Question 1

Which exchange has the highest ASTR funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

Crypto.com shows the highest ASTR funding at +79.81% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short ASTR when running a funding-arbitrage pair. Rates change every settlement window — check the live screener for the current value.

Question 2

Which exchange is best to long ASTR for funding?

Accepted Answer

LBank has the lowest ASTR funding at +10.96% annualized, which makes the long leg cheapest (or paid). Pair it with the highest-funding venue to capture the spread delta-neutral.

Question 3

What is the best ASTR funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long Binance Futures / short Crypto.com at about 68.8% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does ASTR funding settle?

Accepted Answer

ASTR funding settles on different schedules by venue (1h, 8h). Longer intervals concentrate the same annualized rate into fewer, larger payments. ORBIT normalizes every venue to a common APR so they are directly comparable.

Question 5

Is ASTR funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

ASTR funding is currently positive across venues (longs pay shorts), ranging +10.96% to +79.81% APR.

Question 6

What is the current ASTR perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current ASTR perpetual swap funding rate ranges from +10.96% to +79.81% annualized depending on the exchange — LBank is lowest and Crypto.com is highest right now. There is no single ASTR funding rate: every venue runs its own funding formula and order book, which is why the rate has to be read by exchange rather than as one number.

Question 7

What is the aggregated ASTR funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 14 venues ORBIT tracks, ASTR funding currently spans +10.96% to +79.81% APR, a spread of 68.8 percentage points. An aggregated average hides the part that matters for trading — the gap between the cheapest and dearest venue — so the table above lists each exchange separately.

Question 8

How do I read the ASTR 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle ASTR every 8 hours quote the per-payment rate, which is charged three times a day. Multiply an 8h rate by 3 to get the daily figure and by 1,095 to annualize it. ORBIT converts every venue — 1h, 4h and 8h alike — to a common APR so an 8h rate and a 1h rate can be compared directly.

Exchange	Funding APR↓	Interval	Open Interest↕	Mark Price↕
Crypto.comBest Short	+79.81%	1h	$10K	$0.0075
Binance FuturesBest Long	+10.96%	8h	$1.8M	$0.0075
Bybit	+10.96%	8h	$573K	$0.0075
BingX	+10.96%	8h	$941K	$0.0075
Bitget	+10.96%	8h	$411K	$0.0075
Gate.io	+10.96%	8h	$34K	$0.0074
KuCoin	+10.96%	8h	$193K	$0.0075
MEXC	+10.96%	8h	$422K	$0.0075
Variational	+10.96%	8h	$8K	$0.0075
Toobit	+10.96%	8h	$108K	$0.0075
Bitunix	+10.96%	8h	—	$0.0075
WEEX	+10.96%	8h	—	$0.0075
Pionex	+10.96%	8h	$8K	$0.0075
LBank	+10.96%	8h	—	$0.0075

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Funding Rates by Exchange

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