What a listing announcement actually moves, and how fast
A listing announcement moves price first and depth second, and only the price move is fast. Announcement-day volume comes mostly from market…
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Volume, flows and the numbers behind the moves.
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Order book depth is the number your slippage model is missing
Volume says how much traded, depth says how much you can trade now, and a slippage model needs the second number. A…
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Why two exchange rankings disagree about the same venue
A volume ranking is a methodology, and the methodology is four choices: which pairs count, how quote currencies convert, how long the…
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The same coin costs more in some markets, and it is not arbitrage
A persistent premium between markets is the price of a local rail, not a mispricing in the coin. Moving the token is…
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Stablecoin depeg: what actually happens in the first hour
The first hour of a stablecoin depeg is a queueing event, not a clean price. On-chain pools reprice on the next trade…
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Stablecoin supply hit $292B, and the holders are narrower than the number suggests
Three issuers dominate a $292.40B float, and the trading share is smaller than the market cap implies.
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The basis trade is back, and it is why your funding rate looks wrong
Funding is a positioning signal, not a yield promise. The cash-and-carry trade is what compresses it.
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Fee pages change monthly. Your assumptions should not.
Entry-tier spot fees cluster near 0.10%, but flat withdrawal fees dominate at small size.
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