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The CME bitcoin annualised basis has fallen to -2.35% its deepest backwardation since the extreme dislocations of the FTX collapse in November 2022, when the basis briefly approached -50%, according ...

Bitcoin has slipped into backwardation, a structure that occurs when futures trade below the spot price and is typically associated with stress, "extreme fear" or heavy hedging activity. The shift ...

The oil market is in backwardation: a phenomenon where futures with near-term deliveries are marketed at a premium over longer-dated contracts. Market watchers spoke to CNBC about what the ...

Oil futures are in backwardation due to the Persian Gulf conflict. Markets expect the disruption to be temporary, with a likely resolution. Energy stocks may be attractive during ongoing uncertainty.

Backwardation is the incidence when spot prices exceed futures prices, akin to an inverse yield curve with interest rates and bonds. Among the circumstances that can trigger backwardation with ...

Earlier this October, silver entered an unusual and rare deep backwardation where the spot market rose to a gap of $2.88 above the futures market. While there were geopolitical and international ...

In ordinary times, a barrel of oil for delivery sometime in the future -- say, in a month or six months from now -- costs more than a barrel right now. An oil market like that is said to be in ...