Question 1

Which exchange has the highest LITE funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

Lighter shows the highest LITE funding at +28.93% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short LITE 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 LITE for funding?

Accepted Answer

Crypto.com has the lowest LITE funding at -6.78% 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 LITE funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long Crypto.com / short Lighter at about 35.7% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does LITE funding settle?

Accepted Answer

LITE 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 LITE funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

LITE funding is mixed across venues, ranging -6.78% to +28.93% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current LITE perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current LITE perpetual swap funding rate ranges from -6.78% to +28.93% annualized depending on the exchange — Crypto.com is lowest and Lighter is highest right now. There is no single LITE 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 LITE funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 27 venues ORBIT tracks, LITE funding currently spans -6.78% to +28.93% APR, a spread of 35.7 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 LITE 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle LITE 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↕
LighterBest Short	+28.93%	1h	$26K	$985.32
SoDEX	+20.99%	1h	$16K	$985.07
trade[XYZ]	+14.43%	1h	$4.8M	$983.42
WOOFi Pro	+10.96%	8h	$2K	$985.47
TxFlow	+10.96%	1h	$4K	$984.5
Polymarket	+6.38%	1h	$98K	$983.66
Ondo	+5.52%	1h	$143K	$983.51
Bitunix	+2.90%	8h	—	$985.68
Hotcoin	+0.27%	8h	$3.0M	$985.68
Bybit	+0.00%	8h	$1.5M	$984.75
OKX	+0.00%	8h	$3.4M	$986.68
Bitget	+0.00%	8h	$2.1M	$985.73
Gate.io	+0.00%	8h	$4.3M	$985.07
HTX	+0.00%	8h	$24K	$985.95
KuCoin	+0.00%	8h	$550K	$984.68
MEXC	+0.00%	8h	$1.1M	$984.87
Aster	+0.00%	8h	$178K	$982.7493
Variational	+0.00%	8h	$202K	$984.8355
Extended	+0.00%	1h	$6K	$984.8825
Toobit	+0.00%	8h	$4.5M	$985.6
LBank	+0.00%	8h	—	$985.01
QFEX	+0.00%	1h	$565K	$984.975
Phemex	+0.00%	8h	$1.6M	$984.24
BloFin	-1.26%	8h	$145K	$983.15
grvt	-1.31%	8h	$0K	$984.002
WEEX	-5.11%	8h	$28K	$983.66
Crypto.comBest Long	-6.78%	1h	$4K	$982.42

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Funding Rates by Exchange

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