DRIFT Funding Rate History — Settled Payments by Exchange
| Exchange | Settlements | Total Paid | Average APR | Largest | Smallest | Last Settled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gate.io | 180 | +4.3225% | +52.63% | +0.2375% | -0.0130% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 KuCoin | 180 | +1.6568% | +20.17% | +0.1619% | -0.0152% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 Bitget | 180 | +0.9016% | +10.98% | +0.0066% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 Toobit | 180 | +0.9009% | +10.97% | +0.0052% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 BingX | 180 | +0.9003% | +10.96% | +0.0067% | +0.0035% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 Pionex | 180 | +0.9000% | +10.96% | +0.0050% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 WEEX | 180 | +0.9000% | +10.96% | +0.0050% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 Bitunix | 180 | +0.9000% | +10.96% | +0.0050% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 MEXC | 180 | +0.9000% | +10.96% | +0.0050% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 Bybit | 180 | +0.9000% | +10.96% | +0.0050% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 Binance Futures | 180 | +0.9000% | +10.96% | +0.0050% | +0.0050% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
 BloFin | 180 | +0.8999% | +10.96% | +0.0079% | +0.0020% | 2026-09-30 12:00 UTC |
What the DRIFT funding rate means
What DRIFT actually paid over the last 30 days: 2,160 settlements across 12 venues, broken down venue by venue. These are settled payments — the amount an exchange actually charged or credited each funding interval — not the rate currently quoted for the next payment. Gate.io paid the most over the window at +4.3225% of position size.
A funding rate quoted right now is a forecast of the next payment; what a position actually earned is the sum of payments that already settled. Two venues can quote a similar rate and still pay very differently over a month, because they settle on different schedules and compute the rate from their own order book rather than a shared index. The rate was positive in 100% of the 2,160 settlements recorded here, meaning longs paid shorts that often.
Over the window, settled totals ranged from +4.3225% on Gate.io to +0.8999% on BloFin — the gap between them is what a delta-neutral position collecting on both legs would have captured before fees and slippage. Verify the live version of this spread on the ORBIT funding screener before sizing a trade: settled history shows what already happened, not what will happen next.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the DRIFT funding rate a live quote or an actual payment?
- A funding rate quoted right now is a forecast of the next payment; what a position actually earned is the sum of payments that already settled. Two venues can quote a similar rate and still pay very differently over a month, because they settle on different schedules and compute the rate from their own order book rather than a shared index. The rate was positive in 100% of the 2,160 settlements recorded here.
- Which exchange has paid the most settled DRIFT funding recently?
- Gate.io paid the most over the last 30 days at +4.3225% of position size across 180 settlements, an average annualized rate of +52.63%. This is a sum of actual payments, not a forecast.
- How often is DRIFT funding actually paid?
- Over the last 30 days, ORBIT recorded 2,160 funding settlements for DRIFT across 12 venues. Settlement schedules differ by venue — some pay hourly, others every 4 or 8 hours — so the number of payments per venue in the table above is not the same for all of them.