Question 1

What is a crypto funding rate?

Accepted Answer

A funding rate is a periodic payment between long and short traders in perpetual futures contracts. It keeps the perpetual price anchored to the spot price. When funding is positive, longs pay shorts. When negative, shorts pay longs. Rates are typically charged every 8 hours on Binance.

Question 2

What does a high funding rate mean?

Accepted Answer

A high positive funding rate means the market is heavily long — many traders are paying a premium to hold long positions. This signals crowded positioning and increases the probability of a long squeeze. Annualized rates above 50% are historically unsustainable.

Question 3

How can funding rates predict price moves?

Accepted Answer

Extreme funding rates create holding costs that eventually force position closures. When longs are paying 0.1%+ per 8 hours, the cost pressure accumulates and often triggers cascading liquidations. Blackperp's funding rate signals detect these extremes across 21 assets in real time.

Question 4

How often do funding rates update?

Accepted Answer

Funding rates on Blackperp update every 6 minutes from Binance, with cross-exchange rates from OKX and Bybit updating every 30-60 seconds. The annualized rates and percentile scores refresh with each update.

ASSET ↑	FUNDING RATE	ANNUALISIERT	INTENSITÄT	ENGINE BIAS	DETAILS ANZEIGEN
AaveAAVE	+1.0000%	+1095.0%	EXTREM	LONG	→
ArbitrumARB	+0.7396%	+809.9%	EXTREM	LONG	→
AvalancheAVAX	+1.0000%	+1095.0%	EXTREM	LONG	→
BitcoinBTC	-0.2789%	-305.4%	EXTREM	NEUTRAL	→
BNBBNB	+0.0000%	+0.0%	NEUTRAL	LONG	→
CardanoADA	+1.0000%	+1095.0%	EXTREM	LONG	→
ChainlinkLINK	+1.0000%	+1095.0%	EXTREM	LONG	→
DogecoinDOGE	+0.6599%	+722.6%	EXTREM	LONG	→
dogwifhatWIF	-3.3103%	-3624.8%	EXTREM	LONG	→
EthenaENA	+0.4071%	+445.8%	EXTREM	LONG	→
EthereumETH	+0.2264%	+247.9%	EXTREM	LONG	→
FilecoinFIL	-1.8763%	-2054.5%	EXTREM	LONG	→
LitecoinLTC	+1.0000%	+1095.0%	EXTREM	LONG	→
NEAR ProtocolNEAR	-0.7413%	-811.7%	EXTREM	LONG	→
PolkadotDOT	+0.6738%	+737.8%	EXTREM	LONG	→
SolanaSOL	+0.7234%	+792.1%	EXTREM	LONG	→
SuiSUI	+1.0000%	+1095.0%	EXTREM	LONG	→
ToncoinTON	-1.1224%	-1229.0%	EXTREM	SHORT	→
TRONTRX	-1.2240%	-1340.3%	EXTREM	LONG	→
WorldcoinWLD	+0.7166%	+784.7%	EXTREM	LONG	→
XRPXRP	-0.1574%	-172.4%	EXTREM	LONG	→

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