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- Binance and Bitget Account for About 81% of Brent Contract Open Interest
Binance represented about 72% of the $319 million total, with roughly $230 million in outstanding contracts on its platform.
· Investing
- OKX Scheduled Eli Lilly-Linked LLYUSD Perpetual for Oct. 21
The USD-margined contract was scheduled to open at 4:30 a.m. ET, with trading access through OKX’s website, mobile app and API.
· Investing
- CFTC Sets Oct. 28 Forum on Super Intelligence and Agentic Trading
The event will examine how super intelligence may affect derivatives markets and what CFTC oversight should cover when agents can transact for market participants.
· Regulation
- Crypto Liquidations Reach $297 Million as Shorts Take Bigger Losses
Short liquidations totaled $168 million, compared with $128 million in longs. Ether recorded $100 million, ahead of Bitcoin at $76.1 million.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Remains in Sept. 21 Range as Trading Volumes Decline
Spot and derivatives activity has eased, while Bitcoin’s volatility is approaching its mid-August lows.
· Investing
- Blockchain.com Launches Call and Put Options on Seven Crypto Assets
The initial lineup includes Solana, Hyperliquid, Avalanche, XRP and TRON alongside Bitcoin and Ether.
· Business
- ESMA Sets Conditions for Derivatives Clearing Exemption Under EMIR 3
Draft standards cover provider controls, recordkeeping and monitoring of the exemption.
· Regulation
- Derivatives Wallet Raises S&P 500-Linked Long to $8.4 Million
The wallet cut its Zcash (ZEC) short by about $3.17 million but retained roughly $1.42 million in short exposure.
· Investing
- Papertrade Sees Bitcoin and Ether Open Interest Drop After PAPER Decision
Paragon halted its PAPER prelaunch contract and settled open positions at $0.026296. Aster restricted trading in its contract.
· Investing
- Binance XRP Whale Transfer Volume Falls 44% as Net Inflows Continue
The number of tokens transferred fell 37%, while Binance averaged 9.3 million XRP in daily net inflows during the measured week.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Short Grows to About $37.5 Million in Profitable Account
The account, which has more than $126 million in cumulative profit, added about $4.63 million to the short over four hours.
· Investing
- Bitcoin shorts build during price decline as spot flows take control
Bitcoin open interest increased during a 2.2% price decline, indicating new shorts. Stable CME exposure and limited Bitfinex leverage leave spot demand as the main near-term driver.
· Insights & Views
- Bitget Adds Four Stock Perpetuals, Expanding Lineup to 368 Assets
The CSTOCK, MDT, BP and VLO contracts settle in Tether (USDT), support up to 20x leverage and trade around the clock.
· Business
- Futures pro pick: ETH dollar-margin long accounts fall 2.46 points, XRP positions dip 0.98 point
Ethereum dollar-margined long accounts fell 2.46 percentage points, while XRP dollar-margined long positions declined 0.98 point. Solana coin-margined long positions dropped 2.22 points.
· Investing
- Bitcoin’s 21 Million-Coin Cap Does Not Remove Holding Costs
Bitcoin’s supply ceiling is part of its potential inflation-hedge case, while Treasury yields, borrowing costs and derivatives can shape the return a holder keeps.
· Investing
- Crypto Liquidations Reach $214 Million in 24 Hours, Mostly From Longs
Bitcoin (BTC) liquidations totaled $37.485 million, while Ether (ETH) liquidations reached $33.3992 million.
· Investing
- Binance QQQUSDT Perpetual Falls 2.52% to $711.70 in 24 Hours
The contract traded below its listed $714.51 lower Bollinger Band. A separate derivatives snapshot showed open interest up 3.55%.
· Investing
- Futures trader pick: Bitcoin USD-margin longs jump 4.47 points, Ether accounts gain 2.89
Bitcoin’s USD-margined long-position share rose 4.47 percentage points to 63.49%. Ether’s USD-margined long-account share climbed 2.89 points to 68.65%.
· Investing
- Sei (SEI) Perpetual Futures Log Two Trades on CFTC-Registered U.S. Venue
Both Oct. 16 transactions met the 100-contract minimum and totaled about $13.17. North American Derivatives Exchange filed the product under a CFTC self-certification process on Oct. 8.
· Regulation
- Long Positions Lead $157 Million in Four-Hour Crypto Liquidations
Bitcoin and Ether liquidations totaled $73.95 million, about 47% of the reported total.
· Investing
- Derivatives Account Opens About $10M BRENTOIL Long Position
The position was worth about $9.985 million at 1:02 p.m. ET (17:02 UTC) Oct. 16. The account’s cumulative profits exceeded $20 million.
· Investing
- Crypto Address Adds to XYZ100 Short Position Over 55 Minutes
The address linked to the account has more than $25 million in cumulative gains.
· Investing
- Bitget Tesla Contract Open Interest Rises in Oct. 16 Reading
The reading covers Bitget’s Tesla (TSLA) contracts, where open interest measures the value of positions that remain open.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Options Worth $1.47 Billion Expired With $83,000 Max Pain
About 18,000 contracts made up 4.5% of Bitcoin options open interest, with a put/call ratio of 1.
· Investing
- Altcoin options: Ether and XRP bullish, Solana positions lean bearish
Ether and XRP options showed call-dominant positioning, while Solana’s front-expiry put/call ratio of 2.36 signaled a bearish tilt. All three assets rose over 24 hours.
· Investing
- Bitcoin options open interest reaches $1.15 billion as 24-hour puts lead
Bitcoin options expiring Oct. 23 carried $1.15 billion in open interest, with a put-to-call ratio of 1.24. Puts also narrowly led 24-hour volume with a ratio of 1.06.
· Investing
- Bitcoin and Ether Extend Losses as Derivatives Positions Rise
Open interest increased after September inflation data, while spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $859 million in net outflows over six trading sessions.
· Investing
- Ether Liquidations Reach $288.6 Million as Long Positions Dominate
Long positions made up 92.1% of the total at 1:31 a.m. ET Thursday (05:31 UTC), while Ether was down 6.2% over 24 hours.
· Investing
- Proposed Statebook Would Route Trades by Target Payoff
The design would compare direct and synthetic routes, including firm size and residual exposure. It does not establish that a venue is operating or that traders can access one.
· Technology
- Crypto Exchanges Liquidate $74.1 Million as Longs Take 60%
Long liquidations reached $44.4 million across 26,006 orders in the 24 hours through 2:24 a.m. ET (06:24 UTC) Oct. 14.
· Investing
- Raydium’s RAY Tests the $2 Level as Spot Selling Outpaces Buying
RAY traded near $2.15 on Oct. 13 as spot selling exceeded buying and perpetual-futures volume rose to $9.9 million.
· Investing
- Gate Moves Into Global Top Three After $396.4 Billion September Volume
The exchange overtook Bybit as its derivatives market share rose to 10.1%, while it expanded into stock event contracts and payments.
· Investing
- S&P Completes First On-Chain Derivatives Swap on Canton
Marex and DRW participated in the transaction on the privacy-focused blockchain network.
· Technology
- DFI Falls 68.11% in One Hour as Thin Liquidity Raises Risk
The token dropped to $0.000648 after trading as high as $0.002241, while volume remained at just $18.86.
· Investing
- Bitcoin Rebounds More Than 3% Toward $84,000 After Sharp Pullback
Bitcoin recovered from near $81,000 as markets weighed Strategy’s latest purchase and the pending U.S. inflation report.
· Investing
- 21Shares Launches Synthetic Anthropic ETP for Europe’s Pre-IPO Market
The euro-denominated product tracks Anthropic’s market-implied valuation through derivatives but provides no ownership, voting rights or IPO allocation.
· Investing
- XRP Holds Near $1.38 as Short-Term Momentum Weakens
XRP remained above its 200-day average but traded below shorter-term trend measures as derivatives open interest rose during the decline.
· Investing
- Bybit Targets Platform Covering Global Asset Classes With 500 Products
CEO Ben Zhou said Bybit has more than 250 TradFi perpetual contracts and about $180 billion in cumulative volume since their March launch.
· Business
- Bitcoin Holds Near $83,780 as MACD Signals a Market Decision Point
Bitcoin remained above its seven-day, 50-day and 200-day SMAs but below its 20-day average as derivatives activity increased.
· Investing
- AguilaTrades Is Liquidated Three Hours After $165,000 Floating Profit
The liquidation was recorded at 1:46 a.m. ET (05:46 UTC) on Oct. 13.
· Investing