Altcoin Derivatives Activity Thins: Open Interest Drops To Cycle Lows
Data shows the Altcoin futures market has seen a decline in speculative engagement recently as the Open Interest has plummeted. Altcoin Open Interest Is Now Near Cycle Lows In its latest weekly report, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the broad cooldown in speculation that altcoins have witnessed recently. The metric of relevance here […]
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