Weighted rates use reported open interest. A positive rate means longs pay shorts. n/a means a rate is unavailable for that coin.
Open Interest History
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Open Interest by Exchange
Hyperliquid
$6.80B
OKX
$5.78B
Bitget
$5.44B
Totals cover the coins in the table. OKX figures include contracts with open interest reported in US dollars.
Bitcoin Funding History
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Long/Short Ratio (48 hours)
Binance
Binance long/short chart unavailable. There are too few readings in this update to plot the ratio.
Accounts with net long positions divided by accounts with net short positions on Binance USDT futures. Above 1 means more accounts are long.
What funding rates tell you
Perpetual futures let traders bet on a coin's price with borrowed money and no expiry date. To keep the futures price close to the real price, one side pays the other a small fee every few hours. That fee is the funding rate.
When most traders are betting on higher prices, the futures price drifts above the spot price and funding turns positive: longs pay shorts. When most are betting on lower prices, funding turns negative. A rate of about 0.01% per 8 hours is the normal resting level on most exchanges.
Why traders watch it
Very high funding means many traders hold leveraged long positions. If the price drops, those positions can be closed by force, which pushes the price down further. Very negative funding can set up the opposite move. Funding does not predict the direction of the next move, but it shows how crowded one side is.
Open interest is the total value of futures contracts that are still open. Rising open interest means new money is entering leveraged positions. Read the funding rates guide for worked examples, or see options data for another view of positioning.