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CME BTC futures gap $510, APE liquidation larger than BTC.

After closing the previous trading day at $68,785, CME BTC futures opened today at $69,295, a gap of $510.

Meanwhile, According to CoinGlass data, $1.18 billion worth of futures positions were liquidated in the last 24 hours across the entire crypto perpetual futures market. Of this amount, $37.91 million was long positions and $79.99 million was short positions. The top three cryptocurrencies with the largest liquidations are Ethereum (ETH) at $239.8 million, APE (APE) at $161.2 million, and Bitcoin (BTC) at $151.3 million. APE has surpassed BTC in liquidation volume.

Trump nominates 'Crypto Proponent' Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary, while US SEC chairman struggles to narrow down candidates to four.

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to serve as Secretary of Commerce, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Lutnick is an avid supporter of Bitcoin and Tether (USDT), with Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly serving as Tether's U.S. Treasury bond

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency IBIT Option hit 1.9B first day od trading (SpotedCrypto)

BlackRock IBIT Options Hit $1.9 Billion in First Day of Trading, Grayscale Begins Trading on November 20th.

Bloomberg ETFs analyst James Seyffart reports via X that “Options volume on BlackRock's bitcoin spot ETF IBIT, which began trading today (Nov. 19), was about $1.9 billion. A total of 35.4 million contracts were active, of which 28.9 million were calls (82%) and 65,000

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency fear greed index 83 btc 92.5K (SpotedCrypto)

Crypto 'Fear-Greed Index' at 83...Extreme greed persists, BTC longs sell off.

Crypto data provider Alternative's self-estimated “Fear-Greed Index” fell seven points from the previous day to 83. The extreme greed phase persists. The index indicates extreme fear in the market when it is close to zero, and extreme optimism when it is close to 100. The Fear Greed Index

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