Funding settlement intervals and times

Not every perpetual settles funding every 8 hours. For each venue, this page counts the contracts on each settlement interval, gives the UTC times those settlements fall on, and lists the contracts whose interval changed in the past 30 days.

Data as of 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC

4,744 perpetuals trading on 8 venues: 2,202 settle every 4 hours, 2,093 every 8 hours and 449 every hour.

Settlement intervals by venue

Venue	Hourly	4h	8h	Total
Aster	49	348	193	590
Binance	1	437	133	571
Bitget	1	377	435	813
Bybit	4	418	430	852
Gate	5	407	616	1028
Hyperliquid	178	—	—	178
Lighter^*	211	—	—	211
OKX	—	215	286	501
All venues	449	2202	2093	4744

Trading contracts only. Intervals are what each venue publishes now (for OKX, the gap between consecutive settlements).

* Lighter settles hourly but quotes an 8-hour-equivalent rate; dexgc annualises over the period the quote covers, not the number of settlements.

Settlement times (UTC)

Interval	Per day	Settles at (UTC)	Contracts
Every hour	24	On the hour	449
Every 4 hours	6	00:00 · 04:00 · 08:00 · 12:00 · 16:00 · 20:00	2202
Every 8 hours	3	00:00 · 08:00 · 16:00	2093

Settlements land on whole multiples of the interval counted from 00:00 UTC. In UTC+8 (Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing) the times are the same, because eight hours is a whole multiple of each interval: an 8-hour contract settles at 00:00, 08:00 and 16:00 there too. Checked against the past 30 days of settled records: 100% of 191,803 settlements fell exactly on these times (counting records whose period matches the contract's current interval).

Which contracts settle on each interval

Busiest first by 24h turnover, up to 8 named per group.

Aster

Every 4 hours · 348: XAU, ASTER, HYPE, LYN, AIN, CL, BULLA, SKYAI and others
Every 8 hours · 193: BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, XRP, MOONSHOT, DOGE, BNB and others
Every hour · 49: UP, AI, SI, CASHCAT, STONK, ANSEM, BASECAT, MAX and others

Binance

Every 4 hours · 437: AIN, PUMP, HYPE, STRK, BEAMX, BTW, ENA, MUBARAK and others
Every 8 hours · 133: BTC, ETH, ZEC, SOL, XRP, NEAR, SUI, BNB and others
Every hour · 1: ARK

Bitget

Every 8 hours · 435: BTC, ETH, ZEC, SOL, XRP, SUI, NEAR, SOXL and others
Every 4 hours · 377: XAU, STRK, PUMP, HYPE, CL, XAG, BEAM, BTW and others
Every hour · 1: ARK

Bybit

Every 8 hours · 430: BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, XRP, NEAR, ADA, SUI and others
Every 4 hours · 418: PUMPFUN, STRK, ENA, BEAM, BTW, ONDO, TAO, XAU and others
Every hour · 4: SAND, ARK, BLAST, ICX

Gate

Every 8 hours · 616: BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, XRP, ADA, DOGE, BNB and others
Every 4 hours · 407: XAU, XAG, HYPE, BTW, PUMP, STRK, 龙虾, AIN and others
Every hour · 5: CXMT, HOOKED, ARK, POD, FATCOIN

Hyperliquid

Every hour · 178: BTC, ETH, HYPE, ZEC, PUMP, NEAR, SOL, XRP and others

Lighter

Every hour · 211: BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE, ZEC, XAU, LIT, US100 and others

OKX

Every 8 hours · 286: BTC, ETH, ZEC, SOL, DOGE, XRP, SUI, NEAR and others
Every 4 hours · 215: PUMP, SAND, STRK, MUBARAK, AXS, CT, TRUMP, PONS and others

Interval changes in the past 30 days

78 changes across 46 contracts; the latest 40 are listed.

First settlement on new interval (UTC)	Venue	Contract	Change
2026-10-04 08:00	Bybit	MANAUSDT	1h → 8h
2026-10-04 01:00	Bybit	BLASTUSDT	8h → 1h
2026-10-02 20:00	Binance	ONEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-10-02 20:00	Bitget	ONEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-10-02 20:00	OKX	SAND-USDT-SWAP	8h → 4h
2026-10-02 17:00	Bybit	MANAUSDT	8h → 1h
2026-10-02 09:00	Bybit	SANDUSDT	8h → 1h
2026-10-01 01:00	Gate	ARK_USDT	8h → 1h
2026-09-30 21:00	Binance	ARKUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-30 21:00	Bitget	ARKUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-30 21:00	Bybit	ARKUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-30 00:00	OKX	ONE-USDT-SWAP	2h → 4h
2026-09-29 12:00	OKX	XDP-USDT-SWAP	2h → 4h
2026-09-28 20:00	Bybit	LSKUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-28 12:00	Bybit	2ZUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-28 04:00	Bybit	B3USDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-27 18:00	OKX	ONE-USDT-SWAP	4h → 2h
2026-09-27 01:00	Bybit	2ZUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-25 12:00	Binance	LSKUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-25 12:00	Bitget	LSKUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-25 05:00	Bybit	B3USDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-25 01:00	Binance	ONEUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-25 01:00	Bitget	ONEUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-24 16:00	OKX	ONE-USDT-SWAP	1h → 4h
2026-09-23 00:00	Bybit	AKEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-22 16:00	Binance	ONEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-22 16:00	Bitget	ONEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-22 08:00	Bitget	AKEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-22 00:00	Binance	AKEUSDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-22 00:00	Gate	AKE_USDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-21 12:00	OKX	AKE-USDT-SWAP	1h → 4h
2026-09-20 11:00	OKX	AKE-USDT-SWAP	4h → 1h
2026-09-20 09:00	Binance	AKEUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-20 09:00	Bitget	AKEUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-20 09:00	Bybit	AKEUSDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-20 09:00	Gate	AKE_USDT	4h → 1h
2026-09-18 16:00	Bybit	B3USDT	1h → 4h
2026-09-18 01:00	Binance	ONEUSDT	8h → 1h
2026-09-18 01:00	Bitget	ONEUSDT	8h → 1h
2026-09-17 20:00	OKX	CNPY-USDT-SWAP	1h → 4h

Intervals are read from the gap between consecutive settlements. The settlement that bridges two schedules can show a gap neither used (one 2-hour gap when hourly turns four-hourly), so a new interval counts only after 3 settlements in a row. Lighter quotes an 8-hour equivalent, which is not read as its interval.

Common questions

How often does Aster settle funding?

Of the 590 Aster perpetuals trading now, 348 settle every 4 hours, 193 every 8 hours and 49 every hour.

How often does Binance settle funding?

Of the 571 Binance perpetuals trading now, 437 settle every 4 hours, 133 every 8 hours and 1 every hour.

How often does Bitget settle funding?

Of the 813 Bitget perpetuals trading now, 435 settle every 8 hours, 377 every 4 hours and 1 every hour.

How often does Bybit settle funding?

Of the 852 Bybit perpetuals trading now, 430 settle every 8 hours, 418 every 4 hours and 4 every hour.

How often does Gate settle funding?

Of the 1,028 Gate perpetuals trading now, 616 settle every 8 hours, 407 every 4 hours and 5 every hour.

How often does Hyperliquid settle funding?

All 178 Hyperliquid perpetuals trading now settle every hour, on the hour (UTC).

How often does Lighter settle funding?

All 211 Lighter perpetuals trading now settle every hour. Its quoted rate covers a different period (for example an 8-hour equivalent); dexgc annualises over the period the quote covers, not the number of settlements.

How often does OKX settle funding?

Of the 501 OKX perpetuals trading now, 286 settle every 8 hours and 215 every 4 hours.

At what time is funding settled?

In UTC: hourly ones on the hour; every 4 hours at 00:00, 04:00, 08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 20:00; every 8 hours at 00:00, 08:00, 16:00. The times are the same in UTC+8, since eight hours is a whole multiple of each of these intervals. Of 191,803 settlements recorded over the past 30 days, 100% fell exactly on these times.

Why does the settlement interval matter?

Funding is paid at each settlement. The same quoted rate settled every 4 hours changes hands 6 times a day, twice as often as every 8 hours (3 times). dexgc annualises each rate over its own period (rate × 8,760 ÷ interval hours) so contracts on different intervals compare directly.

Can a contract's settlement interval change?

Yes, venues change it contract by contract. In settled records over the past 30 days, 46 contracts changed interval (a new interval counts once it held for 3 settlements in a row); see the list above.