Tag: Futures

Bitcoin futures hit a 14-month low on CME today

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Bitcoin futures open interest on the CME has fallen to a 14-month low of approximately $7.2 billion in early April, extending a five-month decline as the basis trade that drove institutional demand unwinds and the Crypto Fear and Greed Index sits at 12, deep inside extreme fear territory for the 46th consecutive day. Summary CME Bitcoin futures average daily open interest fell below $8 billion in March 2026 and dropped further to approximately $7.2 billion in early April, a new low since February 2024; monthly trading volume on the CME…

Bitcoin Derivatives Flash Caution as BTC Climbs Higher, Options, Futures, and Max Pain Decoded – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Bitcoin CME options open interest shows puts dominating since late 2025, with calls holding a 57% edge on Deribit in April 2026. Total BTC options OI reached $30B+, while Binance leads futures at $9.31B and CME ranks second at $8.74B across 11 tracked exchanges. Max pain levels on Deribit, OKX, and Binance cluster near $70K to $72K ahead of the April 24, 2026, expiration with the heaviest notional value. Futures Open Interest: Binance Leads, CME Close Behind Total bitcoin futures open interest (OI) across major exchanges sits in…

CME Bitcoin futures slump as basis trade unwinds and Wall Street steps back

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CME Bitcoin futures open interest has fallen to a 14‑month low as the once‑crowded basis trade collapses, compressing yields and pushing leveraged institutions out. Summary CME Bitcoin futures average daily open interest fell below $8B in March and to about $7.2B in early April, the lowest since February 2024. March volume slid to $163B, nearly half January 2025’s peak, as the spot‑ETF plus short‑futures basis trade unwound and leveraged funds exited. With annualized basis near 5% versus ~4.5% risk‑free rates, funding costs and counterparty risk have erased arbitrage appeal at…

Bitcoin futures open interest jumps 8% in a day, Coinglass shows

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Binance faces renewed questions over its $4.3b post-plea cleanup as crime-monitoring staff depart and chief compliance officer Noah Perlman weighs an exit. Summary Total Bitcoin futures open interest rose 8.09% in 24 hours to $50.804b, according to Coinglass. Binance leads with $8.887b in open interest, followed by Bybit, Gate, and OKX. The build-up in leverage comes as BTC derivatives positioning has repeatedly signaled key turning points in past cycles. Bitcoin (BTC) futures traders added more than $3.8 billion in new leveraged positions over the past 24 hours, with total BTC…

WTI Crude Futures Jump 2.7% After Trump Iran Threat, Bitcoin Taps $69K – Bitcoin News

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Key Takeaways: Trump threatened Iran on Truth Social April 5, warning of Tuesday strikes if the Strait of Hormuz blockade continued. WTI crude May 2026 futures climbed 2.7% to $114.59, while Nasdaq-100 futures dropped 0.65% to 24,061.75. Hyperliquid’s XYZ:CL perpetual contract hit $593M open interest as DeFi traders priced in geopolitical risk 24/7. Oil Futures Spike After Trump Posts Strait of Hormuz Warning on Easter Sunday Trump’s post, directed at Iranian leadership, warned that power plants and bridges would be targeted, and was signed off with “Praise be to Allah.”…

Bitget Launches VIP Fast Track Program Across Futures, Spot and Asset Holdings – Branded Spotlight Bitcoin News

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Victoria, Seychelles, April 03, 2026 – Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today launched the VIP Fast Track Program, a new campaign designed to help users reach higher VIP levels through personalized trading routes across futures, spot, and asset holdings. The launch marks the first phase of Bitget’s broader UEX VIP season, a platform-wide initiative built around the principle of maximum perks and minimum fees for high-value users. Unlike traditional exchange VIP systems that rely primarily on fixed asset thresholds, VIP Fast Track introduces progression paths based on trading…

Binance Launches Oil and Gas Perpetual Futures With 100x Leverage Amid Iran War Energy Crisis – Crypto News Bitcoin News

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Crypto Traders Can Now Trade Oil Futures on Binance Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, by trading volume, announced three new USDT-margined perpetual contracts Monday: CLUSDT for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, BZUSDT for Brent crude, and NATGASUSDT for natural gas. All three go live on April 1 on a staggered schedule beginning at 09:00 UTC. Each contract carries a maximum leverage of 100x. The timing is deliberate. Global energy markets have been swinging hard since late February, when U.S. and Israeli forces launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran under…

Bitcoin Hits $64,785 Low, 86,000 Traders Wiped out While Oil Tops $103 and Wall Street Futures Turn Red – Market Updates Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin Slips Below $65K, Bounces Back as Wall Street Futures Bleed Bitcoin is down 1.2% on the day and dipped below $65,000 for the first time since the month began. With bitcoin often playing the role of TradFi’s early warning signal, some now suspect Wall Street may be in for an unpleasant morning. “ Bitcoin is dumping after U.S. stock market futures opened in the red and Oil futures rose to $103,” the X account Ash Crypto wrote after 6 p.m. Eastern time. Just after 7 p.m., bitcoin clawed its…

Binance Users Register Record Gold Futures Trading Activity

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Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specialized in the field of journalism and content creation. While he started out writing on several subjects, Semilore soon found a knack for cracking down on the complexities and intricacies in the intriguing world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Semilore is drawn to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing, and transferring value. He is a staunch advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrency as he believes it can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial systems. In two years of active…

XAUT Futures Volume Rewrites Records On Binance

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A gold-backed crypto token jumped from 453rd place to fifth among the most actively traded perpetual pairs on Binance — all within a matter of weeks. Related Reading XAUT: From Obscurity To The Top 5 Tether’s tokenized gold token, XAUT, recorded a daily perpetual futures trading volume of $6.40 billion on March 23, according to data highlighted by CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartunn. That figure dwarfs where it stood in December 2025, when daily volume barely crossed $1.50 million. The climb was fast and unrelenting. By January 2026, daily volume had moved…