#AirdropFinderGuide $BTC funding rates are negative — and that’s a big deal.

What are funding rates?

In crypto futures trading, funding rates are small payments made between traders. They help keep the futures price in line with the spot (real) price.

. When funding is positive, long traders (those betting on price going up) pay short traders.

. When funding is negative, short traders (those betting on price going down) pay long traders.

So what does negative funding mean?

It means that more people are betting against Bitcoin right now. The majority of the market thinks the price will fall.

But here’s the twist:

Historically, when funding rates go negative — and everyone is bearish — that’s when the bottom is often in. It’s a textbook bottom signal because:

. Weak hands have already sold