Bitcoin Open Interest Growth Lags As Price Rebounds: What It Means For BTC

Bitcoin (BTC) is recovering from recent lows of $52,500, but open interest is growing far slower.

Bitcoin Relief Rally May Be Spot-Driven
Crypto trader and investor Daan Crypto made an intriguing discovery on Bitcoin's open interest and price behavior. The crypto trader wrote on X that Bitcoin's open interest lags its price.

The article states that BTC open interest is up 5.50% while the price is up 8.69% from its lows. The discrepancy between BTC price increase and open interest might affect market health.

This is encouraging since it demonstrates spot-led movement and few longs pursuing price. It must continue that way to rise sustainably.

Digital currency futures trading and information site CoinGlass reports approximately $30 billion in Bitcoin open interest, with $45 million liquidated in the preceding 24 hours. Since BTC has been rising since yesterday, most liquidators were likely short sellers.

How Does Open Interest Affect Bitcoin Price?
Open interest shows market players' total futures or options contracts or positions. Assume the asset is rising.

Any price drop is usually followed by a large increase in open interest, suggesting that market players are long and anticipate the asset to rise.

The converse occurs during negative momentum, when each short-term asset price gain is followed by a spike in open interest, suggesting that traders are short and anticipate the asset to fall further.

In light of Bitcoin's present velocity, the very tiny rise in open interest may indicate that speculators are not yet craving the asset, suggesting that organic demand in the spot market is driving the price increase.

Since spot-led rallies represent genuine buying activity rather than short-term leverage trading, they are positive for price sustainability.

A spot-led rise also reduces the risk of liquidation cascades that may cause major price drops.


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