Just noticed the broader market getting hit pretty hard today. Oil prices spiking seems to be spooking everyone, and honestly the macro uncertainty isn't helping. When you see these kinds of moves, it's usually a sign that derivatives traders are rushing for the exits.



Bitcoin and the usual suspects are down, but what caught my eye is how DeFi coins are getting dumped along with everything else. Usually they move on their own thing, but in times like this when there's real liquidation pressure, even DeFi coin positions aren't safe from the unwinding.

The whole derivatives market looks like it's in a bit of chaos right now. Leverage is being wiped out across the board, and it's dragging down pretty much every asset class including DeFi coins. When macro jitters hit like this, the correlation just goes to 1 and nobody's protected.

Not saying this is the bottom or anything, just observing what's happening. These kinds of shakeouts are normal when you have multiple triggers hitting at once. DeFi coin holders probably feeling it the most since they tend to carry more leverage on average.
BTC-1.72%
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