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Most of these could be short positions, according to data tracked by Laevitas shows the funding rate – the cost of holding long/short perpetual futures positions – has been consistently neutral-to-negative in recent weeks. A negative funding rate means shorts are paying longs to keep the bearish position open. In
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Bitcoin has been hinting at lower levels during today’s trading session. The benchmark crypto was rejected at around $48,000 and has been unable to reclaim its previous highs. Related Reading | Galaxy Digital’s Jason Urban What Will Drive Ethereum To Flip Bitcoin At the time of writing, Bitcoin trades at $43,100 with
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WAVES, the native cryptocurrency of Waves blockchain, which enables users to create and launch custom digital tokens, surged over 50% to a record high of $52. The surprise launch of Waves Labs, a U.S-based venture to support, develop and incubate commercial opportunities for the Waves blockchain, likely lifted the token
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Bitcoin (BTC) saw a fresh brief short squeeze overnight on March 15 with bulls still attempting to crack $40,000 resistance.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewTraders uninspired by market compositionData from Cryptox Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching highs just short of the psychological barrier Tuesday before returning to previous
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Investor-focused social media platform Stocktwits, which gained popularity during last year’s ‘retail short squeeze’ frenzy involving GameStop and AMCTheaters, rolled out its own crypto trading services on Thursday.Stocktwits has partnered with FTX.US to carry out its crypto trading services and is set to launch US equity trading next quarter. The
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"Bitcoin is currently fighting with the $40,000 resistance, and if it manages to break it, we might see a similar volume explosion as when it dropped below this level. Until then, trading activity might be muted as momentum traders often wait for specific price action before making directional bets," Arcane
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The current Bitcoin volatility Index values suggest that a short squeeze may be near, if past pattern continues to hold. Past Bitcoin Volatility Index Pattern Suggests A Short Squeeze May Happen Here As explained by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the BTC volatility index has now reached values where a short
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Bitcoin (BTC) broke through $42,000 on Jan. 11 as expectations of a fresh “short squeeze” mounted.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewShort-term squeeze “reasonably likely”Data from Cryptox Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it recovered from Monday’s dip to $39,600 — its first breach of the $40,000 mark since September.While
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On-chain data shows Bitcoin open interest and estimated leverage ratio metrics have continued to rise recently. This could mean that a short squeeze may be coming soon. Bitcoin Open Interest Rises Despite Decline In Price As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the BTC open interest has shown uptrend
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Since early December, the number of open positions on Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volumes and open interest, has increased from 190,000 BTC to 258,000 BTC. Meanwhile, funding rates have been consistently neutral to negative, meaning investors have been predominantly holding shorts despite bitcoin’s downside momentum running out
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