Moving collateral at a custodian so trades can net without depositing to an exchange wallet.

A service that turns crypto back into bank money.

Open, high, low, close prices over a fixed interval, drawn as a candlestick on price charts.

When price and open interest move in opposite ways, hinting at short or long covering.

A cascade of liquidations that wipes open interest and often marks a local extreme.

Publishing or settling fund net asset value through on-chain oracles or issuer updates for tokenized funds.

A service that turns bank money into crypto, usually a CEX, broker, or payment app.

The number of derivative contracts still outstanding. Rising open interest means new risk is entering.