Marcel Pechman

Marcel is a crypto analyst with 17 years experience as an equities sales trader for UBS, Deutsche Bank, Pactual & Banco Safra. Brazilian. Marcel holds a post-graduate certificate in Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Author’s posts

Altcoin Watch

The funding rate for MATIC and AAVE is currently rewarding traders who are leveraged longs, but it might not last for long.

Negative funding rates incentivize traders to long Polygon (MATIC) and AAVE

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-25T20:55:06+01:00

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Market Analysis

Traders are clearly nervous after XRP corrected by 54% and the futures open interest premium flipped negative.

Who’s bullish now? XRP below $1, futures open interest down by 75%

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-24T23:38:34+01:00

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Market Analysis

A few months ago, traders were uber bullish on ETH at $2,100, so why are they bearish now that the altcoin trades for the same price?

Wishy-washy bulls turn bearish on Ethereum price despite positive data

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-24T17:54:14+01:00

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Market Analysis

Derivatives data shows whales aggressively bought the dip as Bitcoin's price dropped below $36,000, but that doesn't mean BTC has bottomed yet.

Whales scooped up $5.5B in Bitcoin as BTC price dropped below $36K

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-21T21:40:41+01:00

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Market Analysis

Derivatives data for Bitcoin weekly options suggests bears may have the upper hand in tomorrow’s $930 million expiry.

Bears positioned to take the lead as $930M in Bitcoin options expire Friday

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-20T21:45:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Price dislocations between futures and spot markets led altcoins like ETH, LTC and SUSHI to trade up to 43% below their index price in spot markets.

Futures markets rocked as perpetual contracts traded 30%+ below index price

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-19T23:35:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Regulatory concerns, a bit of FUD and the uncertainties surrounding Tether appear to have exaggerated the Bitcoin price sell-off, but derivatives data suggests ...

3 good reasons why $30,000 is probably the bottom for Bitcoin

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-19T18:52:24+01:00

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Market Analysis

Two key Bitcoin price metrics signal that whales bought the dip to $42,000, a hint that BTC may be gearing up for a new all-time high by mid-June.

$83K Bitcoin price in the cards after data shows BTC whales bought the dip

Marcel Pechman

2021-05-18T21:05:00+01:00

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