📰 Crypto’s Leverage Machine Finds New Life Beyond Bitcoin Bets (1)
🗓️ Oct 14 2026 16:56 UTC - Sidhartha Shukla
A year after crypto’s historic crash, leveraged trading has yet to regain its old swagger. But the appetite for outsize bets hasn’t disappeared. Increasingly, the machinery that made crypto notorious for speculation is being turned on stocks, commodities and other traditional assets rather than just digital tokens.
➤ Leveraged trading in crypto has decreased post-crash, but the appetite for high-risk bets remains.
➤ The machinery for speculative trading is shifting from purely digital tokens to traditional assets like stocks and commodities.
➤ Data shows a decline in perpetual futures open interest for crypto, while interest in contracts tied to real-world assets is growing.
#leveragedtrading #perpetualfutures #realworldassets #cryptocrash #speculation #stocks #commodities #talos #openinterest
🔗 Read more at: https://rwatimes.io/articles/news.bloombergtax-cryptos-leverage-machine-finds-new-life-beyond-bitcoin-bets-1-3738894423
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