The derivatives market is the engine room of cryptocurrency price discovery, but for traders focused on high-conviction moves, the spot market remains the ultimate arbiter of truth. Among the noise of
Bitcoin's push above $75,000 in mid-April 2026 triggered one of the most significant positioning divergences in the perpetual futures market since 2023. Funding rates across major exchanges collapsed
Ethereum gained roughly 5% on April 1, 2026, while Bitcoin advanced approximately 3% during the same session. Both moves were driven by the same catalyst: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's stateme
FTX's fourth creditor distribution sends $2.2 billion into a market where the Fear and Greed Index sits at 12 and ETH's orderbook is cycling between extreme bullish and bearish readings every five min
Ethereum closed at $1,989.50 on CME futures on Friday, March 27, the first time ETH settled below $2,000 on a weekly CME close since mid-2024. When CME futures reopened Sunday evening, they opened at
Bitcoin was trading at $66,528 on March 30, 2026, sitting 47% below its October 2025 peak near $126,000. Spot prices told one story. The flow data beneath told another. Per Athenum's live ETF analytic
Bitcoin is currently trading at $68,531, presenting a massive $5,469 divergence from the $74,000 max pain level for today's quarterly options expiry. This 7.98 percent gap occurs on a day when billion
75% of crypto trading is leveraged derivatives. Spot volume profiles lie. Learn how Open Interest Profiles reveal where leverage is trapped, why high volume nodes are often ghost levels, and how to spot fakeouts before they liquidate your account.
