STO Funding Rate History — Settled Payments by Exchange
| Exchange | Settlements | Total Paid | Average APR | Largest | Smallest | Last Settled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 KuCoin | 180 | +2.3003% | +28.01% | +0.0991% | +0.0050% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Bybit | 180 | +1.6375% | +19.94% | +0.0602% | +0.0050% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 BingX | 180 | +1.5971% | +19.44% | +0.0617% | +0.0050% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Bitget | 180 | +0.9775% | +11.90% | +0.0272% | +0.0029% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Aster | 233 | +0.8613% | +8.10% | +0.0413% | -0.0107% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Bitunix | 180 | +0.8304% | +10.11% | +0.0189% | -0.0039% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Binance Futures | 180 | +0.8281% | +10.08% | +0.0200% | -0.0051% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Toobit | 180 | +0.8269% | +10.07% | +0.0198% | -0.0045% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 WEEX | 180 | +0.8269% | +10.07% | +0.0198% | -0.0045% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 MEXC | 180 | +0.8268% | +10.07% | +0.0197% | -0.0045% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
 Gate.io | 180 | +0.5593% | +6.81% | +0.0860% | -0.1384% | 2026-10-01 04:00 UTC |
What the STO funding rate means
What STO actually paid over the last 30 days: 2,033 settlements across 11 venues, broken down venue by venue. These are settled payments — the amount an exchange actually charged or credited each funding interval — not the rate currently quoted for the next payment. KuCoin paid the most over the window at +2.3003% of position size.
A funding rate quoted right now is a forecast of the next payment; what a position actually earned is the sum of payments that already settled. Two venues can quote a similar rate and still pay very differently over a month, because they settle on different schedules and compute the rate from their own order book rather than a shared index. The rate was positive in 95% of the 2,033 settlements recorded here, meaning longs paid shorts that often.
Over the window, settled totals ranged from +2.3003% on KuCoin to +0.5593% on Gate.io — the gap between them is what a delta-neutral position collecting on both legs would have captured before fees and slippage. Verify the live version of this spread on the ORBIT funding screener before sizing a trade: settled history shows what already happened, not what will happen next.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the STO funding rate a live quote or an actual payment?
- A funding rate quoted right now is a forecast of the next payment; what a position actually earned is the sum of payments that already settled. Two venues can quote a similar rate and still pay very differently over a month, because they settle on different schedules and compute the rate from their own order book rather than a shared index. The rate was positive in 95% of the 2,033 settlements recorded here.
- Which exchange has paid the most settled STO funding recently?
- KuCoin paid the most over the last 30 days at +2.3003% of position size across 180 settlements, an average annualized rate of +28.01%. This is a sum of actual payments, not a forecast.
- How often is STO funding actually paid?
- Over the last 30 days, ORBIT recorded 2,033 funding settlements for STO across 11 venues. Settlement schedules differ by venue — some pay hourly, others every 4 or 8 hours — so the number of payments per venue in the table above is not the same for all of them.
- What is the widest settled STO funding spread between venues?
- Over the last 30 days, settled totals ranged from +2.3003% on KuCoin to +0.5593% on Gate.io. That gap is what a position holding both legs — long on the venue that paid least, short on the one that paid most — would have collected before fees and slippage. Check the current spread on the live screener, since settled history describes the past, not the next payment.