Crypto markets staged a modest bounce after a thinly traded weekend rout wiped nearly $290 billion from total market cap.
Bitcoin and ether found support after dipping to $74,674 and $2,164, respectively. Both have gained around 1% since midnight UTC. A weekend selloff erased roughly $290 billion in crypto market value, while U.
S. equity futures and precious metals also declined, reflecting a broad retreat from risk assets. Altcoins were hit hard in low-liquidity conditions, with over $300 million in ether liquidations and steep weekly drops across DASH, OP, SUI and XTZ, though HYPE surged more than 40% as a standout outperformer.to $2,164, though both found support at levels not seen since between April and June last year and are now up around 1% since midnight UTC. The selloff erased $290 billion worth of crypto market cap since the start of Saturday as the slide intensified over the course of the weekend. U.S. equities are lower in pre-market trading with S&P 500 index futures down 0.58% and Nasdaq 100 futures down by 0.85% as risk assets fell across the board."The silver bubble well and truly popped on Friday after lenders upped their margin calls to speculators," Derren Nathan, Hargreaves Lansdown's head of equity research, wrote in a Monday morning note. "That followed Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh, one of the more hawkish contenders in the race, for the top job at the Federal Reserve bank."The market-wide futures open interest has dropped to $108.94 billion, the lowest since April, indicating growing aversion to leveraged bets. The tally peaked at $223 billion in October. Over $800 million worth of leveraged bets have been force-closed by exchanges in 24 hours. Most of these were bullish long plays. OI in BTC and ETH futures has dropped over 1% and 3%, respectively. Several coins such as SOL, DOGE, SUI, ADA and LINK have seen increases in OI, possibly due to traders shorting the drop. ZEC, WLFI, TON, BCH and XLM markets have seen a net buying pressure, as indicated by positive cumulative volume delta readings. Other majors, including bitcoin and ether, have negative CVD readings. On the CME, bitcoin futures opened lower at $77,730 from Friday's close of $84,105 following the weekend spot-price slide. Markets often fill the gaps, meaning the price could bounce above $80,000. On Deribit, the $75,000 put option is now just as popular as the $100,000 bet. Other puts at strikes $80,000 and $70,000 also show a significant built up of open interest. Together, they point to downside fears. Block flows featured demand for ether put butterfly strategy aimed at profiting from a broad range play. Traders seem to be anticipating consolidation following the recent drubbing. In BTC, traders are chasing put spreads.The altcoin market was not immune to the risk-off sentiment over the weekend as low liquidity conditions led to aOne notable outlier is HyperLiquid's HYPE, up by more than 40% over the past week and 13% from Saturday's low of $27.5. HYPE climbed last week after significant volume across the frenetic precious metals markets, which presented another crypto use-case for traditional finance traders. Jupiter's JUP token was among the top performers since midnight UTC, rising by 7.9% after it fell by almost 25% over the weekend., mean that larger moves are often exaggerated in both directions as the demand for instant buyers and sellers isn't met with sufficient resting orders on the orderbook.
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