{"id":503461,"date":"2025-10-18T13:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=503461"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T13:54:10","slug":"how-crypto-native-leverage-drove-bitcoin-sell-off-while-etfs-barely-flinched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/how-crypto-native-leverage-drove-bitcoin-sell-off-while-etfs-barely-flinched\/","title":{"rendered":"How crypto-native leverage drove Bitcoin sell-off while ETFs barely flinched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/jpmorgan\/\">JPMorgan<\/a> attributes the recent Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) and Ethereum (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open interest dropped from approximately $70 billion to $58 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoins-whipsaw-to-101k-wipes-out-7b-in-leveraged-positions\/\">on Oct. 10<\/a>. This $12 billion decline signals forced liquidations rather than orderly position exits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/farside-investors\/\">Farside Investors'<\/a> data shows that Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/farside.co.uk\/btc\/\">$70.4 million in net outflows<\/a> concentrated on Oct. 14, 15, and 16, minimal compared to the scale of the price move and the leverage flush in derivatives markets.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum saw even more severe deleveraging relative to its market size. Perpetual open interest fell from roughly $28 billion to between $19 billion and $20 billion on Oct. 10, representing a $9 billion to $10 billion drop.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum spot ETFs recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/farside.co.uk\/eth\/\">$668.9 million in net outflows<\/a> across Oct. 9, 10, 13, and 16, nearly 9.5 times Bitcoin ETF outflows, with concentrated redemptions on Oct. 10 and Oct. 13.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the larger institutional response in Ethereum ETFs, JPMorgan concluded that perpetual futures deleveraging drove price action in both assets, with ETF flows showing &#8220;little forced selling&#8221; relative to the derivatives cascade.<\/p>\n<p>The data support the bank's thesis. Ethereum's open interest declined by roughly 35%, while Bitcoin's fell by approximately 17%. However, both assets experienced a coordinated sell-off on Oct. 10 as leverage unwound across crypto-native venues.<\/p>\n<table class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"797\">\n<thead data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"45\">\n<tr data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"45\">\n<th data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"9\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Metric<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"9\" data-end=\"24\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Window (UTC)<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"24\" data-end=\"30\" data-col-size=\"sm\">BTC<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"36\" data-col-size=\"sm\">ETH<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"45\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"797\">\n<tr data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"253\">\n<td data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"99\" data-col-size=\"sm\">US spot ETF net flows (US$m)<\/td>\n<td data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"116\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Oct 3\u201316, 2025<\/td>\n<td data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"131\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"130\">+3,406.9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"144\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"143\">+745.9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"253\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Sum of Farside daily \u201cTotal\u201d for each date; Oct. 17 shows no entry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"558\">\n<td data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"285\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"284\">CME futures OI variation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"308\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Oct 9 \u2192 Oct 10, 2025<\/td>\n<td data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"344\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"343\">~flat to low-single-digit dip<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"373\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"372\">down; heavier than BTC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"558\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Coverage indicates CME BTC OI stayed broadly stable during the flush, while ETH saw more unwinding; exact daily CME OI deltas aren\u2019t published.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"797\">\n<td data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"601\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"589\">Aggregate perp OI change<\/strong> (notional)<\/td>\n<td data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"628\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Oct 10\u201311, 2025 (24\u201348h)<\/td>\n<td data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"641\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"640\">\u2248 \u221240%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"654\" data-col-size=\"sm\"><strong data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"653\">\u2248 \u221240%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"797\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Market-wide deleveraging across perpetuals per Kaiko\/JPMorgan; aligns with contemporaneous reporting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Perpetual flush mechanics<\/h2>\n<p>Perpetual futures exaggerate moves because leverage forces trades. When prices break, margin ratios slip, and exchanges liquidate under-margined positions with market orders that hit thin books and trigger reflexive cascades.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-margin amplifies the dynamic, as collateral marked to market shrinks as the asset falls, forcing accounts that appeared safe to breach maintenance thresholds and add more forced flow.<\/p>\n<p>Funding rates offer the fastest tell. During a down flush, perpetuals typically flip to sustained negative rates with the perpetual trading at a discount to the spot index.<\/p>\n<p>The turn arrives when funding grinds back toward zero while the perpetual premium or discount closes, ideally with price stabilizing on rising spot volume rather than perpetual activity alone.<\/p>\n<p>Open interest provides the second pillar. A sharp drop in aggregate open interest alongside the sell-off means leverage left the system instead of rotating to new shorts.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin's 17% decline and Ethereum's 35% decline in open interest both point to genuine deleveraging.<\/p>\n<p>A constructive rebuild is slow and spot-led. Prices recover or remain at the base level while open interest rises modestly, funding stays near flat, and the perpetual basis remains tight.<\/p>\n<p>A durable bottom after a perpetual flush looks like negative funding reverting toward zero, the perpetual discount closing, open interest resetting and rebuilding gradually, and the futures curve lifting back into mild contango.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JPMorgan attributes the recent Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage rather than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal forced selling while perpetual futures markets faced sharp deleveraging across both assets. 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