Market Structure Research

Structure before signals

SwapHunt studies liquidity, behavior, and structural patterns inside crypto markets. The goal is not prediction. The goal is to understand why markets move the way they do.

Reading markets instead of predicting them.

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Long-form observations on market structure, trading psychology, and behavior patterns. Written to explain, not to persuade.

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SwapHunt is built around a simple idea: make the same decision the same way every time. Context over conclusions, structure over noise.

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Latest articles

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Daily Note · 17 Jul: Chips Bled Into Crypto

A chipmaker rout dragged BTC and ETH lower over the last 24 hours, but spot ETF inflows kept extending a three-day streak underneath the selloff.

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How Order Book Depth Predicts Price Direction

Order book depth reveals where liquidity is stacked, and price tends to move toward the side with less resistance. This article breaks down how to read that imbalance without over-relying on it.

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Daily Note · 16 Jul: Institutions Building While Fear Stays Extreme

Bitcoin pulled back from a monthly high while institutional plumbing kept expanding underneath - a split between short-term price action and longer-term positioning.

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Daily Note · 15 Jul: Sentiment Lagging Price Again

Majors rose 2.6-4.5% in the last 24 hours while the Fear & Greed Index barely moved off Extreme Fear, and a wave of regulatory clarity landed on the same day flows turned positive.

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How Leverage Cascades Through DeFi: From One Protocol to Systemic Risk

Recursive leverage lets the same collateral get reused across multiple DeFi protocols, quietly linking their risk together until one liquidation triggers a chain reaction across the ecosystem.

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Daily Note · 14 Jul: Sentiment Fell, Price Didn't Follow

Fear and Greed fell to Extreme Fear and US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted their largest single-day outflow of the month, but BTC price barely moved. The gap between sentiment and price is the story.

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