#Bitcoin demand from calendar futures dropped off a cliff (this tends to reflect sentiment from pro and institutional traders). Contango went into backwardation at levels akin to what we had at our $16k range.

Meanwhile the last 48hrs has seen bullish spot flows at exchanges when BTC dropped to the 19.5k-20.5k range, maybe from people fleeing USDC.

This looks responsible for causing a small short squeezed powered recovery.

Overall corn looks weak in the short term.

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Add negative funding rate to the situation: brace yourself.

That’s what backwardation means in trader jargon.

r the institutional traders starting taking it off the CeX ?

I always read that as "backtardation." Like, "What in backtardation are you rewards up to now!?"

Backwardation/contato refer to shape in the future curve across the various expiries. Funding rate has nothing to do with that at a conceptual leve (it might be correlated thou)

*contango.

Over the next few days, weeks and months - however this banking issue resolves- do you see people/ institutions/ dare I say nation states finally better understand the value proposition(s) or corn?

For sure

Right.....

This means for a simple man that is not a trader? 😅

Thanks for sharing these kinds of thoughts. Honestly the reason I’m on nostr. Keep ‘m coming good ser!