How Funding Rates Quietly Drive Risk in Crypto Derivatives Markets

Crypto derivatives often look like a simple reflection of price. They are not. Beneath the surface, a quieter mechanism does much of the behavioral work over time: funding rates. Easy to overlook, rarely headline material, but persistent. Most crypto perpetual contracts do not expire. To keep those contracts tethered to spot prices, markets rely on [...]

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