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Bitcoin open interest tops chart after hitting $75K ‘sweet spot’ 

Bitcoin Open Interest reached $45.4 billion on Nov. 6 after Donald Trump won the US presidential election and Bitcoin tapped all-new highs.

Bitcoin Open Interest (OI) surged to a new all-time high as Bitcoin rallied to $75,000, and several analysts suggest there could be more upside ahead.

Bitcoin (BTC) OI — a metric tracking the total number of unsettled Bitcoin derivative contracts such as options and futures — reached $45.41 billion, representing a 13.29% increase since Nov. 5, when Bitcoin’s price broke through its $73,800 all-time high set in March, according to CoinGlass data.

Bitcoin Open Interest reached $45.41 billion on Nov. 6. Source: CoinGlass

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Bitcoin counts down to $100K BTC price as shorts risk ‘violent breakout’

Bitcoin price to $62K? Bearish div hints at a slow start to Uptober

Bitcoin open interest is testing a yearly high range of $35B while spot volumes remain skewed towards the sell side, indicating higher downside volatility. 

Bitcoin’s (BTC) monthly price chart is less than 48 hours away from completing a bullish engulfing pattern for the first time in more than 18 months. The last time this happened was in January 2023, marking the bearish bottom from 2022.

Bitcoin 1-month chart. Source: TradingView

While Bitcoin’s long-term trend for Q4 and early 2025 looks positive, recent signs indicate there might be downside volatility in the short term.

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Bitcoin counts down to $100K BTC price as shorts risk ‘violent breakout’

Bitcoin ‘late longs’ washed out as BTC price falls to $65K

Bitcoin leveraged positions increased over the past week, and a portion of these late longs have been wiped out as BTC price dropped closer to $65,000.

Bitcoin bears extended the sell-side activity after the July 30 Wall Street open as the drop below $66,000 resulted in a large decrease in leveraged longs.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed Bitcoin (BTC) price trading at $65,798, down 2.3% over the last 24 hours.

This followed a series of failed attempts to rise above $70,000, suggesting that this area is important to bears.

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Bitcoin counts down to $100K BTC price as shorts risk ‘violent breakout’