What we’re seeing here is what happens when markets get cleared out and then snap back hard once the selling pressure is gone. Friday’s $19.5 billion liquidation flushed out most of the leveraged longs, wiped out open interest, and left the order books paper thin. When the headlines shifted from panic to calm over the weekend, there was no one left to sell, so even a modest wave of dip buying sent prices ripping higher. It’s the classic post liquidation vacuum where shorts rush to cover, funding rates swing from negative back toward neutral, and market makers hedging their short call positions start buying to stay balanced. In crypto, especially on a Sunday with light liquidity that feedback loop looks explosive on the chart. There’s also a macro layer feeding it. Yields eased a bit and the dollar stopped rising, which gives risk assets breathing room. Ethereum benefits more than most because it sits right at the intersection of liquidity and tech beta, it’s where investors go when they want exposure to risk sentiment turning up. After the crash, funding rates and futures spreads reset, making it safer for funds to rebuild positions. As that happens, options dealers who sold upside calls have to buy spot or futures to keep their hedges in line, which adds more fuel to the move. So today’s +10–20 % jump is about mechanics and psychology. The market over liquidated, reset its leverage, and found no resistance on the way back up. If yields and the dollar stay quiet, the rebound can keep running as open interest rebuilds. If not, this rally will end up being a sharp reset rather than the start of a new uptrend.