Bitcoin Funding Rate Enters Deep Negative Territory — What’s Next?
The Bitcoin price has been one to watch over the past week, jumping by nearly 10% in less than seven days. According to the latest on-chain data, the bears might be in for an even longer ride as funding rates fall to critically low levels. BTC Bears At Risk Of A Short Squeeze In a new Quicktake post on the CryptoQuant platform, crypto analyst Gaah revealed that the Bitcoin funding rates have been in a steep decline over the past few days, as the price builds the foundation for sustained recovery. The relevant indicator here is the Funding Rates metric, which tracks the periodic fee....
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On-chain data shows Bitcoin funding rates have sunk into deep negative values, something that could pave way for a short squeeze in the market. Bitcoin All Exchanges Funding Rate Has A Red Value Right Now As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, BTC may see a slight uplift in the short term […]
Data shows the Bitcoin Funding Rate has remained negative during the latest price rally, a sign that short behavior is dominant. Bitcoin Funding Rates Are Red At The Moment In a new post on X, on-chain analyst Checkmate has talked about the trend in the Funding Rate of Bitcoin. The “Funding Rate” refers to an […]
Bitcoin funding rates have been dropping over the last couple of weeks. Even as the price of the digital asset had plummeted, causing some to call it being on ‘discount’, these funding rates have refused to move out of the negative territory. The past week has proven to be no different given that funding rates have exited the neutral territory entirely and remain low. Funding Rates Refuse To Budge Coming out of the last week has been a hard one for the crypto market. The bloodbath had sent the majority of the coins in the crypto market into the red and bitcoin had touched the $20,000 level....
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....
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surged past $14,000 for the second time in one week. Yet, the funding rate of BTC futures on Binance Futures is still heavily negative. The daily price chart of Bitcoin. source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Why is Funding Rate Critical For Bitcoin Momentum? The Bitcoin futures market utilizes a system known […]