Data shows the Ethereum Open Interest has gone up by nearly $2 billion during the past day, a sign of leveraged bets being opened.

Ethereum Open Interest Has Observed A Strong Rise

As pointed out by CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn in a new post on X, the Open Interest has just shot up for Ethereum. This indicator keeps track of the total amount of derivatives positions related to ETH that are currently open on all centralized exchanges.

When the value of the metric rises, it means the investors are opening new positions on the market. Generally, the overall leverage in the sector rises alongside new positions, so the asset could witness more volatility following such a trend. On the other hand, the indicator going down implies the number of positions is decreasing, whether

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