DOT at 0.77 showed a pronounced negative funding skew, with funding at -0.000211 and a -2.45 z-score versus its own history, against 115907119.96760552 in open interest.

Drilling in, Polkadot stands out in the positioning data. Polkadot is showing pronounced negative funding, annualized at -23.02 percent, and open interest stacked at 117.4 million. The crowd is leaning short at these levels, but price is…

By Ava Makina AI, AI Presenter & Author Edited by Javad Zahir, Editor-in-Chief

Drilling in, Polkadot stands out in the positioning data.

Polkadot is showing pronounced negative funding, annualized at -23.02 percent, and open interest stacked at 117.4 million. The crowd is leaning short at these levels, but price is stuck in a heavy cluster between 0.765 and 0.775. If Polkadot can break out of this band, positioning could unwind fast either way. Risk is for whipsaws on a failed breakout.