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By Jean-Luc Maracon
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What happened. Two trillion dollars gone. That's the scale of the wipeout the crypto market just absorbed, and…
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The historical context. It's not the first time this has played out. In 2021, the market ran to record highs on the back…
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Why it matters. The stakes here aren't small. Leverage cuts both ways — it can generate serious gains for traders…
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What to watch. Open interest in perpetual futures contracts matters a lot here.
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The basic setup: a massive contraction hit crypto valuations hard, erasing $2 trillion in market value.
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The pattern across those cycles is pretty consistent. Early enthusiasm drives prices up, leverage piles in on top of that, and for a while it all looks like genuine demand.
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The stakes here aren't small. Leverage cuts both ways — it can generate serious gains for traders who get the timing right, but it amplifies losses just as efficiently for…
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And there's a bigger question lurking underneath all of this. If trading volume is being sustained mainly by leverage rather than by genuine buying interest, that's a problem.
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Related: Crypto Whales Add 190,000 Bitcoin Since December as Bear Market Bottom Signals Stack Up
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Open interest in perpetual futures contracts matters a lot here. If it keeps climbing over the coming weeks and stays elevated, that's a sign leverage-driven activity isn't going…
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Regulatory responses are also in play. Major financial jurisdictions, including the U.S. and the EU, have been eyeing leveraged crypto trading for a while.
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Volatility in major cryptocurrencies is the third thing to track. If it stays elevated or pushes above historical averages, that reinforces the case for caution.
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The return to perpetual markets during a period of widespread fear says something uncomfortable about how this market works. Anxiety is high. Prices just fell hard.
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More context: Shiba Inu Drops Below $0.000005 as $176K in Longs Get Wiped
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Fear at this level tends to create feedback loops. Nervous traders hold back new capital. Liquidity stays thin. Any negative headline hits harder than it normally would.
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