What Is the Funding Rate? Why Can Perpetual Contracts Continue to Generate Holding Costs Even When Prices Show No Significant Movement?
In cryptocurrency trading, many people focus only on price movements after opening a position and overlook the funding rate. For perpetual contract traders, even if prices move sideways for a long time, holding a position may still generate additional costs or returns as long as the funding rate is nonzero.
First, what is the funding rate?
The funding rate is a mechanism in perpetual contracts for periodic payments between longs and shorts, intended to help ke

BlockchainTuoge2 hours ago

I think this gold rally is only just getting started. Physical gold held by central banks is getting increasingly scarce. This isn’t simply a price issue; it’s a matter of inventory and delivery. According to data from the World Gold Council, central banks have been net buyers of more than 1,000 tonnes of gold for three consecutive years: about 1,136 tonnes in 2022, 1,037 tonnes in 2023, and 1,045 tonnes in 2024. That’s a clear step up from the average of 400 to 500 tonnes a year over the past decade. Meanwhile, the “visible” buffers—such as free-float inventories in London vaults and delivera

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LingGe 10 minutes ago

This little fairy is pretty smart!
Much better than those Hani.
Wish her happiness.

SmartBrother 41 minutes ago

$DOT
Declining volume needs to be viewed from both sides—some are quietly accumulating, while others are already keeping vigil at the funeral home.
Take $OK: after dipping as low as around $106, it somehow managed to hold steady, with trading volume shrinking like a bone that’s been chewed on. Experienced traders recognize this pattern at a glance: the big players are nearing the end of their shakeout, and the weak hands that were going to leave have already done so.
Now look at the “partners in misery,” $DOT and $AD —the picture is completely different.
$DOT sports a $1.6 billion market cap

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botza an hour ago

Everything's big. Don't believe it? Come suck— I mean, come taste it.

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LiuBeiPrince 2 hours ago

What is trading volume? Why can changes in volume during a price increase help us judge whether the trend is sustainable?
In crypto trading, price tells us which direction the market is moving, while volume helps us understand the level of trading activity behind that move. Analyzing the two together is more useful than looking at price alone, but volume cannot directly predict future movements.
First, what is trading volume?
Trading volume refers to the amount of an asset or the value of trades executed within a specific period. An increase in volume usually means market participation is risi

BtcsosSignalSharing an hour ago

📡 Signal Card | Source: BlockchainBaller
Asset: $AIN Short position | Time: Not specified | Entry: 0.275 | Stop loss: 0.295 | Targets: 0.265 / 0.2602 / 0.245
Funny enough, I reposted this person's $UAI trade earlier today, and here they are again—quite active 👀
I just repost signals; the signal is someone else's, but the wallet is your own. Whether to follow and how small a position to take is up to you all 🫠
For personal record-sharing only; this is not investment advice. #AI Giant Financing Watch: Microsoft and Meta issue a combined $40 billion in bonds.

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Osemka8 32 minutes ago

Someone asked me why I'm focusing on $XPL cause there are better opportunities elsewhere and I honestly had to check the chart again if I'm perhaps a moron.
But you can't get a better R:R than this. You just can't. I'm inversing the chart cause everyone has a bearish brain atm to show you that you cannot find a more textbook distributive range than this (e.g. accumulation on the regular scale).
Look at all the phases. Look at the corrective leg up to UTAD. This is a pretty easy 100-150% to reach range lows IMHO.

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智赢舵手 43 minutes ago

Many people see a funding rate of 0 and assume that neither longs nor shorts are taking a side. In fact, a zero rate means the perpetual price is tracking spot, with both sides waiting for the other to move first. $RAY is in exactly this state now.
The current price is 1.7771, up 9.70% in 24 hours, but the funding rate is +0.0000%, indicating that this rally is not being driven by leveraged longs in futures. FOMO buying isn't extreme, which leaves room for further upside. On the moving average front, MA5=1.77104 is above MA20=1.75418, with the short-term average supporting the price; RSI=61.2

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ACaiStar an hour ago

What Is the Long-Short Ratio? Why Doesn’t a Higher Number of Longs Mean the Market Will Definitely Rise?
In cryptocurrency trading, many people see the long-short ratio rise and assume bullish sentiment is growing, then choose to go long. But market sentiment and actual price movements do not always align. The long-short ratio can help us understand traders’ positioning tendencies, but it cannot directly determine how the market will move next.
First, what is the long-short ratio?
The long-short ratio measures the relative proportion of long and short positions in a particular market. However,

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ybaseran hour ago

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Bitcoin at $80,000: Can the rally continue?
My assessment: BTC’s move above $80,000 is promising; however, simply reclaiming the $80,000 level does not confirm the start of a new bull trend. The truly critical question is whether Bitcoin can transform the $80,000 mark from a point of resistance into a reliable level of support.
We can consider two distinct scenarios:
* A continuation of the rally: This would involve spot buyers returning to the market, stronger inflows into ETFs, and BTC establishing a firm foothold above $80,000 before pushing toward the $82,000 level.
* A tempo

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SergioTesla 5 minutes ago

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I analyzed all potential swing lows that had a similar reaction off the lows as yesterday.
I found 37 such reactions. 21 of those reactions still took out the low within 10 days.
But the most interesting thing: 16 of those lows failed within the first 2 days.
That means that for this kind of reaction, if a low is to fail, it usually happens fast. Within 1 or 2 days.
If we don't see such a big reversal, then price usually keeps trending higher.
Failed lows in red (taken out within 10 days), lows that held in white:

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Novanoodle an hour ago

Timeline cleanse.
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CryptoCircleBullSays an hour ago

An ESA probe detected hydrogen chloride gas escaping from fissures in the Alba Mons region of Mars. Earlier orbital images suggested that some volcanoes may have remained active within the past few million years, and seismometers have also detected marsquakes, but no clear evidence of volcanic eruptions or lava flows has been found.
“Dormant” is more cautious than “dead,” but the chain of evidence is still missing its final link; without direct evidence of an eruption, the conclusion can only be that it is “possible.”
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ChenAn 44 minutes ago

Yesterday, the crypto market staged a textbook bear trap and reversal. In the morning, BTC and ETH both plunged on heavy volume, with the Bollinger Bands widening and diverging downward. Bearish indicators aligned across the board, panic gripped the market, and retail traders piled into shorts. Predictions that prices would break below previous lows were everywhere.
Against the trend, we anchored our decisions to key support levels: BTC held the previous-low support at 76270, while ETH held the 2245 support confluence zone. We refused to let panic dictate our moves.
At midday, a second retest

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