Bitcoin Funding Rate Drops 85% As Speculative Appetite Weakens – Details
Bitcoin has faced volatility and selling pressure since the start of February, dragging down altcoins and meme coins as bearish price action takes over the market. Bulls are showing signs of exhaustion, and analysts are calling for a broader correction, suggesting that BTC could see further declines before finding solid support. Related Reading: Dogecoin Whales […]
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Crypto prices are down across the board but a surge in DeFi sector growth appears to be pushing Compound’s COMP token higher. The price of COMP, the governance token of the decentralized finance (DeFi) giant Compound, has been surging while the wider crypto market has entered a correction. Despite the ongoing cryptocurrency market slump, the token has rallied 56% in the past week.COMP/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView.comUnusually low funding rate and spot market accumulationThere are various potential reasons behind the sudden rally of COMP. Traders have pinpointed the unusual market....
The funding rate of Bitcoin dropped to a level unseen since September 2020, signaling fear in the market. The funding rate of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped to levels not seen since September 2020 as the price of Bitcoin plummeted below $52,000 on April 18. Quant trader and analyst Lex Moskovski says it shows fear has returned to the market.According to the data from Glassnode, the average Bitcoin futures funding rate across all exchange dropped to as low as around -0.03% on SundayWhat is funding rate and why does it dropping matter?Bitcoin futures exchanges use a mechanism called "funding" to....
A quant has explained how the Bitcoin funding rate (72 hour) may be able to correctly signal tops and bottoms in the price of the crypto. Bitcoin Funding Rate May Be Able To Indicate Tops And Bottoms In The Market As explained by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the 72-hour version of the funding rate looks to have been effective at pointing out tops and bottoms in the BTC market. The “funding rate” is the periodic payment that Bitcoin futures traders (either long or short) have to make between each other. When the value of this metric is negative, it means shorts are paying a....
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