Cryptocurrency25 Mar 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Bitcoin nears $72,000 as rising open interest signals growing leverage in chopp…

BTC rises with equities while surging open interest and fading volatility point to leveraged positioning despite repeated rejections near $72,000. Bitcoin is t…

BTC rises with equities while surging open interest and fading volatility point to leveraged positioning despite repeated rejections near $72,000. Bitcoin is testing the $72,000 level again, but repeated rejections have led traders to build short positions, pushing futures open interest to a one-week high. Ether and a number of other altcoins are seeing stronger bullish positioning, with ETH open interest at multimonth highs and DeFi and AI tokens outperforming BTC. Declining implied volatility…

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