Ethena arbitrage positions shrink by over 60%, rare long-short balance observed in the crypto derivatives market
ChainCatcher news, since bitcoin plunged to $60,000 on February 8, the arbitrage positions of the decentralized stablecoin protocol Ethena have dropped sharply from over $2 billions to below $800 millions, a decline of more than 60%.
Ethena's business model relies on meeting the counterparty demand of leveraged longs in the perpetual contract market. The significant shrinkage in positions means that short sellers and hedgers in the market are filling the roles previously dominated by arbitrage traders. Analyst SoskaKyle pointed out that this shift is mainly due to crypto venture capital institutions and small-to-medium project teams entering the market in large numbers to hedge, in order to protect treasury assets and lock in profits, resulting in crowded trades shorting multiple related tokens.
Currently, the long and short positions in the derivatives market are approaching equilibrium. This state is extremely rare in history and difficult to sustain, suggesting the market may be at a critical point of directional change.
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