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Bitcoin margin and futures markets display strength as institutional appetite surges after multiple spot ETF requests. After a failed rally above $31,000 on June 23, Bitcoin (BTC) has sustained the $30,300 resistance for the past three days. Curiously, this happened while gold reached its lowest level in three months, trading at $1,910 on June 22, down from a $2,050 peak in early May. Investors now question how solid Bitcoin’s $30,000 support is. So analyzing what caused the recent price rally is essential to understanding how traders are positioned on BTC margin and futures markets. Why did BTC price break above $30,000?  Some analysts attribute Bitcoin’s recent 21.5% gains in 11 days to BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) filing. But other events might have fueled the cryptocurrency gains. For instance, on June 26, HSBC Bank in Hong Kong reportedly introduced its first local cryptocurrency services using three listed crypto ETFs. Moreover, the ProShares Bitcoin Strat...

Bitcoin's market dominance index has failed to sustain above 50% since April 2021 — so will this time be any different? Bitcoin's (BTC) percentage share in the crypto market has risen to nearly 50% in the aftermath of the last week's altcoin market rout. On June 13, the Bitcoin Dominance Index (BTC.D), which tracks BTC's weight against other cryptocurrencies, reached 49.29%, slightly down from its two-year highs of 49.66% seen earlier this week.  BTC.D daily price chart. Source: TradingView BTC not an "unregistered security"  The surge in Bitcoin dominance comes after the United States' Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against the crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase. In its court filings, the commission accused many leading altcoin s, including Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL), of being "unregistered securities." Related: SEC’s Gensler says BTC, ETH ‘not securities’ in a newly surfaced video Bitcoin's market share ty...