# How Perpetual Futures Funding Rates & Crypto Short Squeezes Work: A Quantitative Guide > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/1726 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 1 outlet covering · First listed: Blockchain.News, Nov 10, 2026, 9:44 AM · Read it: Learn how 8-hour perpetual futures funding rates tether derivative prices to spot markets, how to read negative funding anomalies, and why crowded short positioning triggers explosive short squeezes. ( ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 10, 2026, 9:44 AM: [How Perpetual Futures Funding Rates & Crypto Short Squeezes Work: A Quantitative Guide]() — Blockchain.News (Specialist) Learn how 8-hour perpetual futures funding rates tether derivative prices to spot markets, how to read negative funding anomalies, and why crowded short positioning triggers explosive short squeezes. (