Bitcoin Futures Hit $61.9B as Traders Pile Into Both Sides of the Market – Bitcoin News

Binance's leadership shift may signal a strategic pivot towards DeFi and self-custody, impacting its marketing and partnership strategies. The post Binance CMO Rachel Conlan to depart on June 15 after three years appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin futures open interest across all exchanges reached $61.9 billion on Thursday, as traders positioned on both sides of a market sitting at $81,500 per coin at 3 p.m. ET. Options data from Deribit, OKX, and Binance point to $80,000 as the level where the most contracts expire worthless, a figure worth watching heading into […]

Bitcoin absorbed $853M in taker sell volume on Binance in a single hour after Core PPI data crushed rate cut hopes, with Binance accounting for 91% of total sell flows. The sell orders hit fast. Before U.S. equity markets even settled into their opening rhythm, Bitcoin was already absorbing one of its sharpest single-hour sell […] The post $853M Bitcoin Dumped on Binance After One Inflation Number Changed Everything appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Bitcoin has lost the $80,000 level as the market faces a wave of uncertainty that has erased the confidence built during weeks of gradual recovery. The breakdown is not catastrophic in isolation — but XWIN Research Japan has identified a set of on-chain conditions that place the current moment in a historical context that demands careful attention before drawing conclusions about what comes next. Related Reading: XRP Holds Key Level, But Binance Flow Data Signals Weakening Demand The analysis draws on CryptoQuant data to describe a market at a genuine inflection point. Bitcoin rallied approximately 37% from the April lows, a recovery that carried it back toward the 200-day moving average at approximately $82,400 — a technical level that has acted as major resistance during previous bear market recovery attempts. The price reached that level and is now retreating from it. The historical parallel that XWIN Research Japan identifies is March 2022. At that point in the previous cycle, Bitc

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The post Ethereum Leverage Tells Two Different Stories On Binance And OKX: Traders Face A Fragile Setup appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Ethereum is consolidating between $2,250 and $2,450 as the market searches for the catalyst or the structural shift that forces a decisive move in either direction. The price is holding but not breaking — and CryptoQuant analyst MorenoDV has identified a divergence in the derivatives data across two of the largest exchanges in the world that adds a specific risk dimension to the current setup that most participants are not watching. The analysis examines the Estimated Leverage Ratio — the measure of how much derivatives exposure is being built on top of the ETH reserve base held by each exchange. A higher ratio does not automatically signal danger, but it does describe a more sensitive market structure: more open positions relative to available reserves means more potential volatility per unit of the underlying asset, and a lower tolerance for adv

Ethereum is consolidating between $2,250 and $2,450 as the market searches for the catalyst or the structural shift that forces a decisive move in either direction. The price is holding but not breaking — and CryptoQuant analyst MorenoDV has identified a divergence in the derivatives data across two of the largest exchanges in the world that adds a specific risk dimension to the current setup that most participants are not watching. Related Reading: XRP Holds Key Level, But Binance Flow Data Signals Weakening Demand The analysis examines the Estimated Leverage Ratio — the measure of how much derivatives exposure is being built on top of the ETH reserve base held by each exchange. A higher ratio does not automatically signal danger, but it does describe a more sensitive market structure: more open positions relative to available reserves means more potential volatility per unit of the underlying asset, and a lower tolerance for adverse price movements before liquidation dynamics begin t

The post Binance pulls 20 Alpha tokens: Which cryptos are on the list? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Binance Alpha will remove 20 tokens from its featuring list on May 14 at 06:00 UTC after a recent review.  Summary Binance Alpha removes 20 tokens after reviews found they missed platform standards on May 14. ATA, FARM, MLN, PHB and SYS will leave Binance spot trading on May 27 UTC. Binance delisting push follows community voting and stricter reviews across supported markets globally. The affected assets are PRAI, COMMON, PINGPONG, TAKER, JANITOR, GATA, KLINK, CORL, SWTCH, ARIAIP, LONG, ZKWASM, GORILLA, ECHO, LITKEY, FIR, GM, DELABS, DONKEY and WHY. Binance said the tokens “do not adhere to Binance Alpha’s standards.” The exchange did not state a separate reason for each token, leaving the exact issue for every project unclear. It also said users can still withdraw or sell the assets after removal. Meanwhile, Binance Alpha is used for early-stage tokens, which can carry more trad