Marcel Pechman

Bitcoin’s derivatives metrics reflect slight improvements since the $17,600 low, but whales and market makers continue to price higher risk of another breakdown.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Alameda Ventures made recent headlines for bailing out a handful of CeFi crypto platforms this week, but what exactly do market makers do?

Predicting a market bottom is pretty much impossible, but clever traders use options strategies like the Iron Condor setup to target a particular trading price range.

Traders brace for more bad news after headlines revealed that Voyager Digital had lent $655 million to Three Arrows Capital. Is another crypto market sell-off on the way?

Bulls bet on BTC prices above $60,000 for the June monthly options expiry, and now pro investors are going to pay a hefty price for being wrong.

AVAX is testing support at $14.80 and the network’s DApp use is underperforming its competitors, suggesting that the easiest path forward is down.

Risk-averse BTC derivatives traders throw in the towel after futures contracts trade below the spot market price.

BTC and altcoins could continue to see selling, but a positive is that traders took shelter in stablecoins instead of completely exiting the crypto market.

Two key Ethereum price metrics have yet to turn bearish, but it won’t take much to trigger an ETH drop below $1,000.

Pro traders were forced to cut their losses after margin and futures markets became over-leveraged, creating a potential entry point for bullish buyers.

ETH price has stalled around the $1,100 level, but several data points suggest the altcoin’s sell-off is far from complete.

Is it time to be greedy? Experienced market makers and arbitrage desks have turned strongly risk-averse as BTC price dropped to $22,600.

An improving Tether discount in Asian markets and positive futures premiums for BTC and ETH suggest a slight recovery is in the making.

Traders keep saying ETH price will collapse below $1,600 soon, but a key trading metric shows most are unwilling to place bearish bets below $1,900.

Bulls placed too much hope on $32,000 flipping to support, an error that is bound to show by Friday’s $800 million BTC options expiry.

Regulatory pressure and macroeconomic uncertainty continue to pin traders' sentiment and BTC price under $32,000.

A key derivatives metric used by margin traders has hit a record-high, but there’s plenty of risk and a catch to consider.

Declining demand for Tether, negative futures premiums for altcoins and the lack of inflow to the crypto sector are all signs that a rocky road is ahead.

ETH price is meeting strong resistance at the $2,000 level and these trading metrics explain why.

BTC price lost the momentum that had pushed it to $32,300 on May 31, but this week’s option expiry could help bulls recapture the key price level.

BTC price looks to break out of its downtrend, yet pro traders are still unwilling to add leveraged positions.

The total crypto market capitalization recovered roughly 5%, but a variety of trading metrics show investors are skeptical about the rally being a trend change.

Conflicting Bitcoin derivatives data shows leverage traders bullish, while pro traders fear a deeper correction below $29,000.

Looming macroeconomic concerns and this week’s $1B ETH options expiry threaten to pin Ethereum price under the $1,800 support.

Traders are calling for a “relief rally” to $35,000, but derivatives data shows bears stand to profit from this week’s $1.81 billion BTC options expiry.

Crumbling tech stock prices, declining DApp use and bearish derivatives data continue to pin ETH price below $2,000.

A slight improvement in equities markets and the resilience of a few key BTC price metrics are giving bulls hope of a reversal.

Declining demand for Tether and negative futures premiums for altcoins reflect a growing disinterest from crypto investors.

Bitcoin is holding the $30,000 level, but the $640 million in BTC options that expire on May 20 could result in the price visiting recent lows.

SOL price has been repeatedly knocked down by network outages, a shrinking total value locked on the network and futures traders’ disinterest in trading the altcoin.