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XRP jumped almost 25% this week, driven by record open interests and an increase in funding rates, indicating a strong speculative activity. However, the market could face net oscillations if the feeling changes.
Ripple (XRP) jumped almost 25% this week, again attracting market attention. The interest open for its derivative market has struck an ATH, showing an increase in bets on leverage and increasing excitement reasons.
But the big question is whether this rally is built on real confidence of investors – or simply a media threw that could cause live price oscillations.
Source: CoinmarketCap
XRP OI reaches a top of all time while speculation increases
The XRP derivative market has explosive growth, an open interest which amounts to beyond $ 10 billion in the main exchanges for the first time.
The clear increase (visible in the latest Coringlass data) is a new summit in the participation of traders and brings a wave of leverage speculation in the active.
Source: Coringlass
This increase in open interest has exceeded the previous cycles, even those during the latest XRP rallies, indicating a potentially overheated market.
Although the increase in OC can feed additional gains, it also increases the risk of sudden liquidation and increased volatility if the feeling suddenly moves.
Financing rates indicate long overheated
The aggregate financing rate of XRP has climbed sharply in recent days, culminating above 0.06% before cooling slightly at 0.0302.
This wave shows that a majority of merchants open to long positions, Paris on other price gains. High financing rates often reflect the euphoria of the market; But they also come with a warning.
Source: Coanyze
When the rates climb too high, it becomes expensive to maintain long long, increasing the risk of forced liquidations during withdrawals.
While the bullish feeling dominates, the current levels of financing suggest that the market can be too extensive and vulnerable to rapid inversions.
XRP: liquidation clusters suggest key risk areas to come
Binance XRP / USDT Liquidation Heatmap reveals dense liquidation clusters between $ 3.30 and $ 3.60; Levels where many traders have taken a high lever effect.
Source: Coringlass
While the price of XRP passed in front of these areas, short aggressive liquidations probably fueled the rally.
However, the graph also stresses that current price levels are surrounded by thin liquidity pockets, which means that any net – in particular downward movement – could trigger cascade liquidations.
With high funding rates and an interest open to record heights, the XRP market is walking on a stiff rope.
If the momentum is of the momentum, even a modest drop could force leverage positions to relax quickly, adding fuel to the drop in volatility.
