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CryptoQuant says Bitcoin saw sharp deleveraging since 2023 as Binance open interest briefly dipped

Sep 7, 2026By ClusterWire.news· AI-assisted news brief

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said Bitcoin has recently gone through its sharpest deleveraging phase since 2023, with Binance open interest briefly falling below its 180-day average before recovering [1] [2] [3] [4].

Darkfost said Binance’s open interest is approximately $9.6 billion, compared with an 180-day average of about $8.3 billion, and that Binance open interest accounts for about 37% of Bitcoin’s total open interest [1] [4].

Reporting on Darkfost’s analysis, outlets said traders appeared to return after the deleveraging and that leverage-related volatility risk remains if leverage builds excessively [1] [2] [4].

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