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From a cancer diagnosis in Kolkata to a layoff in Bengaluru to Covid panic in Agra—real investors, real crises, and the real cost of walking away.
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The funding rate is used to align the price of a perpetual futures contract with the index price of the underlying asset.
If the funding rate is positive, long position holders pay the fee to short position holders; if the rate is negative, short position holders pay the fee to long position holders.
General funding typically refers to using a firm's internal reserves, whereas financing involves acquiring capital from external sources.