ZEST Funding Rate History β Settled Payments by Exchange
Zest Protocol
| Exchange | Settlements | Total Paid | Average APR | Largest | Smallest | Last Settled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 KuCoin | 180 | +4.0140% | +48.87% | +0.2240% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Bitget | 180 | +2.9937% | +36.45% | +0.0647% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Pionex | 180 | +2.4356% | +29.65% | +0.0522% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 BloFin | 180 | +2.3696% | +28.85% | +0.0510% | +0.0020% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 WEEX | 180 | +2.3511% | +28.62% | +0.0554% | +0.0045% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Bitunix | 180 | +2.3495% | +28.61% | +0.0540% | +0.0042% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Toobit | 180 | +2.3253% | +28.31% | +0.0518% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Binance Futures | 180 | +2.3229% | +28.28% | +0.0518% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 MEXC | 180 | +2.3224% | +28.28% | +0.0521% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Aster | 180 | +2.2969% | +27.97% | +0.0586% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 BingX | 180 | +1.7077% | +20.79% | +0.0628% | +0.0035% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Bybit | 180 | +1.6527% | +20.12% | +0.0606% | +0.0050% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
 Gate.io | 192 | +0.9816% | +11.20% | +0.0200% | +0.0012% | 2026-11-14 04:00 UTC |
What the ZEST funding rate means
What ZEST (Zest Protocol) actually paid over the last 30 days: 2,352 settlements across 13 venues, broken down venue by venue. These are settled payments β the amount an exchange actually charged or credited each funding interval β not the rate currently quoted for the next payment. KuCoin paid the most over the window at +4.0140% 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 100% of the 2,352 settlements recorded here, meaning longs paid shorts that often.
Over the window, settled totals ranged from +4.0140% on KuCoin to +0.9816% on Gate.io β 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 ZEST 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 100% of the 2,352 settlements recorded here.
- Which exchange has paid the most settled ZEST funding recently?
- KuCoin paid the most over the last 30 days at +4.0140% of position size across 180 settlements, an average annualized rate of +48.87%. This is a sum of actual payments, not a forecast.
- How often is ZEST funding actually paid?
- Over the last 30 days, ORBIT recorded 2,352 funding settlements for ZEST across 13 venues. Settlement schedules differ by venue β some pay hourly, others every 4 or 8 hours β so the number of payments per venue in the table above is not the same for all of them.