Derivatives Data

Key Insights Shiba Inu’s breakout above the triangle pattern gains strength as rising volume and higher lows confirm growing demand and a sustained bullish market structure shift. Derivatives activity jumps significantly with volume surpassing $249 million while open interest rises,

Key Insights SUI trading volume surged by 37%, signaling renewed participation as the price stabilizes near 0.97, reflecting a transition from prolonged downtrend conditions Futures inflows and bullish long-short ratios indicate rising speculative interest, while liquidation trends show

Key Insights Solana ETF inflows reached $22.14 million this week, signaling sustained institutional accumulation and reinforcing short-term support above the 50-day EMA level. Futures open interest climbed to $5.53 billion, highlighting increased retail participation and growing

Gate News update: According to The Information, the prediction market platform Kalshi will launch cryptocurrency trading and offer perpetual futures products.

Summary: Ethereum funding rates are negative across major venues, with an 8-hour average of -0.0016%, indicating longs are paid by shorts; rates vary by platform, reflecting differing sentiment and leverage. Abstract: This brief summarizes negative Ethereum funding rates across major exchanges, indicating short sellers pay long positions. It also notes platform-level variations, reflecting differing market sentiment and leverage across venues.

Gate News message, April 21 — Ethereum's derivatives market saw a significant deleveraging event over the past week, with traders closing over $2 billion in futures positions. ETH open interest fell to $12.4 billion, according to Coinglass, marking the second major capitulation event in 30 days. ETH

Gate News message, April 21 — According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $72,082, cumulative long liquidations across major CEXs would reach $18.97 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $79,626, cumulative short liquidations across major CEXs would reach $15.21 billion.

Gate News message, April 21 — Whales on the Hyperliquid platform currently hold $3.395 billion in total positions, with long positions accounting for $1.714 billion (50.48%) and short positions totaling $1.681 billion (49.52%). Long positions are down $18.175 million in unrealized P&L, while short

Gate News message, April 21 — Prominent whale trader Dr. Profit has deployed $1 million in a bearish bet against altcoins, spreading the capital across 100 separate positions with independent margins to limit liquidation risk to 1% per position. Dr. Profit also holds a $120,000 BTC short and

Gate News message. According to Gate's official announcement on April 21, 2026, Gate will list the OpenGradient (OPG) contract and launch derivatives trading services. Gate will launch OPG perpetual contract spot trading (USDT settlement) for the first time on April 21, 2026 at 20:10 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage. Meanwhile, Gate will add OPG unified account lending and cross-margin leverage trading pairs, and also launch OPG YuCoinBao wealth management, as well as current-account collateralized lending and time-locked collateralized lending features. In addition, within 1 hour after the launch of the OPG perpetual contract, copy trading and trading bot services will be opened. Gate will also introduce OPG Instant Exchange functionality and OPG recurring investment features 1 hour after the OPG spot listing, supporting multiple recurring investment intervals.

Coinglass data warn that ETH near $2,211 or $2,441 could trigger large liquidations on major CEXs: long liquidations up to $1.047B if it falls, or short liquidations up to $944M if it rises.

Bitcoin rose on ETF demand while miners sold BTC; margins tightened and AI/HPC-focused pivots could turn miners into AI data-center players, potentially boosting valuations as AI demand grows. Abstract: Bitcoin rose on ETF demand amid miner selling and tight margins. The report highlights a strategic pivot by public miners toward AI/HPC infrastructure, signaling a potential shift from pure bitcoin mining to AI data-center services and higher valuation multiples.

On April 21, on-chain analyst Onchain Lens reported that trader Loracle established an $11 million short position on $HYPE with 5x leverage on HyperLiquid, while also holding a 5x long position in 374.66 $PAXG tokens.

Gate News message, a newly created wallet address "0xEbE" deposited $10 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a 63,000 BRENTOIL short position with 20x leverage. Another wallet "0x9D3", linked to the same whale, holds 20x short positions of 250,000 BRENTOIL (valued at $22.5 million) and 210,000 C

Bitcoin (BTC) sees a V-shaped rebound. As of April 21, it is temporarily around $76,028. U.S. President Trump says he is willing to hold direct talks with Iran’s top leadership. Lido said that the EarnETH treasury holds an exposure of about $21.6 million in rsETH, and the loss-protection mechanism is ready. DeFi has lost more than $600 million over the past three weeks, and the Kelp DAO incident has dragged DeFi TVL down to a one-year low.

XRP has recently rebounded to $1.39 after trading between $1.20 and $1.40 due to improved market sentiment. A significant drop in futures open interest reflects reduced speculation, while technical indicators suggest a potential bullish breakout, targeting $1.50 and possibly $1.80.

Key Insights Shiba Inu’s breakout above the triangle pattern gains strength as rising volume and higher lows confirm growing demand and a sustained bullish market structure shift. Derivatives activity jumps significantly with volume surpassing $249 million while open interest rises,

Key Insights SUI trading volume surged by 37%, signaling renewed participation as the price stabilizes near 0.97, reflecting a transition from prolonged downtrend conditions Futures inflows and bullish long-short ratios indicate rising speculative interest, while liquidation trends show

Key Insights Solana ETF inflows reached $22.14 million this week, signaling sustained institutional accumulation and reinforcing short-term support above the 50-day EMA level. Futures open interest climbed to $5.53 billion, highlighting increased retail participation and growing