Short liquidations contradict negative funding rates in perpetual futures

The open interest-weighted funding rate for Bitcoin perpetual futures turned negative in the past 24 hours. A negative funding rate usually signals bearish sentiment in the futures market, but the majority of liquidations seen in the past day were shorts, which typically follow a price increase. source: https://cryptoslate.com/short-liquidations-contradict-negative-funding-rates-in-perpetual-futures/