Funding rates are periodic payments used in perpetual future contracts and are automatically paid between traders in order to maintain the futures contract prices of the assets close to the spot prices. Negative funding rates are considered bearish and therefore longs pay shorts, whilst positive funding rates are considered bullish and this is when shorts pay longs.
All funding rates on this page—from Binance, ByBit, OKX, Gate.io, and Bitget—are provided for USDT margined perpetual future contracts.