USDC Funding Rate — live across 7 venues

Compared across 7 supported venues · net of estimated fees · updated every few minutes

Live annualized USDC perpetual funding across all 7 venues Perpia tracks. Right now USDC funding is positive on 4 and negative on 0, ranging from +10.9% on Aster to +0.0% on KuCoin — a spread of 10.9%. The widest delta-neutral trade is long MEXC / short Aster at 7.3% net APR.

venues

paying positive

10.9%

funding spread

Best USDC spread now

7.3%

net APR after fees

Long MEXC→Short Aster

size depends on live venue depth — see the real cap in the scanner

USDC funding trend & liquidity

168h of history

10.5%

current gross APR

4.5%

24h average

7.7%

7-day average

$11.9M

pair OI · lower leg

$571K

24h volume · lower leg

Averages are historical funding over the window shown. A current rate near the 7-day average may indicate the spread has persisted; a rate far above it is usually a short-lived spike. OI and volume are the smaller (binding) leg of the best pair — the ceiling on tradeable size.

USDC funding rate history

30d · 6h buckets · 8 venues

14.1%0-30.9%

6 Aug5 Sep

USDC — average across 8 venuesAsterBinanceBitgetKuCoin

Annualized funding, averaged into 6-hour buckets. The bold line is the mean across venues quoting in that bucket; the faint lines are individual venues. Mean over the window: +4.1%. A break in a line means no data was recorded for that stretch, not a zero rate.

USDC funding rate by venue

10 pairs scanned

Venue	Funding APR	Interval
Aster ↗	+10.9%	8h
Bitget ↗	+6.8%	8h
Binance ↗	+0.5%	8h
MEXC ↗	+0.4%	8h
OKX ↗	+0.0%	8h
Bybit ↗	+0.0%	8h
KuCoin ↗	+0.0%	8h

Rates annualized; updated ~every few minutes from live venue data. Venue names link to that exchange's full funding table; ↗ opens the market on the exchange itself. Every spread between these two venues is on the MEXC vs Aster page.

USDC arbitrage — 30-day backtest

long MEXC · short Aster

10.5%

backtested APR

+$86

historical net P&L on $10,000

0.00%

max drawdown

$10,000$10,086

30 days agostarting capital $10,000today

Over the last 30 days, holding long MEXC / short Aster would have produced 10.5% APR — versus the 7.3% the live spread implies right now (equity $10,000 → $10,086). This is a backtest on historical funding, not a live result: funding drifts and decays, so backtested results rarely match the current headline rate — which is why size and holding window matter more than the top-line number.

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USDC funding — FAQ

Is USDC funding positive right now?

USDC perpetual funding is positive on 4 of 7 venues Perpia tracks. The highest is +10.9% on Aster; the lowest is +0.0% on KuCoin.

What is the best USDC funding arbitrage right now?

Go long MEXC and short Aster for about 7.3% net APR after fees — the widest delta-neutral USDC spread Perpia currently sees.

Which exchange has the highest USDC funding rate?

Aster, at +10.9% annualized. Funding shifts continuously, so check the live table above before trading.

How USDC funding arbitrage works

Funding arbitrage combines opposing positions on two venues — long the one paying the most negative funding, short the one paying the most positive — to reduce directional exposure and capture the difference between their funding payments. Fees, slippage, basis divergence and liquidation risk can reduce the result. See the methodology for how it is measured and the guide for the full walkthrough.

Markets related to USDC

Markets also quoted on both Aster and MEXC — the same two exchanges you would already have funded for the USDC trade.

See every spread between them on the Aster vs MEXC page.

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