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Hedge Funds Are Short Ether CME Futures Like Never Before. Is It Carry Trade or Outright Bearish Bets?

The record short interest is led by carry trades and some amount of outright bearish bets on the second-largest cryptocurrency.

Hedge fund. (viarami/Pixabay

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Bitcoin Friday Futures: CME Group’s Top Crypto Launch Adds Options in February

These new financially settled contracts will expire daily from Monday to Friday.

(OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay)

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Short-Term BTC Holders Quit, CME Open Interest Slid by Record During Monday's Price Drop

As observed by many metrics, Monday's capitulation in bitcoin looks like a textbook local bottom.

Chart of one-day change in CME bitcoin open interest. (Glassnode)

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CME Says XRP, SOL Futures Leak Was an Error, No Decisions Are Made

A screenshot of a beta page for XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL) futures contracts was posted on X earlier on Wednesday.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs See Record Withdrawals as CME Futures Premium Signals Weaker Demand

The exchange-traded funds lost a record $671.9 million as bitcoin extended post-Fed losses below $100,000.

Spot BTC ETFs. (Coinglass)

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Futures Open Interest on CME Surpasses 215K Bitcoin for the First Time as BTC Eyes $100K

Bitcoin has added $30,000 since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and closing in on a $2 trillion market cap.

BTC: Binance vs CME: Futures Open Interest Dominance (Glassnode)

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Bitcoin Traders Pile Into $100K CME Options as Price Climbs Through $93K: CF Benchmarks

BTC blasted through the $90,000 resistance level on Wednesday, defying the dollar strength.

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Bitcoin Traders Wary of Price Drop in U.S. Election Week, CME Options Show

"It looks like bitcoin options traders appear to be hedging their bets to the downside ahead of the U.S. election this week," one observer said, noting pricier puts on the CME.

Vote (RGY23/Pixabay)

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Institutional Investors Position for Bitcoin Volatility Into the U.S. Election

Some $350 million notional value of November call options traded on CME with a breakeven bitcoin price of nearly $80,000, anticipating a rally next month, one analyst noted.

Matador. (Credit: Paul Kenny McGrath/Unsplash)

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Here Are 3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Open Interest Set Record Highs as BTC Price Surge to $71K

U.S. listed spot ETF inflows continue to break records, as CME open interest spikes in the past 24 hours.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)