According to @0xRyze, funding rates transfer payments between longs and shorts to keep perpetual futures aligned with spot, with positive funding meaning longs pay and negative funding meaning shorts pay, source: @0xRyze. The funding payment is calculated as Position Size times Oracle Price times Funding Rate, source: @0xRyze. Payments occur hourly on Hyperliquid and every eight hours on major centralized exchanges including Binance and Bybit, source: @0xRyze. In the ETH example where spot is 3000 dollars and the perp trades at 3030 dollars, a simple estimate of the funding rate is perp minus spot divided by spot which is about one percent, so a long of ten ETH would pay 300 dollars to shorts, prompting longs to close and shorts to add until the perp converges to spot, source: @0xRyze. Conversely, when the perp trades below spot the funding turns negative so shorts pay longs, encouraging shorts to close and longs to open which pushes the perp back up toward spot, source: @0xRyze. Trading implications include holding costs where an hourly funding of zero point zero one percent equates to about zero point two four percent per day and seven point two percent per month, using extreme positive or negative funding as a leverage sentiment gauge that often precedes reversals, and running basis arbitrage by shorting high positive funding perps while buying spot to collect funding, source: @0xRyze. These dynamics explain why perps track spot and how funding can drive PnL and positioning across crypto markets including ETH, source: @0xRyze.

According to @ranyi1115, open interest (OI) on Orderly-powered decentralized exchanges has reached a new all-time high. A funding rate arbitrage opportunity currently exists: traders can short any Orderly-powered DEX and go long on Bybit, yielding annualized returns of 60–100% on assets including SUI, LTC, PEPE, HBAR, AVAX, LIDO, AAVE, NEAR, and ORDER. This significant APR is attracting attention from arbitrageurs and may impact price volatility and liquidity for these tokens across both decentralized and centralized markets. Source: @ranyi1115.