What Is the Funding Rate? Why Can Perpetual Contracts Incur Ongoing Holding Costs Even When Prices Barely Move?
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 an extended period, 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 through which longs and shorts in perpetual contracts make periodic payments to help keep contract prices c

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Bykarantelian hour ago

$BTC added 2.57% over the 24 hours to Nov 5, and US buyers still paid less for it than the rest of the world. That makes 61 straight days below the global price, with sentiment at a neutral 50.

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Full-TimeTradersMustG 2 hours ago

A dull, boring day comes to an end🔚

CryptoCircleBullSays 6 minutes ago

$PEPE Currently at 0.0000049761, down 2.43% over 24H (0.0000048625–0.0000053142). The 1H outlook is weak: RSI is 50.95, and the current price is below the 1H EMA20 at 0.0000049867. The 4H outlook is strong: RSI is 63.84, and the current price is above the 4H EMA20 at 0.0000049218. The 1H volume ratio is 0.152. If the price holds above the 0.0000053142 resistance level, continuation is worth watching; if it breaks below the 0.0000048625 support level, the short-term outlook may weaken. In the next review, check whether 0.0000053142 holds and whether the price can recover after losing 0.00000486

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ARiceLoverWhoLovesToEatRice.40 minutes ago

Tomorrow night at 21:30, the U.S. October nonfarm payrolls report comes out. Here are my thoughts
The market expects 65,000 jobs to be added, versus 29,000 previously, with the unemployment rate expected to hold at 4.2%. ADP added 86,000 jobs last night, above expectations, suggesting the U.S. labor market has not yet shown any clear signs of losing momentum
But the backdrop for this jobs report is a little different:
The Fed chose to pause rate hikes in October, and two officials even voted to continue raising rates. Market expectations for a December rate hike are already quite high
If emplo

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trader_one26 minutes ago

BTC market update

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QinchuanLangzi an hour ago

ONEA: We don't need you to trust us blindly; we'd rather you keep verifying us.
Recently, the community has raised many questions that deserve serious consideration: Where does development stand? How will the eight-year plan be put into practice? Can cross-border payments really work end to end? And how should contract permissions, liquidity, and real-world utility be assessed?
These questions should not be avoided.
I. A vision cannot replace delivery.
Discussing global payments and blockchain infrastructure does not mean that the relevant capabilities have already been implemented. Code repos

BePatient.2 hours ago

$ELSA That scared the hell out of me—I almost got liquidated. If it had been pushed up to 0.013, I would've been liquidated. Thanks, you damn market maker, for sparing me

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TheLittlePandaIsDedi an hour ago

When you're fleecing others, you're riding high
When you're getting fleeced, worry turns your hair white

LiuBeiPrince an hour ago

What Is Order Book Depth? Why Can a Large Order Cause Significant Price Swings When Liquidity Is Low?
In cryptocurrency trading, orders of the same size can have completely different execution outcomes under different market conditions. Sometimes, a large order enters the market with little impact on price; at other times, a single order can drive prices up or down rapidly. One key factor behind this is order book depth.
First, what is order book depth?
The order book displays limit buy and sell orders submitted by traders at different prices. Order book depth reflects the quantity of orders a

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#EIGEN
Current outlook.
Friends, on $EIGEN 30 October it dipped to its main support at 0.1592 and bounced from there, holding in the 0.18–0.19 range. The June low at 0.1523 and August low at 0.1637 were also in the same area; after both, the price first reached 0.2097, then 0.2858.
It is currently trading around 0.187. The first test above is 0.2097, the level tested most often since May. Just above it is the 20-day average at 0.202 and the 0.2155–0.2175 zone where the 50-, 100-day averages converge. Once this zone is cleared with a daily close, the levels I marked on the chart—0.2288, 0.243,

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Usmanali1407932 hours ago

#GateLaunchesPoSECProofOfSecurity

Gate Introduces Proof of Security: A New Standard for Measuring Cryptocurrency Exchange Protection
The cryptocurrency industry continues to evolve as investors become increasingly concerned about exchange security, asset protection, and financial transparency. Gate has taken an important step in this direction with the official launch of Proof of Security, known as PoSEC. This initiative expands the traditional concept of Proof of Reserves by providing additional information about how user assets are stored and protected. Rather than focusing exclusively on

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LittleLucky2an hour ago

Ether’s daily-chart segment correction this time is more textbook than Bitcoin’s. Over the past two days, I’ve repeatedly pointed out opportunities to buy dips and focus on rebound trades, and the price action has played out as expected. Chan theory trading ultimately comes down to the traders themselves. Just as the eighth level of the Heaven and Earth Great Shift can never beat the ninth, no martial art other than the Heaven and Earth Great Shift can beat the eighth level. One martial art stands alone above all the others, because its starting point is already far beyond theirs; those other

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Mike 40 minutes ago

This time they’ve found a powerful backer. Market manipulators, just you wait

Marcinthematrix 41 minutes ago

Grant Thornton Switzerland attested the Cardano Foundation's 2025 financial statements on Cardano, with the sign-off recorded on the public ledger.
Its global network has $8.5B in yearly revenue and ~80,000 people.
@Cardano

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ZhouDongye an hour ago

Meta’s massive acquisition of AI coding team Conductor hit the Achilles’ heel of every independent AI developer tool.
On the surface, Zuckerberg is continuing to build out Llama’s application ecosystem.
But in essence, this is a top-tier tech giant making a calculated move to capture the next-generation “developer gateway.”
Conductor’s core offering is agentic code generation and cross-system collaboration, while what Meta lacks most is precisely a well-defined productivity workflow.
In the past, large language models competed on context length and benchmark scores. Now the battle has shifted

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LiuBang an hour ago

What Is a Liquidation Cascade? Why Can a Round of Forced Liquidations Amplify Short-Term Volatility in the Crypto Market?
In the crypto market, a rapid price drop can sometimes trigger forced liquidations of more long positions. The selling pressure from these liquidations may push prices even lower, triggering another round of liquidations. This self-reinforcing process is called a liquidation cascade.
First, how does a liquidation cascade form?
When leveraged traders' losses mount and their margin becomes insufficient, a trading platform may forcibly close their positions. If many positions

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.
Let us break down the questions every trader is asking right now.
Is better data always more bullish, or is a moderate cooling better for the market? It is rarely that simple. We are currently in a macroeconomic environment where good news is bad news for risk assets. Stronger-than-expected data

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CryptoSpecto16 minutes ago

GateLive2026-11-05 01:44:22

🌈 Gate Live Streaming Inspiration - Nov.5
Today's Topic Recommendations:
🔹Democrats Sweep Both Chambers of Congress as the Dow Surges Over 3%! But AI Stocks Fall Across the Board. Is a Major Sector Rotation Underway in U.S. Stocks?
🔹KOL View: Tom Lee Remains Bullish on the AI Trade! With Tech Stocks Facing Repeated Sell-Offs, Is This a Crisis or a Buying Opportunity?
🔹Chip Stocks Are Falling, but Demand Hasn't Weakened? With Democratic Regulatory Expectations Shaking Markets, Are Semiconductor Stocks Being Unfairly Punished?
🔹OpenAI Uncovers 948 Linux Vulnerabilities in One Run! As AI-Powered Hacking Capabilities Advance Rapidly, Is the Cybersecurity Industry Heading for a Major Shakeup?
🔹A-Share and Hong Kong Stock Markets Weaken in Pre-Market Trading! ChangXin and MiniMax Drop Around 2%. Could the AI Tech Stock Correction Spread Across Asian Markets?
🔹What Happens If BTC Breaks Above $82,000? With $337 Million in Short Positions Facing Liquidation Pressure, Is a Major Short Squeeze About to Begin?
🔹AI Stocks Face Indiscriminate Selling! Some Memory Stocks Trade at Annualized P/E Ratios as Low as 1.6x. Are These Once-in-a-Lifetime Buying Opportunities or Value Traps?
🔹Trump Links Republican Election Losses to the Iran Issue! With Middle East Policy Controversies Heating Up, How Will Oil and Safe-Haven Assets React?
🔹Whale Starts Cutting Losses on a $148 Million Oil Long Position! Still Holding Nearly $100 Million in Bullish Bets, Is an Oil Price Rebound Coming?
🔹Democrats Continue Pushing the CLARITY Act! With the SEC Potentially Gaining More Authority, Is U.S. Crypto Regulation Heading for a Major Overhaul?
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