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2026-09-22：Perpetual Leverage Anomaly: The $156 Billion Mirage Subsidizing Crypto's Spot Breakout
A massive short squeeze just detonated eight hundred and forty-four million dollars in bearish bets as Bitcoin blasted past eighty-seven thousand dollars. Yet, instead of leverage vanishing, derivatives open interest unexpectedly ballooned to a staggering one hundred and fifty-six billion dollars. Are retail traders walking directly into a lethal trap, or are Wall Street prime brokers quietly orchestrating the largest basis trade in financial history? Behind the headline euphoria, decentralized finance liquidity reveals an optical illusion, a zero-day flaw rocks personal AI agents, and a…
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