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BitMEX Bombshell: Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Funding Rates Plunge 90% Since 2016—Proof the Market’s Growing Up?
BitMEX Bombshell: Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Funding Rates Plunge 90% Since 2016—Proof the Market’s Growing Up?
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Bitcoin's wild-child phase might be over. A new BitMEX study shows extreme funding rates for perpetual futures contracts have cratered 90% since 2016—no more casino-level leverage frenzy.
Market maturation or just institutional boredom? Either way, traders aren’t bleeding dry from those outrageous funding payments anymore. Volatility’s still here, but the mechanics? Getting polished.
Wall Street’s probably furious—how will they sell ‘hedge fund strategies’ when retail’s already figured out the game? Stay long, stay skeptical.
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