The funding rate for Bitcoin perpetual futures on OKX has plunged to an extreme annualized -453%, forcing short sellers to pay about 1.3% daily just to hold their positions. This unusually high negative rate indicates a heavy concentration of short bets and could trigger a sharp price reversal within 48 to 72 hours as shorts either capitulate or Bitcoin drops significantly. The situation also presents a rare arbitrage opportunity between OKX and Binance, though it remains largely unexploited. Investors holding short positions on OKX face steep daily losses from funding fees, making the trade very costly even before price moves.
Bitcoin holders will soon be able to stake their BTC directly on Bitcoin's layer 1 through Stacks' PoX-5 hardfork, activating around July 29, 2026. This new system allows users to earn roughly 3% annual yield by locking BTC alongside STX tokens witho...
Bitcoin rose 25% this week, nearly reaching $80,000 after significant short liquidations and reclaiming key technical levels like the 200-day Moving Average and short-term holder cost basis. While this shift suggests a bullish trend, experts caution ...
Bitcoin surged nearly 30% over five days to almost $80,000 before sharply pulling back to around $77,000 on August 22, 2026. This retracement triggered over $475 million in forced liquidations of long positions due to heavy leverage, wiping out many ...
Chinese crypto miner Jiang Zhuoer reversed his bearish 2026 forecast after Bitcoin surged near $79,500, now 90% confident the bear market has ended. He bought back Ethereum near $2,100 after selling earlier, then sold half his ETH near $2,525, managi...
Bitcoin's price surged over 20% in less than a week, climbing from the low $60,000s to nearly $80,000, driven by a massive short squeeze and supportive U.S. Treasury bond buybacks. The daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) rose above 80, the highest si...
