{"id":545010,"date":"2026-01-22T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/eth-funding-rate-turns-negative-but-will-ether-bulls-take-the-bait\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T01:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:54:00","slug":"eth-funding-rate-turns-negative-but-will-ether-bulls-take-the-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/eth-funding-rate-turns-negative-but-will-ether-bulls-take-the-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"ETH funding rate turns negative, but will Ether bulls take the bait?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YWZiZTctN2YxNi03ZWNlLWE2MjMtYmFiMWQxYWNjNmNm.jpg\" alt=\"ETH funding rate turns negative, but will Ether bulls take the bait?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crypto traders often view negative funding rates as a strong buy signal, but several data points suggest ETH investors have good reasons to remain risk-averse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaway:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">ETH faces selling pressure as $480 million in liquidations and falling network fees impact investor confidence.<\/p>\n<p>ETH\u2019s negative funding rate may play a role in a potential rebound rally. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eth-funding-rate-turns-negative-but-will-ether-bulls-take-the-bait\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto traders often view negative funding rates as a strong buy signal, but several data points suggest ETH investors have good reasons to remain risk-averse. Key takeaway: ETH faces selling pressure as $480 million in liquidations and falling network fees impact investor confidence. ETH\u2019s negative funding rate may play a role in a potential rebound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":545011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-545010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}