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Key Takeaways: Bitcoin futures open interest across all exchanges fell to $46.94B, with Binance and CME leading at $8.09B and $7.24B. Put volume on Deribit outpaced calls 54.87% to 45.13% in 24 hours, signaling short-term defensive trader positioning. Deribit max pain for the April 24 expiry sits near $70K, roughly $3,000 above BTC’s current $66,810 spot price. Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Falls to $46.94B Total bitcoin futures open interest (OI) across all exchanges stands at 703,140 BTC, equivalent to $46.94 billion, according to Coinglass futures stats. That figure has pulled back meaningfully from the peaks seen in late 2025, when exchange-level open interest briefly touched the $100 billion range alongside BTC prices near $140,000. Binance leads all venues with 121,250 BTC in open interest worth $8.09 billion, holding a 17.23% market share. CME follows closely at 108,480 BTC, or $7.24 billion, representing 15.42% of total futures open interest globally. OI across the board is softening. CME posted a 0.49% drop in open interest over the past 24 hours. Binance fell 0.96%, OKX shed 0.31%, and Bybit declined 0.20%. Bitcoin futures data via Coinglass on April 5, 2026. MEXC and Hyperliquid were the outliers, each logging slight gains of 0.63% and 8.03%, respectively. BingX posted the biggest 24-hour OI jump at 31.77%, though its total footprint of $588.47 million remains a fraction of the top-tier venues. The overall market recorded a modest 1-hour OI change of negative 0.32%, with the 24-hour aggregate up just 1.27%. The Options Playing Field On the options side, total BTC options open interest has pulled back sharply from the peak of roughly $65 billion seen in early 2025, when bitcoin was testing highs above $100,000. Current options open interest sits near $30 billion, based on metrics collected by Coinglass. Deribit remains the dominant options venue, with…

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