Question 1

Which exchange has the highest EDU funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

Binance Futures shows the highest EDU funding at +10.96% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short EDU 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 EDU for funding?

Accepted Answer

Gate.io has the lowest EDU funding at -32.87% 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 EDU funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long Gate.io / short Binance Futures at about 43.8% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does EDU funding settle?

Accepted Answer

EDU 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 EDU funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

EDU funding is mixed across venues, ranging -32.87% to +10.96% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current EDU perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current EDU perpetual swap funding rate ranges from -32.87% to +10.96% annualized depending on the exchange — Gate.io is lowest and Binance Futures is highest right now. There is no single EDU 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 EDU funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 12 venues ORBIT tracks, EDU funding currently spans -32.87% to +10.96% APR, a spread of 43.8 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 EDU 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle EDU 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↕
Binance FuturesBest Short	+10.96%	8h	$4.0M	$0.0521
Bybit	+10.96%	8h	$487K	$0.0522
BingX	+10.96%	8h	$2.0M	$0.0521
KuCoin	+10.96%	8h	$730K	$0.0524
MEXC	+10.96%	8h	$463K	$0.0522
Aster	+10.96%	8h	$3K	$0.0521
Variational	+10.96%	8h	$5K	$0.0522
Toobit	+10.96%	8h	$93K	$0.0522
Bitunix	+10.96%	8h	—	$0.0522
WEEX	+10.96%	8h	$80K	$0.0522
Pionex	+10.96%	8h	$10K	$0.0522
Gate.ioBest Long	-32.87%	8h	$50K	$0.0522

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