PerpSky articles tagged Open Interest.
The week of October 5 - 11, 2026 in numbers: bitcoin closed at $83,679 (-3.2%), a $546.89m long flush on 7 October, Hyperliquid's record 435,564 positions against $4.54bn of daily volume, a $681.1m net ETF outflow, and a funding clock that never moved.
ReadThe desk's weekly intelligence read for the week of October 5 - 11, 2026: a minutes release that kept the hike path intact, a $546.89m long flush, a funding clock that never moved, record Hyperliquid positions on thinning volume, and the first negative ETF week in a month.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of October 5 - 11, 2026: a flat funding clock through a $546.89m long flush, record Hyperliquid positions on thinning books, ETF flows as a spot-funding proxy that turned, and a collateral base that contracted.
ReadThe week of October 5 - 11, 2026: record open positions on the largest on-chain venue met the thinnest turnover in two months, spot demand turned, and a move of less than two percent produced a $546.89m one-sided flush of longs.
ReadThe week of September 28 - October 4, 2026 in numbers: bitcoin closed at $86,480 (+2.4%), Hyperliquid's book held $12.5bn against $4.54bn of daily volume, a $433.6m Friday flush of late longs, and a $241.1m third straight positive ETF week.
ReadThe desk's weekly intelligence read for the week of September 28 - October 4, 2026: two macro prints that repriced the hike path, a basis that refused to confirm the spike, the rotation from flow to carry on Hyperliquid, and a $433.6m flush of late longs.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of September 28 - October 4, 2026: Hyperliquid's positions-up-volume-down rotation, a flat funding clock through the payrolls spike, ETF flows as a spot-funding proxy, and the stablecoin collateral base.
ReadThe September 2026 monthly read across perpetual futures: bitcoin's first back-to-back August-September gain since 2013, the ETF arc, a September leverage event, Hyperliquid's structural shift, and the macro handoff into October.
ReadThe week of September 21 - 27, 2026 in verified numbers: the weekly close and range, the Monday squeeze window, a record ETF week with decelerating daily intake, the venue ledger and the stablecoin base.
ReadThe desk's five standing questions answered for the week of September 21 - 27, 2026: a rally on delivered demand, the funding clock, the venue ledger, the liquidation ledger and the regulatory week.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of September 21 - 27, 2026: record open interest on both conventions, decelerating ETF intake, the collateral base and the squeeze that opened the week.
ReadThe week of September 14 - 20, 2026 in verified numbers: the weekly close and range, funding on both settlement clocks, the CLARITY-day liquidation window, global derivatives open interest, the ETF ledger and the stablecoin base.
ReadThe desk's five standing questions answered for the week of September 14 - 20, 2026: the macro week that absorbed a hike and a failed bill, the leverage that stayed in the book and the ETF rotation.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of September 14 - 20, 2026: the Hyperliquid cohort, carry arithmetic, the DeFi perps cohort and the stablecoin base.
ReadThe week of September 7 - 13, 2026 in verified numbers: the weekly close and range, funding on both settlement clocks, two liquidation windows and stablecoin collateral.
ReadThe desk's five standing questions answered for the week of September 7 - 13, 2026: the rates week, the leverage that left the book and the ETF ledger.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of September 7 - 13, 2026: the Hyperliquid cohort, carry arithmetic and the venue ledger.
ReadThe week of August 31 - September 6, 2026 in verified numbers: open interest, funding on both settlement clocks, three liquidation windows and stablecoin collateral.
ReadThe desk's five standing questions answered for the week of August 31 - September 6, 2026: the crossover week, the ZEC experiment and the carry arithmetic.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of August 31 - September 6, 2026: the Hyperliquid cohort, carry arithmetic and the venue ledger.
ReadThe week of August 24-30, 2026 in numbers: perp DEX category volume and open interest, funding on both settlement clocks, the liquidation ledger and stablecoin collateral.
ReadThe desk's five standing questions answered for the week of August 24-30, 2026: market structure, funding and basis, venues, liquidations and risk, outlook.
ReadThe weekly funding and open-interest read for the week of August 24-30, 2026: the Hyperliquid cohort, carry arithmetic and the venue ledger.
ReadThe August 2026 structural report: a $400.00bn Hyperliquid month, a $106m fee month, the venue ledger at month end and the regulatory calendar that will shape September.
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