Question 1

Which exchange has the highest BITO funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

MEXC shows the highest BITO funding at +140.58% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short BITO 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 BITO for funding?

Accepted Answer

HTX has the lowest BITO 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 BITO funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long Bybit / short MEXC at about 140.6% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does BITO funding settle?

Accepted Answer

BITO funding settles every 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 BITO funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

BITO funding is mixed across venues, ranging +0.00% to +140.58% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current BITO perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current BITO perpetual swap funding rate ranges from +0.00% to +140.58% annualized depending on the exchange — HTX is lowest and MEXC is highest right now. There is no single BITO 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 BITO funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 11 venues ORBIT tracks, BITO funding currently spans +0.00% to +140.58% APR, a spread of 140.6 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 BITO 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle BITO 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↕
MEXCBest Short	+140.58%	8h	$128K	$11.21
LBank	+140.26%	8h	—	$11.23
Hotcoin	+139.95%	8h	$52K	$11.23
CoinW	+139.53%	8h	—	$11.22
WEEX	+138.93%	8h	$0K	$11.235
Bitunix	+138.02%	8h	—	$11.24
Toobit	+137.72%	8h	$53K	$11.24
BybitBest Long	+0.00%	8h	$28K	$11.235
Bitget	+0.00%	8h	$1.4M	$11.216
Gate.io	+0.00%	8h	$15K	$11.212
HTX	+0.00%	8h	$5K	$11.225

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Funding Rates by Exchange

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