Just watched crypto market down pretty hard over the past day - Bitcoin dipped below $67k at its worst, and we're seeing some gnarly liquidations happening. Nearly $300 million in long positions got wiped out while shorts only took $50 million in pain. That's a massive imbalance and honestly tells you how crowded the bullish bets were.



The bigger picture is what's interesting though. Oil prices staying above $100 and geopolitical tensions are making everyone nervous about inflation, so risk assets are getting hit across the board. Nasdaq futures are down about 10% from January highs, and crypto is just following the broader selloff. It's that classic risk-off mood spreading through everything.

Altcoin market got absolutely hammered - ETHFI dropped hard, WLD, WIF, and SEI all took 3-4% losses. XRP fell over 2.5% and futures open interest actually increased, which is wild. Traders are basically shorting the bounce now. SHIB is showing aggressive derisking signals too. The one bright spot was ONDO, which popped after that Franklin Templeton ETF tokenization news.

What's interesting is Bitcoin's implied volatility actually stayed pretty chill despite the weakness - traders aren't panicking yet. But with $15 billion in options expiring on Deribit, that $75k price target everyone was watching is off the table now. Could get messier from here if macro keeps deteriorating. Puts are trading at a premium to calls, so there's definitely hedging demand for more downside.
BTC1.08%
ETHFI0.18%
WLD3.39%
WIF0.1%
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