Monero futures are again heating with leverage, raising volatility risks
CoinDesk: “Open interest has topped $300 million and price is back above $600. A similar setup was seen before January's crash.”
Only one publisher so far. Another independent outlet or an official source would raise it.
Routine report
No time pressure
Three separate rule-based signals. None is the probability that the report is true. How they work →
Key facts
Attributed sources: CoinDesk
XMR after this site detected it
- 5 minutes—No valid sample
- 1 hour—No valid sample
- 24 hours—No valid sample
Claims and open questions
Original source links are available below. Independent verification is incomplete.
Routine single-source report: no generated explanation. Sources and market data remain available.
Source evidence
www.coindesk.com
Published 21/10/2026, 08:57 · Received 21/10/2026, 09:10
Original source titles remain in their source language. Full articles are not republished.
Market reaction after detection
Returns start at the sample closest to site detection (within the same minute up to 10 minutes later), using the same data source and quote currency. Actual sample times are shown; missing observations remain blank.
| Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC (pp) | Actual sampled interval / source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | — | — | — | No valid same-source sample for this window |
| 1 hour | — | — | — | No valid same-source sample for this window |
| 24 hours | — | — | — | No valid same-source sample for this window |
Historical market context
Research: hourly returns and BTC beta →
Closed hourly candles from the 30 days before this event observation. Different venues are kept separate.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Hourly coverage | 100.0% (720/720) |
| Median absolute 1h return | 0.41% |
| 99th percentile of absolute 1h returns | 2.30% |
| Historical hourly BTC beta | — (0 matched returns) |
Kraken · USD · Context as of 21/10/2026, 09:10 · Last included candle closed 21/10/2026, 09:00
Hourly descriptive statistics, not minute-move probabilities. Backfilled history never moves the observation cutoff above.
Event timeline
Source publication, receipt and analysis times are separate. All times UTC.
Source published: CoinDesk
Source received: CoinDesk
Event first detected by this site
Evidence record updated
Latest content update
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