Bitcoin is trading in a tight consolidation range near $105,000 after briefly spiking to $106,450, but analysts warn of increased volatility ahead due to excessive leverage in the derivatives market.
On June 2, prominent technical analyst Willy Woo sounded the alarm, stating, “Now is a bad time to take paper bets on BTC.” He emphasized that Bitcoin is currently in “open season on liquidation hunts,” where whales exploit overleveraged positions in the futures market to trigger cascading sell-offs and price dips.
“Spot BTC prices are hard to move up with too many casino hitchhikers onboard,” Woo noted, referring to the excessive use of leveraged instruments like futures, options, and perpetuals that distort true price action.
According to Coinglass, open interest (OI) in BTC futures hit a record $80 billion on May 23 before slightly declining to $72 billion—still an alarmingly high level. Woo warned that such conditions are ripe for “liquidation flushes” th
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