{"id":551568,"date":"2026-02-04T19:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/bitcoin-open-interest-falls-by-55b-in-30-days-whats-next-for-btc-price\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:53:23","slug":"bitcoin-open-interest-falls-by-55b-in-30-days-whats-next-for-btc-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/bitcoin-open-interest-falls-by-55b-in-30-days-whats-next-for-btc-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin open interest falls by $55B in 30 days: What\u2019s next for BTC price?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

Futures traders drastically reduced their activity as Bitcoin\u2019s weakness extends and new year-to-date lows become a daily occurrence. Cointelegraph reviews traders\u2019 BTC price expectations.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC<\/a>) struggle to hold above $70,000 carried on into Wednesday, raising concerns that the a drop into the $60,000 range could be the next stop. The sell-off was accompanied by futures market liquidations, a $55 billion drop in BTC open interest (OI) over the past 30 days, and rising Bitcoin inflows to exchanges. <\/p>\n

The price weakness has analysts debating whether crypto-specific factors or larger macro-economic issues are the driving factor behind the sell-off and what it may mean for BTC\u2019s short-term future.<\/p>\n

Key takeaways:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Futures traders drastically reduced their activity as Bitcoin\u2019s weakness extends and new year-to-date lows become a daily occurrence. Cointelegraph reviews traders\u2019 BTC price expectations. Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) struggle to hold above $70,000 carried on into Wednesday, raising concerns that the a drop into the $60,000 range could be the next stop. The sell-off was accompanied by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-551568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}