Year: 2024

Perpetual funding rate for Bitcoin turned negative for 3rd time in 2023

Definition The average funding rate (in %) set by exchanges for perpetual futures contracts. When the rate is positive, long…

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Bitcoin mining companies defy market trend with positive gains

Quick Take Following the news of Silvergate Capital and the liquidations that occurred on March 2 through to March 3,…

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Regime change as Bitcoin returns to self-custody

Quick Take The FTX collapse demonstrated the need to self custody your crypto, a trend that CryptoSlate has monitored for…

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The calm before the storm? Bearish sentiment builds as premium for Bitcoin puts increase

Definition Skew is the relative richness of put vs call options, expressed in Implied Volatility (IV). For options with a…

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Litecoin maintains its lead over Ethereum as Bitcoin hits 1.1 billion total addresses

Quick Take Back In January, CryptoSlate reported that Litecoin total addresses surpassed Ethereum. The trend has continued for Litecoin, putting…

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Bitcoin network reaches record-breaking hash rate while taproot adoption picks up speed

Quick Take Hash Rate A 7DMA Bitcoin hash rate has exceeded 330 TH/s, a new all-time high. In addition, only…

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Bitcoin market sentiment shifts as Asia turns from net buyers to net sellers

Definition This metric shows the 30-day change in the regional price set during Asia, US, and EU working hours, i.e.,…

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GBTC bucks trend, surged 4.5% while BTC remains steady ahead of SEC hearing

Quick Take It looks like pre-positioning for the opening oral arguments of Grayscale’s litigation against the SEC for ETF approval…

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Powell Testimony: DXY breaks 105, BTC down to 22k as support, new peak rate of 5.60% in futures market

Quick Take Powell spoke on March 7 Powell: New data suggests “the ultimate level of rates is likely to be…

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Retail investors’ habits vary between exchanges when it comes to Bitcoin

Definition Breakdown of the net flow of coins into/out of exchanges by the USD value of the transactions. Quick Take…

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