Traders seem to expect BTC’s momentum could slow down a bit after the price hit over $97,000.

Positive sentiment has continued to fuel the cryptocurrency market as the expectation of further institutional adoption of 

 keeps growing. Options trading of BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT 

 with a bang, attracting almost $2 billion on the first day of trading. The hope of more spot ETF derivatives to change the market structure with additional institutional money onboarding crypto is high.

, we explored the possibility of the market being overleveraged, which could be painful if the current leverage unwinds. Data from CryptoQuant shows that the estimated leverage of the current BTC markets has reached another YTD high.

Derivatives data on Bybit shows that traders seem to expect that BTC’s momentum could slow down a bit after the price hit over $97,000, and are focusing more on downside protection.

Figure 1: Bitcoin estimated leverage ratio at 0.23. Source: CryptoQuant

BTC Options Open Interest Returns to Previous High While Perps Are Catching Up

Derivatives traders have been actively participating in BTC markets as 

 on Bybit has surged to over $3 billion, on par with the previous high on Nov 14, 2024. Although the options OI has increased, it still hasn’t surged above the previous high. At the time, BTC’s price had already jumped to over $97,000. If the OI doesn’t follow suit and break above the previous high in the coming days, this could be a sign that the market could become a bit exhausted — something for all market participants to be aware of.

Figure 2: Daily open interest for BTC options on Bybit. Source: Bybit

 have also seen increased open interest in recent days. Perpetuals have been among the most favorable products for day traders and short-term speculators. Rising open interest could indicate that more traders are looking for short-term profit, which could bring additional volatility to the market. 

Figure 3: Daily open interest for BTCUSDT Perpetuals on Bybit. Source: Bybit

Dec 27, 2024 remains the most popular expiration date for BTC Options on Bybit, with most of the open interest there. Within that expiration, $120,000 calls had the most OI, and $100,000 calls accumulated the second-largest OI. 

Figure 4: Open interest by strike for BTC Options with a Dec 27, 2024 expiration. Source: Bybit

Meanwhile, the market’s optimism that BTC will hit $100,000 by the end of the year seems to support the current price momentum. Shorter-dated options could show that traders are also looking for downside protection. The Bybit 

 page shows that BTC Options with a Nov 29, 2024 expiration have a strong 24-hour inflow to $90,000 puts. This could indicate that some traders are also anticipating some degree of price correction by the end of the month. 

Figure 5: 24-hour volume by strike for BTC Options with a Nov 29, 2024 expiration on Bybit. Source: Bybit

 for BTC Options on Bybit also indicates a possible downside protection in play among options traders. A smirk skew, or left skew, is a skew curve that’s steeper on one side (the left side) than the other. Traditionally, a smirk skew curve could mean that traders have been protecting their portfolios against a possible declining market. At the time of this writing (Nov 21, 2024), BTC Options contracts on Bybit with Nov 29, 2024 and Dec 27, 2024 expirations have both shown a smirk skew. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean traders are bearish on the price, and could just be part of the trading strategy. For example, traders could set up collars by buying out-of-the-money (OTM) puts and selling OTM calls simultaneously, so that they can profit in case BTC’s price drops, gain upside exposure and potentially offset the cost of buying the puts. 

Figure 6: Implied volatility of BTC Options with Nov 29, 2024 and Dec 27, 2024 expirations. Source: Bybit

The current BTC leverage trading may be complex, but tells a revealing narrative about market sentiment. The divergence between high leverage and increased hedging activities also reminds us that market dynamics are rarely straightforward, and adopting a 

 seems increasingly important in this diverse market.

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Our weekly crypto derivatives analytics report dives into macro events, the current state of crypto and trading signals from spot trading volume, and futures, options and perpetual contracts.

Spot prices have jumped significantly in the two weeks following the November 5, 2024 U.S. elections, propelling Bitcoin to new all-time highs, while Ethereum hasn’t kept pace. The implied volatility term structure has inverted again in tandem with these spot price movements, although longer-dated tenors remain relatively stable. Derivatives market indicators reflect strong positive sentiment: perpetual funding rates are consistently positive, open interest in futures contracts is rapidly increasing and options skew remains firmly positive.

Open interest in futures has surged, indicating heightened market participation and a growing interest in leveraged exposure due to recent price movements. Similarly, open interest in perpetual contracts has sharply increased, fueled by rising trader confidence and a growing demand for leveraged positions in light of recent market rallies. Meanwhile, the implied volatility term structure continues to invert in alignment with spot price increases, demonstrating a sustained correlation between spot prices and volatility.

Please check out the report’s highlights.

Futures Open Interest Reaches ATH Along With Price

Perpetual swap open interest has been increasing alongside futures, with a consistent rise in open positions over the past week reaching all-time high activity levels. This trend suggests that traders are actively pursuing leveraged exposure in response to the ongoing spot rallies, aiming to capitalize on the rising spot prices. Notably, there’s been renewed interest in Ethereum (ETH), reflected in rising trading volumes. 

Perpetual swap funding rates have reached exceptionally positive levels, indicating that long positions are confident enough to pay these rates to sustain their leveraged exposure. This trend has consistently been observed across all tokens, with a noticeable rise in funding rates since Nov 10, 2024. The persistently high funding rates highlight the strength of the bullish sentiment, which is also evident in the increasing open interest in futures contracts. This aligns with the recent spot price action, demonstrating significant upward momentum.

Option Volatility Term Structure Inverts 

The implied volatility term structure for Bitcoin has inverted amid the recent spot rallies over the past few weeks, indicating heightened market uncertainty and expectations of imminent price movements. However, levels haven’t exceeded the highs seen before the elections, and longer-dated tenors remain firmly range-bound. Concurrently, open interest in Bitcoin options has risen significantly, with a notable increase in put trading volumes. Open interest in puts has slightly surpassed calls, despite the persistently bullish market outlook indicated by the volatility smile skew.

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LETSTOP is a drive-to-earn mobile app that monitors phone distractions while driving. Learn more about how it works in this article.

Smartphone distractions have created an unprecedented road safety crisis worldwide. 

: texting behind the wheel makes drivers six times more likely to crash than drunk driving does — yet millions of drivers still use their phones while operating vehicles.

This article explores how LETSTOP is transforming safe driving into rewarding experiences through blockchain technology. We'll examine its drive-to-earn model, reward system, tokenomics and potential as both a road safety solution and an investment opportunity.

 is a drive-to-earn mobile app that monitors phone distractions while driving. Users earn STOP tokens for phone-free driving through a gamified system that transforms daily drives into rewarding experiences.

A life-changing car accident caused by a distracted driver running a red light inspired LETSTOP co-founder Almog Nissan to reimagine road safety. Together with co-founder and CEO Dor Levy, they envisioned rewarding safe driving, rather than just punishing dangerous behavior.

The founders built a platform that combines automotive technology, cryptocurrency and AI to revolutionize road safety through rewards. This innovative approach has quickly gained traction, with over 50,000 users logging over 3 million kilometers of safe driving since the app’s launch.

Distracted driving claims thousands of lives annually, with 

, of which 9% are directly linked to phone use. LETSTOP aims to tackle this crisis as follows:

Each of these objectives works harmoniously to support LETSTOP's ultimate mission of transforming road safety into a rewarding experience that benefits both individual drivers and society.

The LETSTOP app operates through a sophisticated system that monitors and rewards safe driving through the following apps and features:

The result is a dynamic system in which better driving habits unlock greater earning potential.

The following five core features power LETSTOP's drive-to-earn ecosystem.

LETSTOP uses a dynamic 40-level system to make safe driving rewarding. As drivers earn XP through distraction-free journeys, they advance from Level 1's 2% bonus toward Level 40's 70% boost. Through this gamified approach, daily commutes become opportunities to climb the ranks while building safer driving habits.

LETSTOP Credits are the core currency of the platform, earned directly through safe driving achievements. Earning rates directly scale with user level, vehicle type and subscription tier as follows: PRO subscribers enjoy unlimited earning potential, while PLUS and LITE tiers are capped at 300 and 150 monthly credits, respectively.

In the STOP Store, users invest their earned credits into virtual cars with unique earning multipliers. From the basic model's 2% bonus to the Jazzster GN's 150% boost, each vehicle offers different strategic advantages for maximizing rewards.

Beyond vehicles, the store features mystery boxes containing rewards from 10 to 450 credits, as well as car upgrades and subscription boosts. Users can also access a voucher marketplace to redeem credits for real-world rewards through LETSTOP's partnership network.

LETSTOP's triple-boost system combines vehicle multipliers for immediate earnings acceleration, a level-progression system for sustained growth and a 5% referral program for community expansion. Premium membership unlocks enhanced benefits across three tiers, while special events create time-limited opportunities for increased rewards.

The platform's comprehensive rewards system operates across three membership tiers, each one tailored to different user needs. LETSTOP PRO (at $9.90 monthly) offers unlimited credit earning potential and exclusive benefits. The PLUS tier provides a balanced option at $4.90 monthly with a 300-credit earning cap, while the free LITE tier allows users to earn up to 150 monthly credits.

Beyond direct earnings, the rewards system incorporates partner vouchers, cryptocurrency conversion options and community features, such as leaderboards. Achievement rewards recognize milestones in users' safe driving journeys, while the upcoming cryptocurrency integration will allow users to convert their efforts into tradeable STOP tokens.

LETSTOP has shown consistent progress, with the following key milestones already achieved:

Looking ahead to 2025, LETSTOP plans to implement the following key developments:

These developments aim to strengthen LETSTOP's position as a leader in drive-to-earn while furthering its mission to enable safer roads worldwide.

STOP is an SPL token built on the Solana network. It’s designed to bridge safe driving behavior with cryptocurrency rewards. The STOP token implements an annual halving mechanism to ensure long-term value preservation, similar to Bitcoin's model, but accelerated to align with the project's growth trajectory.

STOP has a max supply of 100 million tokens, to be distributed in the following manner:

The growing adoption of LETSTOP's drive-to-earn app and its impact on road safety directly influence STOP's price trajectory. While cryptocurrency forecasts remain speculative by nature, multiple price analysis platforms project the following for STOP:

These forecasts suggest a positive long-term outlook for STOP, driven by the growing drive-to-earn sector and LETSTOP's innovative approach to road safety. However, STOP's future value will ultimately depend upon user adoption, platform development and broader market conditions.

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XDC Network (XDC) revolutionizes trade finance with a secure, hybrid blockchain, enabling low-cost, fast cross-border payments, tokenization, and scalable solutions for businesses.

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With the ever-growing volume of transactions and activity in the global trade finance industry, businesses are looking for ways to settle their cross-border payments as efficiently, affordably and securely as possible. This is, however, often more a wish than a reality. What usually happens on the ground in trade finance is vastly different, as credit risk, high transaction costs, delays in processing payments and documentation, lack of transparency and numerous other issues continue to hinder more active trade.

XDC Network (XDC) is a long-established hybrid blockchain platform that aims to resolve these issues by providing a secure, transparent, private and efficient environment to facilitate trade finance operations. Probably the largest project in the blockchain industry dedicated specifically to trade finance and international trade use cases, XDC Network uses a combination of public and private blockchain features to act as the optimal medium for asset tokenization and fast, low-cost and secure cross-border payments.

 blockchain that combines public and private access features to offer asecure, scalable and low-cost environment for trade finance payments and asset tokenization. 

 (DPoS) block validation method, allowing it to offer gas fees that are small fractions of a cent (around $0.0001) and a processing capacity of more than 2,000 

 (TPS). As a low-cost and highly scalable medium for crypto payments, XDC Network aims to provide an efficient platform for trade finance operations and tokenization of 

While there’s no shortage of highly scalable and low-cost blockchain networks, many are either public platforms on which transactional privacy is hard to maintain, or private environments that lack transparency. XDC Network takes a different approach by acting as a hybrid environment; while the main XDC chain is a public network, businesses have the option to launch their subnets and customize the level of access to specific data and operations. The ability to act as a transparent and verifiable public ledger — combined with the functionality to protect sensitive financial data — makes XDC a key enabler for trade finance transactions.

XDC Network also features a high degree of interoperability with external platforms, both blockchain-based and those outside of the 

 world. The platform is compatible with the 

 (EVM), making cross-chain communications with other EVM chains seamless for users and developers. 

Importantly, XDC has integrated support for 

, a widely adopted messaging standard used by financial institutions to exchange data. The integration of ISO 20022 is aimed at optimizing the efficiency and compatibility of XDC transactions with Web 2.0 entities in the trade finance industry.

Some key use cases for XDC Network include supply chain management solutions, efficient payments between parties in the trade finance sector, applications utilizing high-volume micropayments, tokenization of physical and digital assets and more. In general, any application or business that requires fast, efficient, minimal cost and secure payments could benefit from using the XDC platform.

The XDC Network project was originally conceived and launched in 2017 in Singapore under the name XinFin by Atul Khekade, Ritesh Kakkad. It's supported by the nonprofit XDC Foundation, launched in 2021. XDC Network's mainnet was introduced in mid-2019.

Besides its ultra-low transaction costs and high processing capacity, probably the biggest advantage of XDC Network for trade finance operations is its hybrid nature. While public networks are great for transparency, they’re often ill-suited for financial transactions between two corporate parties. XDC Network acts as a public network, but allows organizations to control the level of access to data via private subnets.

A private subnet’s privacy and access features can be customized per the agreed terms between transacting parties, or per the requirements of the organization operating the subnet. For instance, a common scenario in trade finance is the need to demonstrate enough financial reserves to pay for goods and services before entering into a contractual agreement. Using a public access mode, a transacting business can demonstrate to the counterparty its financial reserves and creditworthiness. After concluding the agreement and receiving the goods, it can process the actual payment via private mode. 

During the whole process, all the verifications and transactions occur via the XDC Network’s platform without the need for lengthy bureaucratic procedures, such as obtaining a letter of credit from a bank and setting up a dedicated trade finance account.

XDC Network uses a customized variation of the DPoS block validation method. XinFin Delegated Proof of Stake (XDPoS) can process more than 2,000 TPS by concentrating block validation activity in the hands of a few 

. At the first stage of the validation process, a small set of validators is chosen via voting to create blocks of transactions. These elected validators collate and sign the blocks, which are then fully endorsed by a broader set of validators as adhering to the blockchain's consensus standards.

Block validators, also known as Masternodes, need to lock a collateral amount of 10 million XDC (around $270,000 as of Oct 31, 2024) to participate in the validation process. A fixed reward is generated for the completion of the validation of each block, which is shared among Masternodes, distributed proportionally according to their performance and uptime. There are currently 108 Masternodes on the XDC blockchain, with another 178 registered as standby Masternodes, ready to step in if a current validator drops out.

Users who would like to participate in securing the network's operations but can't afford the 10 million XDC collateral can still earn a share of block validation rewards by delegating their funds to a Masternode.

 has undergone significant changes in the years since its launch. It was first based on 

 (PoW), moving later on to the more efficient and environmentally friendly 

 (PoS), and then upgrading to the XDPoS model described above. In October 2024, the project launched version 2.0 of its mainnet, which features the next iteration of the block validation model — XDPoS 2.0.

The upgrade to XDPoS 2.0 has further improved XDC Network’s scalability and security, providing better validator incentives to Masternodes. While these improvements were accompanied by gas fee increases of up to 50 times, the actual fees on the blockchain remain minuscule, around $0.0001 on average, as they've increased from an even tinier base.

We noted above that XDC allows businesses to spin off private subnets that can be customized to the requirements of each client and use case. The XDC protocol may also be used to launch gasless subnets, a valuable feature for applications that aim to provide a smooth user experience in areas such as gaming, the Internet of Things (IoT), micropayments and more. A gasless XDC subnet operates as a 

 solution connected to the main XDC chain, and is optimized for specific use cases, such as 

, allowing users to transact without holding any cryptocurrency.

, XDC has developed different token standards for specific use cases, similar to the system of standards used on 

XRC20 is the blockchain's standard for fungible tokens, with a functionality similar to that of Ethereum's 

. XRC20 tokens are interoperable, and can be used within the blockchain's 

 (DApps). They’re ideal for powering payments flowing between parties in trade finance.

 (NFTs). Unlike XRC20 tokens, each XRC721 token is unique and has its ownership and intellectual property (IP) metadata attached to it. Besides creating standard NFTs, these tokens are also useful for tokenizing unique RWAs, such as physical and digital artwork, real estate, unique brand assets and luxury goods items.

XRC404 is the blockchain's standard token. It combines the features of fungible and non-fungible tokens. Using this standard, developers can program complex functionality to accommodate both fungibility and uniqueness attributes as required. Some use cases for XRC404 include 

 and complex financial instruments that require unique identification, but may still exist in multiple quantities.

Originally, the XDC project — then called XinFin — launched its native cryptocurrency, XDCE, on the Ethereum blockchain in early 2018. With the launch of the XinFin mainnet in mid-2019, the XDC token native to the blockchain was also introduced. Throughout 2020 and early 2021, XDCE could be migrated to XDC at a ratio of 1:1. At the end of March 2021, XDCE's circulation was terminated and the token's contract on Ethereum was closed, with XDC remaining the platform's sole native cryptocurrency.

XDC tokens may be used for gas fee payments, 

/stake delegation and validator reward payouts, as well as

. XDC Network Masternodes, all of whom need to stake 10 million XDC on the network, can participate in the voting process to determine the direction of the platform's ecosystem development and its operational rules. The wider XDC community indirectly participates in these governance processes via stake delegation.

XDC has a total supply of nearly 38 billion, with no maximum cap specified.

You can store and use XDC tokens with one of the many wallet apps supported by the platform, including XDC Web Wallet, XDC Pay, Guarda, MathWallet, MyEtherWallet and more. The industry's two leading hardware wallets, Trezor and Ledger, are also supported, and the Ledger Nano S Plus model can be connected to the XDC Web Wallet.

For an added level of enterprise-grade security, XDC also supports three 

 (a type of wallet that requires multiple signatures for transaction approval).

The XDC token is available on Bybit as a Spot swap pair (

. If you don't have an account on Bybit, you can easily 

 to take advantage of trading opportunities across our Spot and Derivatives markets.

As of Nov 1, 2024, the XDC token is trading at $0.02719, which is 86% lower than its ATH of $0.1928 on Aug 21, 2021, and over 6,700% higher than its ATL of $0.0003953 on Jul 22, 2019.

Long-term price forecasts for XDC are bullish. DigitalCoinPrice 

 of $0.0706 in 2025 and $0.20 in 2030, while PricePrediction 

 to trade at $0.0547 in 2025 and $0.3715 in 2030.

Some investors are making extremely bullish assumptions regarding the token, hoping it might reach $1 or even as high as $100. While $1 isn’t totally out of the question from a long-term perspective, it's still quite unlikely within the next five years. Most major price prediction portals or analysts don’t see XDC coming close to the $1 mark within the next few years. However, one prediction portal, PricePrediction, anticipates the token to cross $1 by around 2033.

As for the $100 level, it's highly doubtful unless some major development leads to a mammoth XDC price pump.

XDC Network is the trade finance industry's flagship project, leveraging blockchain technology for the sector. While other web3 solutions aimed at trade finance might exist, the leadership in this niche is firmly in the hands of XDC. 

As the volume and activity of international trade increases, businesses in this sphere will find it difficult to ignore the numerous benefits of this platform. All of its features — ultrafast and low-cost payments, transparent creditworthiness verifications directly on the blockchain, compatibility with the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard, stellar scalability and the ability to spin off your own private chain — position the platform as an ideal solution for trade finance organizations seeking efficiency and security.

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