Question 1

Which exchange has the highest ASTS funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

Crypto.com shows the highest ASTS funding at +123.43% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short ASTS 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 ASTS for funding?

Accepted Answer

Aster has the lowest ASTS funding at +0.00% 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 ASTS funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long HTX / short Crypto.com at about 123.4% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does ASTS funding settle?

Accepted Answer

ASTS 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 ASTS funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

ASTS funding is mixed across venues, ranging +0.00% to +123.43% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current ASTS perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current ASTS perpetual swap funding rate ranges from +0.00% to +123.43% annualized depending on the exchange — Aster is lowest and Crypto.com is highest right now. There is no single ASTS 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 ASTS funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 20 venues ORBIT tracks, ASTS funding currently spans +0.00% to +123.43% APR, a spread of 123.4 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 ASTS 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle ASTS 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	+123.43%	1h	$3K	$60.39
Bitunix	+43.57%	8h	—	$60.52
LBank	+41.42%	8h	—	$60.5
Hotcoin	+41.37%	8h	$595K	$60.52
WEEX	+41.06%	8h	$54K	$60.52
Toobit	+41.01%	8h	$262K	$60.46
BloFin	+40.92%	8h	$46K	$60.51
CoinW	+39.61%	8h	—	$60.39
Extended	+39.45%	1h	$17K	$60.4318
grvt	+34.30%	8h	$1K	$60.4476
OKX	+32.69%	8h	$763K	$60.52
Bitget	+14.35%	8h	$1.3M	$60.47
MEXC	+14.03%	8h	$1.3M	$60.43
Bybit	+12.14%	8h	$1.7M	$60.47
Gate.io	+10.30%	8h	$728K	$60.49
Lighter Robinhood	+8.77%	1h	$32K	$60.499
QFEX	+8.16%	1h	$577K	$60.385
HTXBest Long	+0.00%	8h	$5K	$60.44
KuCoin	+0.00%	8h	$272K	$60.47
Aster	+0.00%	8h	$26K	$60.4584

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