The $73,000 Test: Crowded Shorts And Negative Funding Fueled Bitcoin’s 15% Re...
Bitcoin is regaining strength after pushing back above the $70,000 level, a move that has helped restore a degree of bullish sentiment following weeks of heightened volatility. The recovery comes after a turbulent period for global markets, during which geopolitical developments and macro uncertainty triggered sharp swings in price action across risk assets. Related Reading: Manufacturing The Bitcoin Reserve: Inside The Trump Family’s 11,000-Miner Expansion At American Bitcoin According to a recent report from CryptoQuant by XWIN Research Japan, Bitcoin experienced notable volatility....
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Celebrity traders on Twitter frequently cite negative funding rates as a Bitcoin buy signal, but does data support this point of view? Perpetual contracts, also known as inverse swaps, have an embedded rate usually charged every eight hours. This fee ensures there are no exchange risk imbalances. Even though buyers' and sellers' open interest is matched at all times, leverage can vary, and when buyers (longs) are demanding more leverage, the funding rate turns positive. Thus, they are the ones paying the fees to the sellers (shorts).However, the opposite situation occurs when shorts....
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin funding rates have mostly remained negative for more than a week now. If past trend is anything to go by, this may mean that a bottom could be near. Bitcoin Funding Rates Have Now Remained Mostly Negative For More Than Seven Days As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the Bitcoin funding rates have been negative in the past week for the most part. The “funding rates” is an indicator that measures the periodic fee Bitcoin futures traders have to pay each other in order to hold onto their positions. When the value of this indicator is....
Data shows the Ethereum funding rates have been quite negative in recent days. Here’s what this could mean for the cryptocurrency’s price. Ethereum Funding Rates Have Been Under The Zero Mark Recently As explained by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, a short squeeze may be a possibility for the asset currently. The “funding rate” is an indicator that keeps track of the periodic fees that traders on the futures market are exchanging with each other. When the value of this metric is positive, it means that the long contract holders are paying a premium to the short....
Data shows the Ethereum Funding Rate has declined into the negative zone. Here’s what has usually followed this trend in the last two months. Ethereum Funding Rate Suggests Traders Are Now Bearish As explained by analytics firm Santiment in a new post on X, shorts are dominating the Ethereum derivatives market now. The indicator of […]
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....