$AKE funding dropped to -0.192%/8h, and also moved into the top 1% negative funding rate band since 2025-09-26. The more urgently the shorts are paying, the less it should be read as “everyone is bearish”—it’s more like a group paying higher ticket prices to prove they didn’t pick the wrong side. The issue is that what gets more expensive in trading is the shorts, not that the bearish consensus is more correct—are you chasing direction, or proving your point with that attitude?