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$BTC is up over 20% in a week, and the funding rate has already cooled off. A leverage-built rally generally keeps funding high and pins it there. This one spiked once on the breakout, then fell back to baseline fast. That is a sign of real buying rather than crowded longs.
AI visual note: **Caption:** This chart tracks Bitcoin's price (right axis) alongside perpetual futures funding rates (left axis, green for positive, red for negative) from January 2025 through July 2026, showing the current BTC/USD price at $78.9K and a funding rate of 0.009%. The visual supports the post's thesis: the funding rate spiked briefly during BTC's recent breakout rally but has already cooled back toward baseline—rather than remaining elevated—which suggests the move was driven by genuine spot buying rather than leveraged long positioning.