+157.7% open interest, $MET shorts are adding money

45.3%. 0.4531. But the real red flag isn’t the price.

Open interest is taking a strange path: 5.5M → 5.9M → 6.2M → 14.2M. The first three moves were a slow climb; the last one more than doubled. +157.7%—this isn’t a low-volume drift down. Someone is putting real money in while the price falls.

24h volume is $404.3M, while market cap is just $252.9M. Volume is bigger than market cap. Money is moving fast in and out, but there’s no clear direction.

The funding rate slid from -0.2680% to -0.2686%. It’s negative, and getting more so. In plain English: shorts are starting to gain the upper hand, but shorting isn’t free—the more negative the rate, the higher the cost of holding a short position. Price is elevated, funding is negative, and both sides are betting the other will crack first.

The spark? News about Meteora’s TGE launch has generated 10 posts, so interest is there. Hype can drive volume, but it can’t determine direction.

What you should be watching now isn’t the color of the candlesticks—it’s your leverage, your average entry, and your liquidation price.

Risk warning: Volume is bigger than market cap, and money is moving fast in and out—if you need to exit, slippage won’t wait for you.

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