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How Does an Altcoin’s Perpetual Futures Funding Rate React to Extreme Selling Pressure?

Funding rate turns sharply negative, indicating short sellers are dominant and paying longs.
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How Does an Altcoin’s Perpetual Futures Funding Rate React to Extreme Selling Pressure?

Extreme selling pressure causes the funding rate to become sharply negative. Short position holders are aggressively entering the market, driving the rate down.

This negative rate means short traders pay long traders to keep the contract price anchored to the spot price, reflecting the strong bearish bias.

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