The recent Bitcoin halving event, which cut the block reward for miners in half on April 20, 2024, has sparked a wave of optimism in the cryptocurrency market. While a brief dip in a key futures metric hinted at potential short-term bearishness, overall market indicators suggest a bullish trend taking hold.
Analysts at Kaiko, a market data provider specializing in crypto derivatives and futures, reported a shift in Bitcoin’s funding rate leading up to the halving. The funding rate is a fee paid between long and short position holders in futures contracts.
A negative rate signifies that short positions are compensating long positions, potentially indicating a bearish outlook. Notably, Bitcoin’s funding rate dipped into negative territory for the first time this year
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