Bitcoin funding rates just flashed one of the bleakest signals in months before one macro number changed everything

Bitcoin’s derivatives market gave us the best explanation of this week’s macro stress. Funding rates turned sharply negative, open interest stayed elevated, and then the US jobs report landed. Put together, that showed a market leaning hard into downside hedges just as a real macro catalyst arrived. That sequence is worth understanding because it explains how macro volatility shows up in crypto. It usually appears fi…