{"id":135667,"date":"2026-02-16T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=135667"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:15:00","slug":"bitcoin-traders-crowd-the-short-side-as-btc-defends-68k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=135667","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Traders Crowd the Short Side as BTC Defends $68K"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, bitcoin is coasting along at $68,494 per unit as short sellers pile in at levels not seen since August 2024, setting up a high-stakes standoff in the derivatives market. Bitcoin Funding Rates Plunge \u2014 Echoes of 2024 Rally Setup Bitcoin is trading just above $68,000 on Feb. 16, after fluctuating between roughly $60,000 [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, bitcoin is coasting along at $68,494 per unit as short sellers pile in at levels not seen since August 2024, setting up a high-stakes standoff in the derivatives market. Bitcoin Funding Rates Plunge \u2014 Echoes of 2024 Rally Setup Bitcoin is trading just above $68,000 on Feb. 16, after fluctuating between roughly $60,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":135668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}