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Starting from March 12th to March 23rd, there was a significant price drawdown in the crypto markets. BTC price decreased from $59,500 to $30,000 (-49.5%) and ETH dropped from $4,830 to $1,860 (-57.5%). As a result of leverage being flushed out of the market, the total open interest of Bitcoin futures almost halved during that […]