Falling Volume in CME Bitcoin Futures Presaged Decline

Recently, bitcoin reached a new all-time high just under $65,000 in light of Coinbase’s listing on the Nasdaq.

According to a Forbes report, the spike bitcoin saw from Coinbase may have been a short-term anomaly.

According to data from the report, hedge funds reduced their short positions by 4,800 BTC, which was equivalent to 10% of all BTC OI the week before.

The report points out that the daily volume on the crypto spot market, which is primarily retail, exceeds $100 billion.

Despite bitcoin prices rising back to $55,000, the report remains skeptical about its near-term prospects.

However, the report emphasizes that the futures market data doesn’t suggest long-term bearishness for bitcoin.

In recent weeks, central banks from China to Britain have deepened efforts to test and research such technology, in part as potential rivals like bitcoin move from the fringes of finance towards embrace by major investors and companies.

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None of the companies on which the synthetic shares are based sponsor the tokens, which allow investors to purchase the equivalent of fractions of an underlying share.The tokens have quickly grown in popularity even as Binance says that investors in the U.S., China and some other jurisdictions aren’t able to purchase them because of regulatory restrictions.

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Dogecoin rose as high as 34 cents, and recently rose 21%, after Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk gave another tweet endorsing the cryptocurrency.

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