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March CPI hit 3.3% year-over-year on an energy spike from the Iran conflict; core held at 2.6%, the Fed stays on hold at 3.50–3.75%, and the 10-year yield at 4.29%. The oil shock has not yet reached services; shipping, aviation, and industrials face months of elevated costs before the April 28–29 FOMC convenes. Inside crypto, last week’s short squeeze has inverted: BTC long liquidations ran 8:1 over shorts, a mechanical reset, not a regime change.
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BTC holds at $70,715 (57th percentile) and ETH at $2,190 (65th), but the wider cohort remains under pressure: AAVE and UNI at 90-day lows, BNB at the 3rd percentile, XRP at the 7th. The BTC/ETH 30-day correlation has snapped back to 0.25x (61st) from -0.31x last week. Derivatives-to-spot ratios remain elevated (ETH 6.88x, SOL 6.57x, both above the 75th percentile) against spot volumes at or below the 25th percentile.
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Spreads are tight across the cohort: BTC at 0.1 bps (15th percentile), ETH at 0.7 bps (18th), SOL at 1.8 bps (20th). For BTC, tight spreads coexist with depth concentration at the 15th percentile (24.1%), meaning the book is fragmented; institutional execution will carry higher market impact than the $227M headline figure implies. ETH’s bid imbalance at the 4th percentile (47.9%) confirms sell-side pressure at the top of the book.
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BTC funding has normalized to -0.9% APR (38th percentile) from -4.2% last week, confirming the short squeeze has run its course. ETH and SOL remain positive at 4.8% (85th) and 6.1% APR (91st); longs in both carry a meaningful daily cost. The market aggregate remains negative at -3.6% APR (12th percentile). BTC basis compressed to 1.0% APR (near a 90-day low), reducing cash-and-carry incentives.
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Positioning
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The liquidation picture has inverted: BTC long closures totalled $53.9M against $6.4M in shorts, an 8:1 ratio, the reverse of last week’s short squeeze. Open interest remains elevated at BTC 74th percentile ($27.07B) and ETH 76th ($16.77B). Long/short ratios for BTC (0.96x, near a 90-day low) and ETH (1.30x, 2nd percentile) confirm net positioning is structurally bearish, with upside risk concentrated in any forced short-covering event.
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BTC ETF flows are on a 3-session positive streak with $376M in 7-day net inflows (75th percentile); AUM near $99.9B and holdings at 7.1% of supply (above 75th percentile). ETH diverges on a 2-session outflow streak at -$4.7M on a 7-day basis (17th percentile). BTC satisfies one of five regime-change criteria; ETH’s 1.6% holdings and persistent outflows confirm both assets are in different institutional demand regimes.
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USDC leads the supply expansion: $634M in 7-day net minting (above 75th percentile), supply at $68.4B (80th percentile). USDT at $183.9B carries low velocity at 1.70x (below 25th), consistent with risk-off hoarding, not active deployment. USDe contracts at a 90-day low as DeFi carry unwinds. PYUSD is the exception: velocity at 2.03x (above 75th) and mint/burn ratio of 1.57x (above 75th) signal the most active capital deployment in the cohort.
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Total DeFi TVL sits at $41.77B (8th percentile), near a 90-day low, with utilization at 35.8% (below 25th) and Aave borrow APR at 1.8% (below 25th). Credit is cheap but demand is absent. ETH staking APY holds at 2.6% (33rd percentile); swETH leads at 2.9% (87th). With ETH perpetual funding at 4.8% APR, the leveraged-staking carry trade is marginally negative, removing a structural TVL support.
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