LINK

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 00:00 UTC−0.0120%/8h= −13.1% APRnext payment −$1.20 per $10,000 · paid last 24h −0.030%

Price spread now: Aster against BloFin+0.149%7-day average +0.030% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$52as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$23as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$340.344% of the position

Long on BloFin Short on Aster

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.173%−$17 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)−0.140%−$14 · spread now +0.149%, 7d avg +0.030%

Together, before fees−0.312%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board−$31 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. Aster is 0.119% dearer against BloFin than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread +0.149% now, against its 7-day average of +0.030%): +$12 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$4 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 3.3 days.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	BloFin LINK-USDT	13.088	0.0220	pay 0.0220% / 8h	10m 38s	$5.2M	$16.8M	75x
Short	Aster LINKUSDT	13.107	0.0100	get 0.0100% / 8h	10m 38s	$1.4M	$3.0M	50x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Aster against BloFin. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Funding on every exchange

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee BloFinbpFee AsterbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.149%Rate

Funding earned: −$25.2
Price spread: +0.149% → +0.030%: $11.86
Slippage, 4 orders: −$14.43
Fee BloFin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Net: −$47.77
Costs to cover: 0.344%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from BloFin: live order book, 3 min ago; Aster: live order book, 3 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again

Leg	Half-spread	$10k	$100k	$1M	$5M
Buy BloFin live order book, 3 min ago	1.53 bp	7.6 bp −$8	11.8 bp −$118	24.1 bp −$2,413	doesn't fit
Sell Aster live order book, 3 min ago	0.76 bp	10.3 bp −$10	17.9 bp −$179	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

LINK on 40 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
GMX LINK/USD [LINK-USDC]	L −0.0091% / S +0.0167%	1h	13.088	+0.001%	$1.8M	—	200x	as long as short
Kalshi KXLINKPERP	0.0000%	8h	13.100	+0.090%	$472K	$2.4M	3.7x	as long as short
Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUAL	0.0000%	1h	13.092	+0.028%	$725K	$139K	50x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) LINK/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0007%	1h	13.090	+0.013%	$133K	—	150x	as long as short
Phoenix LINK	+0.0012%	1h	13.108	+0.157%	$4K	$84K	10x	as long as short
Injective LINK/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	12.400	−5.257%	$4K	$48K	12x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_LINK_USDC	+0.0044%	8h	13.084	−0.031%	$132K	$1.5M	20x	as long as short
Lighter LINK	+0.0096%	1h	13.109	+0.162%	$2.0M	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
Paradex LINK-USD-PERP	+0.0100%	8h	13.110	+0.169%	$32K	$3K	20x	as long as short
Nado LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	13.090	+0.015%	$400K	$310K	10x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Aster LINKUSDTshort	+0.0100%	8h	13.107	+0.149%	$1.4M	$3.0M	50x
Pacifica LINK	+0.0100%	1h	13.109	+0.164%	$276K	$151K	10x	as long as short
Binance LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.108	+0.152%	$121.8M	$305.0M	75x	as long as short
Bybit LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.107	+0.145%	$84.5M	$71.2M	75x	as long as short
OKX LINK-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	13.112	+0.183%	$27.6M	$85.5M	50x	as long as short
Arcus LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.123	+0.267%	$184K	$172K	10x	as long as short
Gate LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.108	+0.153%	$130.0M	$12.9M	75x	as long as short
MEXC LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.108	+0.153%	$36.1M	$58.4M	300x	as long as short
KuCoin LINKUSDTM	+0.0100%	8h	13.109	+0.160%	$22.7M	$15.2M	75x	as long as short
Bitget LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.113	+0.191%	$54.6M	$30.5M	75x	as long as short
BingX LINK-USDC	+0.0100%	8h	13.114	+0.199%	—	$6.6M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni LINK	+0.0100%	8h	13.083	−0.041%	$3.3M	$1.6M	—	as long as short
edgeX LINKUSDC	+0.0100%	4h	13.101	+0.097%	$43K	$307K	20x	as long as short
GRVT LINK_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	8h	13.100	+0.091%	$586K	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	13.106	+0.138%	$152K	$668K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.089	+0.008%	$81K	$69K	10x	as long as short
Derive LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	13.083	−0.038%	$16K	$22K	10x	as long as short
SunX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.100	+0.090%	$34K	$1.6M	30x	as long as short
SoDEX LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.086	−0.015%	$5K	$35K	10x	as long as short
HTX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.085	−0.021%	$644K	$880K	75x	as long as short
Extended LINK-USD	+0.0104%	1h	13.111	+0.179%	$667K	$1.9M	25x	as long as short
Aevo LINK-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	13.088	−0.002%	$549K	$2K	3x	as long as short
Coinbase International LINK-PERP-INTX	+0.0160%	1h	13.097	+0.069%	$992K	$2.7M	50x	as long as short
Backpack LINK_USDC_PERP	+0.0211%	1h	13.097	+0.069%	$362K	$376K	15x	as long as short
BloFin LINK-USDTlong	+0.0220%	8h	13.088	long leg	$5.2M	$16.8M	75x
Hyperliquid LINK	+0.0294%	1h	13.117	+0.222%	$77.8M	$24.1M	10x	as long as short
Reya LINKRUSDPERP	+0.0379%	1h	13.084	−0.029%	$5K	—	20x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSD	+0.0479%	1h	13.094	+0.046%	$6.9M	$8.2M	50x	as long as short
Phemex LINKUSDT	+0.0488%	8h	13.104	+0.122%	$20.3M	$11.6M	50x	as long as short
dYdX LINK-USD	+0.0541%	1h	13.103	+0.115%	$347K	$48K	10x	as long as short