Bitcoin’s open interest (OI) on Binance has climbed to approximately $13.7 billion, and is nearing the mid-to-late July highs. Such a reading points to increased speculative activity in the market. All-Time High Open Interest The latest data shared by CryptoQuant shows that the rise in OI is occurring alongside a price rebound, which indicates the…
A new functionality is being introduced to the Etherlink ecosystem, which is built on top of Tezos’ rollup technology, that aims to expand the use cases. New Capabilities Shared to CryptoPotato via a news release, the creators behind Stacy.fi, a staking platform built on the Tezos blockchain, have introduced stXTZ, a liquid staked version of the native…
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is flashing its loudest warning signal in five years as traders pile into highly leveraged positions. According to analyst Axel Adler Jr., August’s 30-day change in the Estimated Leverage Ratio (ELR) went above +0.4 for the first time since 2020, a level that has historically come before periods of volatile price moves…
Bitcoin dominance has fallen to its lowest level since January, dropping this week as Ethereum approaches its all-time high. The metric, which measures Bitcoin’s crypto market share, has been trending downward since late June when Ether started to wake up. Since then, it has declined by 10% sparking renewed calls for altseason, which usually comes…
Ether prices have surged to their highest levels for almost four years, tapping $4,625 during Asian trading early on Wednesday morning. The asset has continued to build momentum and is now up a whopping 54% over the past month and 27% over the past week. Meanwhile, the latest move has taken it to within 5.3%…
Bitcoin maintained its role as the market’s anchor asset in July, to a fresh record of $123,000. Its performance, however, coincided with a notable change in market structure as investor capital flowed aggressively into altcoins. According to Binance Research’s market insights shared with CryptoPotato, Bitcoin’s dominance fell by 5.2% to 60.6%. During the same period,…
Ethereum (ETH) has logged nearly 20% gains in the past week as it outperformed many crypto assets. After reclaiming the $4,200 price level for the first time since 2021, ETH has managed to stay above this level. Beyond price action, on-chain data reveals a telling change in how the leading altcoin’s most dedicated holders are…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has become the first corporation to accumulate more than a million ETH for its strategic treasury. On Monday, the firm announced that its ETH holdings had reached 1.15 million tokens worth around $4.9 billion. It added that this total is 317,126 more than a week ago, and the treasury value is around…
Bitcoin’s recent rally briefly surpassed its $120,500 breakout target, which has raised the question of what’s next for the leading cryptocurrency. But liquidity trends will determine whether momentum continues or stalls near all-time highs. Liquidity for Breakout Potential In its latest market commentary, Swissblock said that while broader macroeconomic volatility and potential downside pressure remain…
Over the last seven days, bitcoin (BTC) has recovered and reclaimed the range lows it hit earlier this month. Amid the recovery, analysts at the crypto exchange Bitfinex say the leading cryptocurrency has returned to a warm, but not overheated zone. According to the latest Bitfinex Alpha report, macroeconomic events will determine bitcoin’s next direction…