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Bitcoin volatility is waking the professional trading desks back up. With funding rates rebounding sharply, market makers can capitalize on increased activity through two-sided liquidity and spreads -- potentially making $BTC markets deeper, tighter, and more efficient.
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AI visual note: The chart, titled "Bitcoin funding rate recovered in August after months of suppression," illustrates Bitcoin's price (BTC, left axis) alongside its annualized perpetual funding rate (%, right axis) from September 2025 to August 2026. It shows BTC hovering near $77K while the funding rate surged to 8.7% in August after remaining suppressed for most of the year, visualizing the rebound in perpetual swap activity that the post attributes to waking volatility and reviving professional market-making opportunities.