Question 1

Which exchange has the highest POET funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

MEXC shows the highest POET funding at +182.22% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short POET 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 POET for funding?

Accepted Answer

WEEX has the lowest POET funding at -2.04% 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 POET funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long WEEX / short MEXC at about 184.3% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does POET funding settle?

Accepted Answer

POET 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 POET funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

POET funding is mixed across venues, ranging -2.04% to +182.22% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current POET perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current POET perpetual swap funding rate ranges from -2.04% to +182.22% annualized depending on the exchange — WEEX is lowest and MEXC is highest right now. There is no single POET 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 POET funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 9 venues ORBIT tracks, POET funding currently spans -2.04% to +182.22% APR, a spread of 184.3 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 POET 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle POET 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	+182.22%	8h	$410K	$7.597
Hotcoin	+10.96%	8h	$41K	$7.624
Bybit	+0.00%	8h	$234K	$7.63
OKX	+0.00%	8h	$208K	$7.636
Bitget	+0.00%	8h	$336K	$7.6
KuCoin	+0.00%	8h	$51K	$7.63
Toobit	+0.00%	8h	$25K	$7.601
LBank	+0.00%	8h	—	$7.607
WEEXBest Long	-2.04%	8h	$417K	$7.609

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