# API3 funding rate history — settled payments by exchange

Source: https://orbitperpscreener.com/markets/asset/API3/funding · window: last 30 days · generated 2026-09-23T23:52 UTC

What API3 (Api3) actually paid over the last 30 days: 2,784 settlements across 15 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. BingX paid the most over the window at +0.8274% 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 2,784 settlements recorded here, meaning longs paid shorts that often.

Over the window, settled totals ranged from +0.8274% on BingX to +0.1937% on KuCoin — 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.

| Exchange | Settlements | Total paid | Average APR | Largest | Smallest | Last settled |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
| BingX | 180 | +0.8274% | +10.07% | +0.0315% | -0.0462% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Bitget | 180 | +0.6150% | +7.49% | +0.0050% | -0.0935% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Toobit | 180 | +0.5661% | +6.89% | +0.0057% | -0.1326% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Binance Futures | 180 | +0.5593% | +6.81% | +0.0050% | -0.1332% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| WEEX | 180 | +0.5590% | +6.81% | +0.0050% | -0.1326% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Hotcoin | 180 | +0.5590% | +6.81% | +0.0050% | -0.1326% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| MEXC | 180 | +0.5564% | +6.77% | +0.0050% | -0.1326% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Bitunix | 180 | +0.5422% | +6.60% | +0.0050% | -0.1317% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| BloFin | 180 | +0.5265% | +6.41% | +0.0079% | -0.1344% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Pionex | 180 | +0.5060% | +6.16% | +0.0050% | -0.1697% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Gate.io | 90 | +0.4961% | +6.04% | +0.0100% | -0.3020% | 2026-09-23 16:00 UTC |
| OKX | 180 | +0.4471% | +5.44% | +0.0050% | -0.1597% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Bybit | 180 | +0.4210% | +5.13% | +0.0297% | -0.2453% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| Aster | 354 | +0.2350% | +1.45% | +0.0050% | -0.1580% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |
| KuCoin | 180 | +0.1937% | +2.36% | +0.0050% | -0.1614% | 2026-09-23 20:00 UTC |

## FAQ

### Is the API3 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 2,784 settlements recorded here.

### Which exchange has paid the most settled API3 funding recently?

BingX paid the most over the last 30 days at +0.8274% of position size across 180 settlements, an average annualized rate of +10.07%. This is a sum of actual payments, not a forecast.

### How often is API3 funding actually paid?

Over the last 30 days, ORBIT recorded 2,784 funding settlements for API3 across 15 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 API3 funding spread between venues?

Over the last 30 days, settled totals ranged from +0.8274% on BingX to +0.1937% on KuCoin. 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.

Live rates: https://orbitperpscreener.com/markets/asset/API3 · Screener: https://orbitperpscreener.com/screener