2025-12-25 12:28:13

The crypto derivatives market remains hot in 2025. According to annual data, the total trading volume for the year is approximately $85.7 trillion, which translates to about $264.5 billion in daily trading volume. One leading exchange accounts for 30% of the market share, and the competitive landscape remains clearly defined.

Behind such large trading volumes, risks also come with them. The total nominal value of forced liquidations of long and short positions throughout the year is about $150 billion, meaning an average of $4 to $5 billion in positions are liquidated daily. This figure indicates that many traders have fallen into traps in leveraged trading.

Interestingly, institutional investors are quietly positioning themselves. Take DAT as an example; its BTC holdings have increased from about 600,000 coins at the beginning of the year to approximately 1.05 million coins in November. This continuous growth reflects institutional confidence in Bitcoin's long-term value and represents a strategy choice that is markedly different from retail traders engaging in high-leverage trading.

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CryptoDouble-O-Seven

· 9h ago

$150 billion liquidation, and that's just the surface number... The real dead have long been silent. Retail investors playing with leverage and institutions hoarding coins, the gap is huge. 4-5 billion wiped out every day, how many people's dreams are shattered? Institutions are quietly making huge profits, while we're still leveraging and betting, the gap in perspective is too big. This data looks frightening, I’d better just quietly accumulate BTC. Top exchanges capturing 30% of the market, monopoly really leaves no room to play.

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DefiPlaybook

· 9h ago

According to data, what does a liquidation volume of $150 billion mean? Retail investors are using leverage to kill themselves, while institutions are quietly accumulating coins. This is the divergence of 2025.

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LiquidationWatcher

· 9h ago

yo that $150B in liquidations hit different tho... like that's literally $4-5B *every single day* gone. been there, lost that fr. institutions stacking sats while retail gets rekt on 10x leverage, classic play. not financial advice but... watch your health factor before the margin calls come knocking.

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