Negative perpetual funding rates for Bitcoin suggest that the majority of traders are shorting the cryptocurrency, betting on its price to fall.
A surge in open interest, which measures the total number of outstanding derivative contracts, adds further evidence to the potential of a short squeeze. This could result in a rapid price increase as traders rush to cover their short positions.
K33 noted that recent movements of $850 million in BTC from Mt. Gox further underscore the possibility of significant market shifts.