Record $8B open interest on Ethereum futures shows the pros are 'here'
Analysts say billion-dollar liquidations are less of a risk even as the open interest on Ethereum futures hit a new high at $8 billion. The price of Ether continues to push higher, and many analysts are calling for $3,000 as a short-term target. All of this "success" takes place in the face of Ether (ETH) being in a bottleneck regarding high fees, network congestion and a tense situation with miners. With decentralized finance (DeFi) applications taking center stage and the aggregate volumes at exchanges surpassing $4 billion per day, Ether's price has rallied over 200% since the start of....
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Data shows the Ethereum open interest has surged up to near all-time high values as the ETH 2.0 merge comes closer. Ethereum Open Interest Has Sharply Risen Up Recently As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the ETH open interest in futures and perps has surged up to 4.2 million ETH in recent days. The “open interest” is an indicator that measures the total amount of Ethereum futures and perps contracts currently open in the market (denominated in ETH). The metric includes both shorts and longs. When the value of this indicator is high, it means a large number of....
Data shows a large amount of leverage has been piling up in the Ethereum futures market as the price of the crypto breaks above $2k. Ethereum Open Interest Surges To Highest Value In Last 4 Months As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the ETH futures market has seen the leverage sharply going up recently. The “open interest” is an indicator that measures the total number of Ethereum futures contracts currently open in all derivatives exchanges. When the value of this metric rises up, it means investors are opening up more positions on the market right now. Since....