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Ethereum Derivatives Mania: Positions Cross $30 Billion For First Time Ever

Keshav Verma
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Data shows the Ethereum derivatives market Open Interest has hit a new all-time high (ATH) following a surge in trader positioning.

Ethereum Open Interest Has Crossed $30 Billion

As explained by CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn in a new post on X, the Ethereum Open Interest has seen a rise recently. The “Open Interest” here refers to an indicator that keeps track of the total amount of derivatives positions related to ETH that are currently open on all centralized exchanges. It includes both long and short bets.

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When the value of the indicator registers an uptick, it means the investors are opening up new positions on the market. Generally, the total leverage in the sector goes up when this trend develops, so the price can become more volatile following it.

On the other hand, the metric going down suggests holders are either closing up positions of their own volition or getting liquidated by their platform. Such a trend usually leads to the asset behaving in a more stable manner, due to a clearance of leverage.

Now, here is the chart shared by Maartunn that shows the trend in the Ethereum Open Interest over the last few years:

Ethereum Open Interest

Looks like the value of the metric has witnessed a sharp surge in recent weeks | Source: @JA_Maartun on X

As displayed in the above graph, the Ethereum Open Interest has seen some rapid growth alongside the rally in the cryptocurrency’s price above $4,400. This would suggest that the run has brought in speculative interest in the asset. This isn’t anything unusual, but the fact that the spike in the Open Interest has been sharp may be worth noting.

Whenever the derivatives market gets overheated, mass liquidation events can follow as some high-leverage traders inevitably lose their bets. These events tend to be violent and shake up the asset’s price.

Considering that the latest Open Interest increase has taken Ethereum positions to a new record beyond $30 billion, it’s possible that volatility could follow for the coin this time as well.

Some significant liquidations have in fact already occurred over the last 24 hours, as data from CoinGlass shows.

Ethereum Liquidations

The breakdown of liquidations across the digital asset sector | Source: CoinGlass

As is visible in the above heatmap, Ethereum with $140 million in liquidations has been the top-ranked coin in the cryptocurrency market in terms of forceful closures over the past day.

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In some other news, profit-taking on the ETH network slowed down after peaking at $771 million per day in July, but it’s picking back up as a result of the latest rally, as on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has pointed out in an X post.

Ethereum Realized Profit

The trend in the ETH Realized Profit over the past year | Source: Glassnode on X

Investor profit-taking has climbed back to the $553 million per day mark, which is lower than the earlier high, but still quite notable.

ETH Price

At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading around $4,460, up more than 24% over the last week.

Ethereum Price Chart

The price of the coin appears to have been marching up over the last few days | Source: ETHUSDT on TradingView
Featured image from Dall-E, Glassnode.com, CoinGlass.com, chart from TradingView.com
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Keshav is a Physics graduate who has been employed as a writer with Bitcoinist since June 2021. He is passionate about writing and through the years, he has gained experience working in a variety of niches. Keshav holds an active interest in the cryptocurrency market, with on-chain analysis being an area he particularly likes to research and write about.

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