Rocket Lab Tokenized Stock Gains 11.31% as Open Interest Falls
Open interest fell 17.53% over 24 hours, while one-hour sell volume outpaced buy volume.
· Investing
- Ether Derivatives Account Reverses to $3.16 Million Short Position
The account held 1,406.37 ETH short after moving from a 1,010.24 ETH long; its cumulative profit was about $40.97 million.
· Investing
- Tokenized iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) Falls 1.22% as Price Sits Below Averages
EWY last traded at $137.95 on Nov. 7. Derivatives positioning leaned long, while chart readings remained weak.
· Investing
- Temporal CEO Says Solana Needs a Stronger Derivatives Market
Michael Marcantonio linked market structure to Solana’s ability to compete for traders. Temporal’s business spans block building, onchain market making and transaction execution.
· People
- CFTC Gives DCMs 30 Days to End Geographic Restrictions That Violate Access Rules
If compliance is not feasible, designated contract markets must explain why to the Division of Market Oversight. They also should ensure intermediaries comply with impartial-access requirements.
· Regulation
- [Futures trader picks] SOL dollar-margin longs fall 3.26 points; XRP long accounts drop 4.41 points
SOL’s dollar-margin long position share fell 3.26 percentage points to 69.56%. XRP’s dollar-margin long account share dropped 4.41 percentage points to 76.34%.
· Investing
- [Altcoin options] Ether puts lead near expiry as Solana stays mixed and XRP calls dominate
Ether’s nearest-expiry put/call open-interest ratio reached 2.41, versus 1.12 for Solana and 0.26 for XRP. Across all expiries, XRP also showed the strongest call bias in trading.
· Investing
- Huobi HTX Lists FTNT/USDT Perpetual Contract With Up to 20x Leverage
The USDT-margined contract was listed Nov. 5.
· Business
- CFTC Opens U.S. Path for Equity Perpetuals as Lawsuit Follows
The approval uses a 2000 law for products between commodity and securities regulation. A lawsuit followed hours later.
· Regulation
- Binance METAUSDT Accounts Lean Long in Nov. 5 Futures Snapshot
At 4 a.m. ET (9:00 UTC), 64.5% of global accounts and 69.4% of top-trader accounts held long positions in the contract.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Short Position Was Liquidated Six Times in Two Hours
The closures totaled 199.83 BTC, while 70.99 BTC remained open at a new liquidation price of $78,192.79.
· Investing
- Short Positions Account for $554 Million of $913 Million in Liquidations
Bitcoin liquidations totaled $396 million and Ether liquidations totaled $236 million. The largest single liquidation was valued at $37.9991 million.
· Investing
- Lighter Records $72.9 Billion in October Trading Across Two Platforms
Its core platform accounted for $53.8 billion, while Robinhood Chain contributed $19.1 billion. Lighter plans a November application for U.S. derivatives registrations.
· Business
- AMD Perpetuals Slip Below Longs’ $522 Break-Even After Earnings
The contract was $500.80 in the update, still 3.03% above its pre-results level. A $4.25 million long position showed an unrealized loss of about $225,200.
· Investing
- James Seyffart Flags Expected ETFs Tied to Credit Default Swaps
The ETFs remain in prelaunch, with no launch date or exchange plans specified and no reported trading volume or prices.
· Investing
- Bitget Posts $1.86 Trillion in Q3 Trading as Reserve Checks Expand
Crypto derivatives volume reached $409.19 billion in September, up 31.5% from July to September. Reserve checks covered 19 major assets.
· Business
- Bitcoin Wallet Opens $6.45 Million Short With $38.2 Million in Losses
The position covered 84.08833 BTC after the wallet opened and closed a long trade worth about $6.88 million.
· Investing
- Trade[XYZ] Tops $500 Billion as ICE Plans Hyperliquid-Based U.S. Venue
Jeff Yan says independent operators above the protocol must meet U.S. regulatory requirements. The proposed venue assigns market operations and clearing to Intercontinental Exchange.
· Business
- KuCoin’s Daily Equity-Perpetual Volume More Than Doubled in Q3
Volume across tracked exchanges fell 27.5% from Q2 to $12 trillion, while KuCoin’s Sept. 30 daily spot reading was 47.07% above its July 1 level.
· Investing
- Bitcoin futures opened the door to institutions as crypto reshapes finance, Giancarlo says
Christopher Giancarlo says regulated Bitcoin futures enabled institutional participation and dollar-based pricing, while digital assets are developing into a new financial architecture.
· Insights & Views