Market watch | a Firefox is tracking a new position in $BAT .

BAT is down 8.6% over 24h, but up 126% over 30d. Open interest is $11.9M, with a funding rate of +0.008%. The pullback is shallow and open interest isn’t falling—it looks like major players are holding the line.

Meanwhile, during the rally, $GTC $AVA has uniformly negative funding rates. Longs aren’t paying; people chasing the price are paying rent to the shorts.

A word of caution: high open interest doesn’t mean the price will rise—it could just as easily be a bull trap. When derivatives data for small-cap coins looks good, it’s often a prelude to retail traders getting dumped on.

Sitting this one out. Don’t FOMO.

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