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Data show that the market for future bitcoin has recently experienced a massive deterioration event. Here is what this reset could mean for BTC, on the basis of past trends.
Bitcoin Open Interest recently crossed an accident
As an analyst pointed out in a Quicktake Cryptoque position, the BTC Open Interest recently saw a retest. The “open interest” refers to an indicator which maintains a trace of the total amount of the bitcoin -related positions which are currently open to all the discussion of derivatives.
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When the value of this metric increases, this means that investors open more positions on the market. Generally, the total lever effect present in the sector increases when this occurs, so this type of trend can lead to greater volatility for the asset.
On the other hand, the lowering indicator implies that the term users end positions or liquidated themselves by their platform. As the leverage decreases following such a trend, the market can act more stable.
Now here is the graph shared by the analyst, which shows the trend in the open interest of Bitcoin, as well as its percentage variation of 90 days, in recent years:
As displayed in the above graph, the open interest of Bitcoin has reached a new summit of all time (ATH) of $ 33.6 billion in January. Interestingly, this peak of the indicator coincided with ATH in the price itself.
As mentioned above, an increase in open interest can lead to the volatility of cryptocurrency. The reason behind this lies in the fact that a mass liquidation event, popularly known as the tablet, can become more likely to occur when the market is overvalued.
In such an event, a net swing in the price triggers a large quantity of simultaneous liquidations, which end up acting as fuel for the movement itself, thus lengthening its length. This triggers a waterfall of new liquidations. Volatility emerging from an increase in open interest can, in theory, take Bitcoin in both directions. During the previous Taurus rally, the increase in open interests was accompanied by a bullish impulse.
From the graph, it is visible, however, that the indicator reached a turning point at the time of the aforementioned peak. While the lower time took control of the bitcoin after ATH, it was now the turn of the bulls to liquidate. The long massive tights that the price legs have induced have contributed to advancing the drop in prices, explaining its sharpness.
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Today, the interest opened is down to just $ 23.1 billion, with the variation of 90 days of the indicator to a lower of -14%. In the graph, the As has highlighted the previous deterioration events where metric has dropped in a similar way.
“Looking at historical trends, each past like this has offered good short-term opportunities,” notes the analyst. It now remains to be seen whether this time of recharging on the term market will be sufficient for Bitcoin to see a rebound or not.
BTC price
At the time of writing this document, Bitcoin is negotiated at around $ 83,500, up 1% in the last 24 hours.
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