What Is the Funding Rate? Why Can Perpetual Contracts Continue to Generate Holding Costs Even When Prices Do Not Move Significantly?
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 incur additional costs or generate income as long as the funding rate is not zero.
First, what is the funding rate?
The funding rate is a mechanism in perpetual contracts through which longs and shorts make periodic payments to each ot

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CryptoCircleBullSays 8 minutes ago

Super Flower’s LEADEX VIII Platinum 1600W power supply is now available. It features all-Japanese electrolytic capacitors, Infineon MOSFETs, and a proprietary dual-layer vertical transformer. It passed a 50°C high-temperature test and comes with a 10-year warranty. The price is 2,599 yuan.
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SevenSevenOnGold 2 hours ago

Current price: 4129. Enter a trade; defense at 4135, with targets at 4121 and 4115$XAU #BTC重返8万 #黄金 ‌

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CryptoCircleAraki26 minutes ago

I came across Arthur Hayes’ new article again tonight
The title is just five words: D is for Dilution
His numbers are pretty sobering
SpaceX SPCX could face about 50% dilution by June 2027
About 8.6 billion shares are set to unlock
Anthropic faces an even steeper hit
Early investors could face about 83% dilution by then
OpenAI’s IPO is slated for 2027
His reasoning is
Equity dilution → AI stocks come under pressure → banks slow balance sheet expansion → dollar liquidity tightens → short-term headwind for BTC
His own funds will keep waiting on the sidelines
Until liquidity conditions ease again

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CryptoWorldStar32 minutes ago

$XAU / USDT ( UPDATE )
Bounces back and regained 4000$ in just a day. Good volume. War escalation everywhere. Potential price going up soon.
4100-4150 is safe zone
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BlockchainTuoge3 minutes ago

Still debating whether to buy? The direction is already set. Half of the inflows during the Bitcoin spot ETF wave weren’t genuine buying pressure. Markus Thielen of 10x Research put it plainly: Of the $60 billion in inflows, about half came from market makers’ hedging trades—not buyers looking to build positions. In other words, the numbers show money flowing into ETFs, but some of that capital is simply being used to hedge positions; it doesn’t mean an equal amount of long-term buyers entered the market. That explains why every rally seems to run out of steam. After ETF inflow data is release

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Bit_Bull2 hours ago

Bitcoin has broken out of the descending trendline, and the retest is now underway.
If buyers successfully defend this breakout level, we could see another strong move to the upside.
The key now is whether BTC can hold above the broken resistance and turn it into support.
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CryptoWorldStar33 minutes ago

🔥 Microsoft just added roughly $250B in a morning. Up 7% to a record, now a $4.1T company.
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CryptoMishu2 hours ago

#USNonfarmPayrolls
Navigating the NFP Storm: The Good News is Bad News Paradox
The recent ADP employment report surprised to the upside, adding 86,000 jobs in October. While this highlights economic resilience, the upcoming official Nonfarm Payrolls release is creating a complex setup for risk assets.
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GateUser-007f3e18 2 hours ago

Taking a position in TRADOOR
Its market cap is $8 million, and $2 million was withdrawn today
That’s 25% of the total circulating supply
How much lower can it go?
And most importantly, this token has no minting function, so there’s no fear of it being dumped

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ybaseran hour ago

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In my view, while U.S. policy expectations will be the primary factor influencing Bitcoin’s next major move, leveraged liquidations will play a key role in determining the intensity of that move.
I see three key factors:
1. U.S. policy expectations – The primary driver. Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, inflation data, monetary policy, and regulatory developments can all impact institutional demand, liquidity, and the overall appetite for risk assets. A more favorable policy environment could support a sustainable BTC rally.
2. Leveraged liquidations – A short-term accel

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ChrisTalksAboutCrypto40 minutes ago

Yan Chi: $BTC Consolidation breakout, followed by consolidation. Excluding stop-losses within the consolidation range, profit reached 7,000 points; even including stop-losses, the gain was still over 5,000 points (see screenshot for detailed analysis).
On the 4-hour chart, the red horizontal line is around 81900–82000, corresponding to the upper resistance of the previous sideways range. After breaking out on strong volume from around 76K, the price surged to a high of 81993, then pulled back to the current 80580. The black curved path drawn by Yan Chi shows: spike to 81993 → pullback → furth

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GateUser-7397f4f5 16 minutes ago

Yesterday afternoon, I opened an ETH short position, and it kept rising afterward. Before the US stock market opened, I left my phone on the table with the order page open. I suddenly wasn’t paying attention and my finger touched the screen, closing the position.
I was only down 61u, but then I opened another short position. I didn’t expect tech stocks to plunge when the US market opened while ETH surged, costing me another 400u. Even when God gave me a chance to cut my losses, I didn’t take it. I give up.
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MaxFullyAutomatedQuantitative 28 minutes ago

Day 4 of fully automated quant trading. Check my bio to copy trade.
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