Phantom Wallet, with 7M monthly users, has integrated the Sui blockchain, marking its first support for a Move-based network and a significant step for Sui’s ecosystem. 

Daily Top Performer — Morpho Protocol (MORPHO)

The S&P 500 fell 0.19% as investors awaited the November jobs report, which may influence the Fed's anticipated rate cut. Coindesk Indices, an index measuring broader cryptocurrency market performance was up by 8.2%, with Bitcoin and Ether rising by 0.17% and 0.40%, respectively in the past 24 hours.

Today's top performer is MORPHO, which surged 54.0% following the launch of DeFi Saver's Automated Leverage Management for Morpho on Base.

Morpho Protocol (MORPHO), founded in 2021, is a decentralized Ethereum-based lending protocol that enhances crypto lending through a P2P order matching system. It allows customizable lending markets and features Morpho Vaults for various risk levels. Initially launched in 2022 with Morpho Optimizers for Aave and Compound, it later introduced Morpho Blue in 2024 for flexible lending markets. Morpho Labs continues to focus on developing Morpho while still supporting the original Morpho Optimizers. 

, enabling Automated Leverage Management. This includes Auto-Repays for unwinding and Auto-Boosts for leveraging up based on set threshold ratios. Users can configure their positions easily. The feature is available for several Morpho markets, such as cbETH/USDC, wstETH/USDC, and more, with additional markets to be added in the future.

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Phantom Wallet, with 7M monthly users, has 

 the Sui blockchain, marking its first support for a Move-based network and a significant step for Sui’s ecosystem. This expands Phantom's multichain support beyond Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum, offering Sui users features like staking, swaps, and NFT storage across mobile and browser platforms.

Yesterday, BTC Spot ETF flows recorded a $148.8M outflow from GBTC, partially offset by a $145.0M inflow to non-GBTC funds, resulting in a net outflow of $3.8M.

" hints at a potential $FUEL airdrop happening earlier than expected, despite the Fuel points program running until January 2025. Speculation surrounds whether this refers to the airdrop or another development.

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Our weekly crypto derivatives analytics report delves into macro events, the current state of crypto and trading signals from spot trading volume, and futures, options and perpetual contracts.

BTC has finally surpassed the $100K mark, leading to increased bullish positioning in derivatives markets. This reflects strong sentiment and a desire for upside exposure in perpetual swaps and futures. Short-term implied volatility has risen as traders seek options to capitalize on the rally.

Please check out the report’s highlights.

BTC's successful breach of the $100K barrier has led to a noticeable return of perpetual swap markets to all-time high open interest levels, although the response has been somewhat muted. Earlier in the week, perpetual swap markets shifted their focus to ETH after BTC's repeated failures to break through $100K. While funding rates for both derivatives remained high and positive, open interest in ETH contracts increased at the expense of BTC positions prior to the breakthrough. Additionally, ETH trade volumes have constituted a larger-than-usual market share.

BTC Calls See No Significant Influx Post-$100K

The sudden rise in spot prices has triggered a sharp increase in demand for short-tenor options, as traders seek exposure to the upward movement. BTC's term structure inversion has driven short-tenor implied volatility levels above realized volatility. Although implied volatility for BTC is lower than that of ETH, open interest data shows that the influx of call option open interest in BTC markets wasn’t as significant as for ETH. Nevertheless, BTC's volatility skew remains strongly bullish.

ETH's options market showed the most bullish positioning ahead of the overnight spot move, while the perpetual swap markets for both major cryptocurrencies reflected strong positive sentiment. Open interest is heavily weighted toward OTM calls, signaling a robust preference for upside exposure as realized volatility starts to catch up to implied volatility. This demand for upside exposure is evident for both tokens, particularly with ETH's remarkable increase in call option open interest over the past 24 hours.

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Bybit X Block Scholes Crypto Derivatives Analytics Report (Dec 5, 2024): After BTC Turns $100K, Investors Are Still More Bullish on ETH

The cryptocurrency market is experiencing unprecedented growth, particularly in major assets like XRP, Cardano (ADA) and Stellar (XLM).

The cryptocurrency market is experiencing unprecedented growth, particularly in major assets like XRP, Cardano (ADA) and Stellar (XLM), whose tokens have seen substantial price increases (XRP up 444%, ADA 280% and XLM 512%). This surge is being driven largely by aggressive accumulation from whale investors, as well as cautious but optimistic sentiment in the crypto community. 

Meanwhile, interest in meme coins is declining as investors shift focus to more sustainable projects. The integration of AI in blockchain ecosystems and the emergence of hyperliquid token generation events (TGEs) are also reshaping market dynamics, indicating a transformative phase for cryptocurrencies.

Significant Growth in Major Cryptocurrencies

The report highlights impressive price increases for several major cryptocurrencies:

Despite these gains, general sentiment in the crypto community remains cautiously optimistic.

 activity is a key factor in current crypto market dynamics:

Since mid-October, there’s been considerable accumulation of Bitcoin by whale wallets, which have added a total of 91,856 BTC. This accumulation has played a substantial role in driving up BTC’s price.

In contrast, there’s been a decline in stablecoin holdings among these wallets, suggesting a strategic shift toward investing in cryptocurrencies, rather than choosing to hold stable assets.

The following several emerging trends are reshaping the cryptocurrency landscape.

Overall, our report underscores a transformative period in the cryptocurrency market, characterized by significant asset growth, strategic whale behavior and the integration of advanced technologies.

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Whales Accumulate Bitcoin as It Reached $100K; Emergence of AI Agent

Our monthly option volatility report delves into insights from options volatility to inspire your next crypto move.

Option volatility outlines a compelling narrative for Bitcoin as it approaches the $100K milestone. Leading up to the U.S. election on Nov 5, 2024, Bitcoin's implied volatility experienced a dramatic surge, with short-term implied volatility rising approximately 25 percentage points above post-election expirations. This spike indicated strong bullish positioning in the derivatives market as traders sought to capitalize on anticipated price movements driven by electoral outcomes.

In the immediate aftermath of the election, there was a sharp decline in short-term volatility, aligning with a rally in spot prices that, in turn, led to higher realized volatility. However, the decline in implied volatility didn’t reflect a long-term bearish sentiment — instead, it suggested a temporary easing of uncertainty regarding the election results. The term structure of implied volatility demonstrates a complex relationship: while short-term volatility dipped, longer-dated options remained stable above 50%.

The call/put skew indicates strong demand for bullish call options relative to bearish puts since the election, reflecting heightened upside exposure during BTC and ETH rallies. However, when BTC retraced to $91.3K, the skew shifted 6% toward puts, signaling bearish sentiment. This was inconsistent with futures markets, in which prices remained above spot levels, indicating ongoing bullishness. The skew toward OTM puts arose from increased demand for protective hedges, rather than from a lack of call interest. Ultimately, this suggests traders believe any sell-off would be temporary, supporting the idea that volatility is necessary in order for BTC to reach the $100K mark.

In contrast to Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH) has emerged as a more consistently bullish asset in recent weeks. While both BTC and ETH exhibited similar volatility patterns immediately following the election, Ether has shown notable resilience and increased momentum, particularly in the wake of Gary Gensler's resignation. This political shift has positively influenced ETH’s market dynamics, resulting in a stronger demand for ETH options.

Ether outperformed Bitcoin during critical market events, including both the election and ETF announcements in 2024. Following Gensler's resignation, ETH gained significant traction, with traders increasingly focusing on Ethereum as a more attractive investment. This shift is evident in the significant drops in the ratio of BTC-to-ETH spot price, indicating that traders are reallocating their preferences toward ETH.

The divergence in implied volatility between BTC and ETH options further underscores this trend, as the ratio of implied volatility for ETH options has surpassed that of BTC, reflecting a stronger demand for ETH optionality. Historically, ETH has exhibited higher volatility compared to Bitcoin. This recent uptick in ETH's implied volatility reestablishes the typical pattern of ETH commanding a premium in the options market.

Moreover, the skew in options pricing has shifted in favor of calls for both BTC and ETH, but ETH's skew has remained more robust. This suggests a stronger bullish sentiment for ETH, as traders are positioning more aggressively for its price appreciation compared to that of Bitcoin. As the market continues to evolve, Ethereum's increasing dominance and the bullish signals from its options market position it as a leading contender in the cryptocurrency landscape, making it likely to outperform Bitcoin in the near future.

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Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) is a Solana-based meme coin that skyrocketed after a tragic story about Peanut, a pet squirrel, ignited social media outrage.  

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 thrives on controversy, hype and social media–driven frenzy. An in-depth look at the history of the rise of 

 (DOGE) — the undisputed leader among meme coins — is enough to draw that conclusion. Over the past few months, several meme coins minted via platforms such as 

 have gone viral for either controversial or otherwise notable reasons. However, not many among even these viral coins have managed to rival the hype and stratospheric rise of Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT).

 (SOL) meme coin launched in early November 2024 via Pump.fun, PNUT has stolen the spotlight in the crypto market because of tragic events surrounding the pet that inspired the coin, the U.S. presidential election that resulted in a Donald Trump victory, and tweets on the topic from none other than the grand meme coin promoter, Elon Musk.

In 2017, Norwalk, Connecticut resident Mark Longo, on a visit to New York, found a squirrel whose mother was killed by a car. Mr. Longo rescued the orphaned animal and raised it for the following six years in his Connecticut home. Named Peanut, the squirrel became an Instagram celebrity when Mr. Longo started posting videos of it on the social media platform. By late 2024, Peanut had amassed an impressive Instagram fan base of over 500,000 followers.

In April 2023, Mr. Longo and his wife Daniela moved from Norwalk to upstate New York and created an animal sanctuary there. Naturally, their favorite pet, Peanut, also found residence at the Longos' new address.

Unfortunately for Peanut, the state of New York has strict laws that prohibit keeping wild animals in a residential setting. Along with their beloved pet squirrel, the Longos were also housing another animal, a raccoon named Fred, at their New York home. A number of complaints regarding the wild pets kept at their home were raised, and Mark Longo found himself the target of attention from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

Mr. Longo initially stated that he had released the animals into nature. However, Peanut's continual appearance in Instagram postings made it obvious that the squirrel was still at the Longos' residence. The DEC continued to pursue the case, and on Oct 30, 2024, the agency's officials — arriving as a formidable team of between six and eight officers — entered the Longos' home on the basis of a search warrant and seized both pets, Peanut and Fred.

As alleged by the DEC, Peanut bit one of the officers during the seizure of the animals. Fearing that the animals might carry rabies, both 

 on Nov 1, 2024. Following the euthanasia, tests carried out established that neither animal had had rabies.

The heavy-handed approach by the DEC, which sent a team of at least six officers to the property, and the subsequent euthanasia of the animals caused an outcry on social media. Many people, including political figures and celebrities, have commented that the government should be preoccupied with real issues facing the public instead of seizing pets from homes. Among the prominent figures that condemned the euthanasia of Peanut — which received much more attention than that of Fred, due to the squirrel’s Instagram celebrity status — were New York congressman Nick Langworthy and the world's richest person, Elon Musk.

The fact that the animals' tragic deaths occurred just days before the U.S. presidential elections politicized the issue, turning Peanut's story into a debate on freedoms and government overreach.

 creators to seize on the internet sensation caused by Peanut's fate. The day after the squirrel's death, Nov 2, 2024, Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) meme coin was launched on the Solana blockchain via the popular meme coin generator Pump.fun.

Pump.fun's choice here isn't surprising. By late 2024, Pump.fun has emerged as the leading meme coin generator platform in the crypto world. The platform lets users easily and affordably launch Solana-based meme coin assets.

Since its introduction on Nov 2, 2024, PNUT has experienced an epic rise, growing by nearly 2,600% between its launch date and the time of this writing (Nov 14, 2024). The coin's initial price (when it was first listed on CoinGecko on November 2) was around $0.076. In the days before the Nov 5, 2024 presidential election, Elon Musk posted tweets lamenting the way Peanut was dealt with and turning the squirrel into a kind of political martyr and cause. One of the tweets, posted on November 3, read: "

It's possible that Musk was referring to the euthanized squirrel only, and not to the PNUT meme coin when using the "PNut" spelling. Whatever was on the mind of the wealthiest fan of meme coins, the utilized spelling acted as another boost for the virality of the PNUT crypto token.

However, the real catalyst to the skyrocketing price of PNUT was the announcement of the token's listing on Binance on Nov 11, 2024. The day before the announcement, PNUT was trading at slightly under $0.13. Following the news, PNUT's price began to catapult, hitting an all-time high of $2.44 on November 14, with a market cap of over $2 billion. However, typical of meme coins’ prices, its value slipped rather substantially the next day from its ATH, to $1.69 with a market cap of $1.69 billion.

Naturally, with the hype surrounding PNUT and its meteoric rise, many critics believe that the token is another 

 scheme. Whatever the case may be, PNUT continues to enjoy massive popularity among meme coin investors during its initial days on the market.

PNUT is already available on Bybit as a Perpetual futures contract based on USDT (

). Under the contract, you can trade PNUT with up to 50x leverage.

If you consider investing in the coin, it's also essential to 

 on it before buying as PNUT is a meme coin, and is currently driven by social media hype and political events surrounding the recently concluded U.S. elections. Thus, careful research on the coin's prospects is highly recommended.

As of Nov 18, 2024, PNUT is worth $1.69, 32.3% lower than its ATH price of $2.44 on Nov 14, 2024. The current price is over 5,200% higher than the coin's ATL of $0.03187, registered on Nov 4, a day before the U.S. elections. 

Although PNUT's drastic uptrend is currently ongoing, price trajectories for highly hyped meme coins can be extremely volatile. For this reason, major price prediction portals diverge in their assessment of PNUT’s long-term prospects. For instance, PricePrediction 

 to average $0.0946 in 2025 and $0.6165 in 2030. In contrast, CoinCodex is much more bullish on PNUT, 

 prices of $4.56 in 2025 and $6.62 in 2030.

A string of events in late October and early November 2024 transformed Peanut the Squirrel — unfortunately, posthumously — from a pet with an Instagram base into a political cause that injected significant debate into the U.S. presidential elections. In the finest traditions of internet culture, meme coin creators quickly leveraged the issue, creating and quickly hyping the PNUT coin. Just twelve days from its launch, PNUT is scaling heights that many other hyped meme coins could only dream of. The coin's stratospheric rise is an ongoing event, with its future developments difficult to predict.

For observers who believe that meme coins were starting to lose their earlier shine, Peanut the Squirrel now looks intent on proving them decisively wrong.

Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT): The Viral Meme Coin With a Heartfelt Story

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