# Bitcoin and Ether Funding Rates Sit Below Bearish Threshold as Prices Fall By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/56856 Published: 2026-11-13T15:50:45.000Z Updated: 2026-11-13T15:50:45.000Z Section: Investing > Bitcoin was down 3.62% and Ether 2.65% over 24 hours as of 9:59 a.m. ET Friday. All four funding-rate measures remained positive. Bitcoin and Ether fell Friday, while open-interest-weighted and trading-volume-weighted funding rates for both tokens sat below 0.005%, a level associated with bearish positioning in perpetual futures markets. Bitcoin traded at $68,868 at 9:59 a.m. ET (14:59 UTC) Friday, down 3.62% over 24 hours. Ether was at $1,947.72, down 2.65% over the same period. Friday's Bitcoin funding rates were 0.0040% by open interest and 0.0035% by trading volume. Ether's readings were 0.0027% and 0.0026%, respectively. All four were below 0.005%, and Ether's rates were lower than Bitcoin's on both measures. Bitcoin's readings were below the threshold in the latest snapshot, compared with 0.0069% by open interest and 0.0056% by trading volume in the [Oct. 29 funding-rate snapshot](). Ether's rates were also below the threshold in that earlier snapshot, at 0.0042% and 0.0043%, respectively. Funding rates are payments between traders holding opposing positions in perpetual futures. They help keep futures prices close to spot prices. These readings use an eight-hour basis: 0.01% is the benchmark, while rates below 0.005% indicate bearish positioning. All four rates remained positive. ## Links in this article - [Oct. 29 funding-rate snapshot](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/43307)