Bitcoin's basis, measured by the 7-day simple moving average, has returned to a neutral range as the premium between spot and futures prices has significantly narrowed. According to ChainCatcher, this shift indicates a weakening demand for establishing long positions through derivatives, suggesting that the market is no longer pricing in aggressive risk appetite scenarios. Typically, this scenario implies a decline in risk appetite, the beginning of a deleveraging process, and investors adopting a wait-and-see approach. Analyst Axel Adler Jr notes that the derivatives market is currently unable to continue driving prices upward
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