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The Days of Futures Halting Bitcoin From Passing $1 Trillion Are Likely Over

Nick Chong by Nick Chong
2 years ago
in Bitcoin
Reading Time: 3 mins read
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A long-held theory in the Bitcoin market is, the launch of CME futures popped the cryptocurrency bubble.

When the established derivatives exchange launched the product, BTC surged dozens of percent higher in the days that followed, only to crash from $20,000 to around $6,000 within two months. The timelines suggested that it was the futures market that depressed prices, just look at the chart below.

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Bitcoin price chart in the wake of futures launch. Chart from Tradingview.com.

This has largely been painted as a conspiracy theory, but a top analyst recently threw his weight behind the sentiment. He said that futures are “slowing this vision” of Bitcoin passing $1 trillion down.

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On-Chain Analyst: Futures Market Depresses Bitcoin

In an extensive thread published May 8th, Willy Woo, a prominent on-chain analyst and Bitcoin investor, noted that the ongoing halving will change one core thing: exchanges will be the biggest net sellers of coins.

To fund their operations, exchanges need to sell coins, which they obtain by taking trading fees from investors. Woo is arguing that after the halving, it will be the exchanges that are selling Bitcoin. Futures exchanges, especially, he explained.

The analyst specifically drew attention to BitMEX, which has become so integral to crypto that it transacted $16 billion worth of volume in a single day. Yes, $16 billion. On this exchange in particular, Woo wrote:

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“When I look at the long term price chart of BTCUSD 2017-2020, the rise of the BitMEX style futures exchanges has made a irrevocable footprint on the price, we have much more sideways now from the additional sell pressure.”

Along with futures exchanges creating selling pressure, Woo added that they likely increase volatility, noting how large traders are incentivized to liquidate the majority by creating volatile price action.

Considering that futures are now dominating the market, Woo concluded by explaining that futures trading is slowing down the vision of Bitcoin exceeding $1 trillion, then $10 trillion in the future.

If we think Bitcoin needs "number go up" to exceed $1T and then $10T market cap to make a dent in the world (I'm one of those) then futures trading slows this vision down. Slows number go up, increases volatility.

— Willy Woo (@woonomic) May 9, 2020

It’s a Spot Driven Rally

Woo’s assertion is one that was corroborated by a report from the San Francisco Federal Reserve, yet times are changing.

According to market data shared by traders, the ongoing move, the one that brought Bitcoin from the $6,000s to $10,000 today, was driven by the spot market. This means that the somewhat-bearish thesis laid out by Woo regarding futures is partially invalidated.

As shared by Mohit Sorout, a partner at Bitazu Capital, much of BTC’s move last week ($7,500 to $9,500) was catalyzed by spot market activity. He noted that BitMEX’s open interest metric hit an all-time low while BitMEX Bitcoin traded at a discount to Coinbase, indicating it was retail and institutional players buying Bitcoin for cash rather than individuals longing futures contracts.

Bitmex OI hits a new All Time Low. This $btc rally was purely a spot dominated ripper.

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— Mohit Sorout ? (@singhsoro) April 30, 2020

This has been corroborated by the fact that BitMEX’s funding rate, a sign of the directionality of leverage traders, has been effectively at 0% (and even negative) for the past few weeks. This suggests that neither longs nor shorts are overleveraged.

With the spot market clearly driving the ongoing rally while futures lose traction, Bitcoin’s rally is that much more credible and sustainable.

But for this trend to continue, BTC will need to continue to rally on the back of buying pressure on sites like Coinbase, which minimize leverage and actually takes supply off the market, as opposed to the “cash not physical” model of most derivatives.

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Nick Chong

Nick Chong

I am a writer who has been following Bitcoin for years now. My insights and interviews have been featured in leading publications in the industry such as LongHash and Decrypt. I own a small amount of Bitcoin.

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