Author: Andjela Radmilac

Bitcoin saw a drop in trading volume across both the spot and futures markets over the past five days. The decline, which followed a sharp drop in Bitcoin’s price after a week of extreme volatility, was likely driven by a combination of disappointing political developments, macroeconomic tensions…

Realized volatility measures how much an asset’s price fluctuated over a past period and is typically calculated by taking the standard deviation of daily (often log) returns and annualizing it. It differs from implied volatility, which reflects market expectations for future price swings. Realized volatility is crucial because it captures actual market risk and helps

Since the beginning of March, Net Unrealized Profit/Loss (NUPL) and Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) reflected significant volatility in Bitcoin’s price, indicating how quickly investor sentiment changed. Over the past few days, the market has remained in net profit, which indicates that most investors retained a generally optimistic stance despite the volatility resulting in

President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement about a strategic crypto reserve triggered an aggressive wave of volatility in the market. Bitcoin’s abrupt spikes and drops in the past several days had a pronounced effect on the futures market, driving trading volumes, shifts in open interests, and large-scale liquidations…

Derivatives continue to drive the bulk of Bitcoin trading activity in 2025, with daily turnover ranging from a few hundred thousand to around one million BTC. Although the highest single-session levels still approach or occasionally exceed one million, the ratio between derivatives and spot trading volume appears narrower than it did during some of the