According to @MilkRoadDaily, BTC futures open interest fell from $44.8B to $42.7B after last week’s dip, based on Glassnode data cited in the post (source: Milk Road on X; data: Glassnode). @MilkRoadDaily characterizes the $2.1B decline, roughly a 4.7% drop, as a leverage flush and a mini reset that could set up a cleaner path for the next move higher in BTC (source: Milk Road on X; data: Glassnode).

According to @cas_abbe, headlines about record ETH unstaking reflect a market reset as DeFi users unwind risky positions, while institutions are buying the ETH being sold, pointing to sell-side absorption rather than capitulation; source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 17, 2025. He adds that Ethereum continues to progress fundamentally, suggesting traders monitor on-chain deleveraging and institutional spot flow to time entries and assess order-book support during unstaking waves; source: @cas_abbe on X, Aug 17, 2025.