XRP and Ethereum Share a Bearish Signal, But There’s a Catch

XRP (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH) both flashed a contrarian bearish signal, as social sentiment turned euphoric. Yet their derivatives markets told opposite stories, with XRP funding negative and Ethereum funding positive. The split matters because elevated bullish chatter often precedes short-term pullbacks. When it aligns with negative funding, as on XRP, the crowd and leveraged