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Why You Shouldn’t Look at Bitcoin Backwardation Like an Oil Trader

Backwardation refers to a downward sloping futures curve where front-month contracts trade at a higher price than far-maturity contracts.

The bitcoin futures market briefly went into backwardation amid this week's price tumult.

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Ether Price, on Cusp of Record 10-Day Winning Streak, Tops $3,500 for First Time

Ether is on track to extend its nine-day winning trend amid signs of institutions seeking exposure to the cryptocurrency.

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Crypto Futures Saw Record $10B Worth of Liquidations on Sunday

Record futures liquidations show leverage was excessively skewed bullish.

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JPMorgan Says Bitcoin ETFs Could Shrink CME Futures Premium

"Launching a bitcoin ETF in the U.S. will be the key to normalizing the pricing of bitcoin futures," according to JPMorgan.

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CME to Launch Micro Bitcoin Futures in May

CME's micro futures contract will provide institutions and individual traders one more tool to hedge their spot market risks.

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Bybit Climbs Past CME to Become Second-Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange

Retail-dominated Bybit is now a bigger bitcoin futures exchange than CME.

The competition between bitcoin futures exchanges is bruising, with Bybit recently elbowing past rivals including the CME.

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Binance Pledges New Controls After 99% 'Flash Crash' in Polkadot Futures

A single large sell order appears to have sent prices for trading contracts on polkadot tumbling from about $33 to 25 cents in less than a minute.

Chart showing the "flash crash" in Binance's perpetual futures contracts on the digital token polkadot.

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Bitcoin Rebounds to $51K as Derivatives Market Cools Off

The bitcoin market looks to be in a more healthy state after massive long liquidations blew the froth off the futures market.

Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Remains Around $48.5K Amid Flat Trading Activity

“We are at all-time-highs territory [and] the market still has to make up its mind" about next resistance or supporting levels, says one broker.

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Ethereum Futures Are Now Trading on CME

The Chicago exchange has now traded 77 ETH contracts after going live on Sunday.

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