Question 1

Which exchange has the highest MELANIA funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

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

Accepted Answer

Crypto.com has the lowest MELANIA funding at -96.04% 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 MELANIA funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long Crypto.com / short Binance Futures at about 107.0% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does MELANIA funding settle?

Accepted Answer

MELANIA funding settles on different schedules by venue (1h, 4h). 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 MELANIA funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

MELANIA funding is mixed across venues, ranging -96.04% to +10.96% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current MELANIA perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current MELANIA perpetual swap funding rate ranges from -96.04% to +10.96% annualized depending on the exchange — Crypto.com is lowest and Binance Futures is highest right now. There is no single MELANIA 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 MELANIA funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 22 venues ORBIT tracks, MELANIA funding currently spans -96.04% to +10.96% APR, a spread of 107.0 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 MELANIA 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

MELANIA does not settle on an 8-hour schedule on the venues tracked here. Because intervals differ by exchange, comparing raw per-payment rates is misleading; ORBIT normalizes each venue to annualized APR so the numbers are directly comparable.

Exchange	Funding APR↓	Interval	Open Interest↕	Mark Price↕
Binance FuturesBest Short	+10.96%	4h	$2.3M	$0.09
Bybit	+10.96%	4h	$963K	$0.0901
Hyperliquid	+10.96%	1h	$730K	$0.0902
BingX	+10.96%	4h	$1.1M	$0.09
Bitget	+10.96%	4h	$763K	$0.09
Gate.io	+10.96%	4h	$165K	$0.0899
KuCoin	+10.96%	4h	$414K	$0.09
MEXC	+10.96%	4h	$842K	$0.09
Aster	+10.96%	4h	$10K	$0.09
Variational	+10.96%	4h	$90K	$0.0899
Toobit	+10.96%	4h	$197K	$0.09
Bitunix	+10.96%	4h	—	$0.09
Hotcoin	+10.96%	4h	$181K	$0.09
WEEX	+10.96%	4h	$37.4M	$0.09
Pionex	+10.96%	4h	$1K	$0.09
CoinW	+10.96%	4h	—	$0.09
LBank	+10.96%	4h	—	$0.0901
dreamcash	+10.96%	1h	$730K	$0.0902
Ventuals	+10.96%	1h	$730K	$0.0902
Entropy	+10.96%	1h	$730K	$0.0902
BloFin	+5.15%	4h	$150K	$0.0901
Crypto.comBest Long	-96.04%	1h	$3K	$0.0899

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