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title: "Bitcoin Cash open interest folds 47% since halving as price slides"
url: https://diffcoin.com/bitcoin-cash-open-interest-folds-47-since-halving-as-price-slides/
description: "Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Open Interest (OI) and its price have plummeted in the seven days since its halving, erasing a brief stint of extra momentum leading up…"
published: 2024-04-12
updated: 2024-04-12
author: "Mila"
site: "Diffcoin"
---

# Bitcoin Cash open interest folds 47% since halving as price slides

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Open Interest (OI) and its price have plummeted in the seven days since its halving, erasing a brief stint of extra momentum leading up to the April 4 event.

On April 12, the OI for Bitcoin Cash sat at $378.3 million, down by a massive 47% from its peak of $708.5 million before the BCH halving, as per CoinGlass data.

The decline in OI coincided with a 13% drop in the price of BCH.

The majority of its price decline occurred on April 10, with a steep drop of 7.51% within a three-hour window, after four days of tight fluctuation between $676 and $691, as per CoinMarketCap data.

*Bitcoin Cash has been hovering between $605 and $691 over the past 7 days. Source: CoinMarketCap*

The behavior is a complete flip on the week after the 2020 halving event, it’s first-ever halving. At the time, Bitcoin Cash saw upward momentum, rising 4.7%, while OI rose 10% to $73.86 million.

Back then, Bitcoin Cash was just under 3 years old. However, there have been debates over Bitcoin Cash’s use cases, mainly its lower transaction processing costs and reduced energy requirements for verifying new blocks.

***Related:*** ***Bitcoin Cash price hiccups amid second-ever halving event***

The Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash communities have been seen clashing again.

On March 18, Blockstream CEO Adam Back asked early Bitcoin adopter Roger Ver in a [post](https://twitter.com/adam3us/status/1769679468270895135) on X to rejoin the Bitcoin community after he left for the Bitcoin Cash community a number of years ago.

> “Join the f*cking party[@rogerkver](https://twitter.com/rogerkver) it’s just warming up. you know you want to. you don’t have to go it alone, be the prodigal son and return.”

Roger Ver, commonly known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” is a strong advocate for Bitcoin Cash, claiming it aligns more closely with Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision for Bitcoin.

Ver argues that Bitcoin Cash is better positioned to serve as both a store of value and a currency due to its lower transaction fees.

Meanwhile, many investors are taking positions in Bitcoin, eagerly anticipating a rise as the halving approaches next week.

At the time of publication, Bitcoin’s OI stands at $34.89 billion, which is approximately 15 times higher than it was eight days before the halving in May 2020.

***Magazine:*** ***Synthetix founder Kain Warwick: It’s DeFi that’s wrong, not the market***

This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.

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