Question 1

Which exchange has the highest STAR funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

Hotcoin shows the highest STAR funding at +21.92% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short STAR 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 STAR for funding?

Accepted Answer

KuCoin has the lowest STAR funding at -404.55% 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 STAR funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long KuCoin / short Hotcoin at about 426.5% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does STAR funding settle?

Accepted Answer

STAR funding settles every 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 STAR funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

STAR funding is mixed across venues, ranging -404.55% to +21.92% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current STAR perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current STAR perpetual swap funding rate ranges from -404.55% to +21.92% annualized depending on the exchange — KuCoin is lowest and Hotcoin is highest right now. There is no single STAR 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 STAR funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 11 venues ORBIT tracks, STAR funding currently spans -404.55% to +21.92% APR, a spread of 426.5 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 STAR 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

STAR 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↕
HotcoinBest Short	+21.92%	4h	$343K	$0.0363
Gate.io	+10.96%	4h	$123K	$0.0364
Aster	+10.96%	4h	$28K	$0.0362
BingX	-7.01%	4h	$1.4M	$0.0362
Pionex	-9.53%	4h	$10K	$0.0362
WEEX	-9.55%	4h	$11K	$0.0362
LBank	-9.55%	4h	—	$0.0362
CoinW	-9.85%	4h	—	$0.0362
MEXC	-10.08%	4h	$180K	$0.0362
Binance Futures	-10.12%	4h	$4.7M	$0.0362
KuCoinBest Long	-404.55%	4h	$267K	$0.0367

STAR Perpetual Swap Funding Rate by Exchange

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Funding Rates by Exchange

Funding Rates by Exchange

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