Does a high funding rate mean the market is bound to fall? Don’t treat one indicator as a trading signal
In the cryptocurrency derivatives market, funding rates are often used to gauge sentiment among bulls and bears.
But there’s a common misconception: a positive funding rate means the market is bound to rise, while an excessively high funding rate means prices are about to fall.
Funding rates reflect the cost of holding positions in the derivatives market and the balance of demand between bulls and bears, not a direct prediction of price movements.
Understanding this requires looking at thre

Half an hour of forced selling just closed $8.9M of leveraged $ETH bets on a rise, against $271.3K of bets on a fall. Across the major venues, it was the buyers' side that took the flush.

#USEarningsSeason BTC At first glance at the daily candlestick chart, I instinctively thought there was basically no rebound left. Just watch—the market will keep sliding sideways, with each daily high lower than the last. A crash is imminent, and a black swan is about to appear. Make the most of the opportunity; I need to think about how to add to my position! I can’t upload the picture, so I’ll leave it out. Stay tuned! Anyway, from what I can see, even getting Bitcoin above 82,000 will be difficult. Even if it does, it’ll be a struggle to climb aboard. If it reaches 82,000, those who haven’

Market Recap
Last Friday, as the risk of the US and Iran resuming hostilities rose sharply ahead of the US midterm elections, and Saudi Arabia and Houthi forces traded increasingly intense attacks, surging oil prices stoked inflation concerns and once again heightened the risk of rising interest rates.
The US Dollar Index edged higher, remaining below the 102 mark, and ultimately closed up 0.14% at 101.76. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield rebounded, rising more than 4 basis points intraday to close at 5.007%; the 2-year US Treasury yield, which is sensitive to the Federal Reserve's poli

Cmon bears! Show some conviction and drop bitcoin as low as you can! Don’t be so flippant. I’ve got a Monday morning buy order and I need you to do your job.

in another month or so, we should have our weekly kumo twist.
in 4-5 months we should be trading above the cloud.
ideally, we start trending after that.
wait szn.
cc @CryptoSays

5 Common Mistakes When Backing Up Your Seed Phrase: Is Your Wallet Really Safe?
When creating a Web3 wallet, many people carefully set a password but don't take backing up their seed phrase seriously enough.
The problem is: if you forget your password, sometimes you can regain access through an account recovery process; but if your seed phrase is exposed, your backup is lost, and no other recovery option is available, your assets may face irreversible risk.
Here are five easily overlooked mistakes.
1. Saving a screenshot of your seed phrase on your phone
Screenshots are convenient, but they ma

Thanks to GenG for not throwing the match
Thanks to IG for fighting with no regrets…
Printed tens of thousands of U
Fuck, seeing GenG in game one
I thought my investments had gone down the drain again
Good thing they didn’t throw this time

$ETH ETH/USD Monthly Analysis – Bullish Potential Toward $3,985
Timeframe: Monthly (1M)
Market Outlook: Potential Bullish Reversal
Ethereum is approaching a critical support region between $2,114 and $2,159, an important historical price reaction zone.
Bearish Correction: ETH may continue its downward movement toward this key support area before establishing a potential bullish reversal.
Bullish Scenario: If buyers successfully defend this zone, ETH could begin a recovery toward $3,400–$3,600, followed by a possible correction toward $2,700–$2,800 before continuing toward the major resistanc

Everyone, $USELESS the move is perfect, just as I predicted… Now move the stop loss to the entry price and take partial profits to lock in gains…‼️

It will be incredible what happens during this year of crypto asset gains #SpotGoldFallsBelow$4000 #KOSPIFallsNearly4% #GateQ3ReportReleased #SolanaNonVoteTxHits8.92B #DataCentersMayFaceOversupplyBy2028

#XBR #GateSquareHalloween
XBR (Brent Crude) Market Analysis – Current Price ~115.49
Brent Crude (XBR) is trading near 115.49 amid elevated geopolitical risk premium. Prices have climbed sharply in 2026, driven primarily by prolonged US-Iran tensions, disruptions and threats around the Strait of Hormuz, vessel incidents, and ongoing inventory draws. Flows have partially recovered at times through workarounds and naval support, yet the risk of re-escalation continues to support elevated levels
Chinese refining activity and demand patterns have helped prevent even steeper moves higher at points

The most unusual detail on today's chart is that $PEPE is trading right at the lower Bollinger Band at 4.27876e-06, almost exactly at the current price of 4.28e-06, while MA5 has slipped to 4.308e-06, below MA20=4.376e-06. The moving averages are bearishly aligned, RSI is only 32.2 and approaching oversold territory, and the MACD histogram remains negative at -1.045e-08—the downtrend is not over, but lower-band support and an oversold signal have appeared at the same time, creating room for a short-term technical rebound. The bias is bearish, but chasing shorts is inadvisable.
Reference entry

Everything feels quite unfamiliar atm, hard to put my finger on how things move from here. With that said, here's my $BTC and $ES charts. I'll be looking for reclaims of key levels/deviations, couple in a very oversold indicator or something along those lines.
Staying patient.

Cumulative losses of $37.05 million, and still desperately holding on! Machi's $ETH
long position is enough to send chills down your spine.
Cumulative losses have reached $37.0556 million, with another $9.3467 million wiped out in the past 30 days. An account that once weathered eight-figure swings now has just $12.7k in total assets, and its available margin has completely run dry.
What stings even more is that he is still holding 100 $ETH in a 25x cross-margin long position, opened at $2,313.88, with an unrealized profit of $1,371.41 right now.
Against cumulative losses of $37.05 million,