LINK

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC+0.0120%/8h= +13.1% APRnext payment +$1.20 per $10,000 · paid last 24h +0.030%

Price spread now: BloFin against KuCoin+0.137%80s7-day average +0.010% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$18as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs—prices read too far apart to compare

costs, in and out, $10k−$430.432% of the position

Long on KuCoin Short on BloFin

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.257%+$26 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)−0.108%−$11 · spread now +0.137%, 7d avg +0.010%

Together, before fees+0.148%+$15 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work for this trade now. Funding pays +$4 a day on $10k at the current rate, and BloFin is 0.127% dearer against KuCoin than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$13 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.010%. The two prices were read 80 seconds apart, so part of this spread may be the market moving, not a spread.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	KuCoin LINKUSDTM	13.163	0.0100	pay 0.0100% / 8h	7h 57m	$22.8M	$15.2M	75x
Short	BloFin LINK-USDT	13.181	0.0220	get 0.0220% / 8h	7h 57m	$5.2M	$16.4M	75x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Funding on every exchange

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How often the price spread is this wide · share of time at each level, last 7D show

Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee KuCoinbpFee BloFinbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.137%Rate

Funding earned: $25.2
Price spread: +0.137% → +0.010%: $12.68
Slippage, 4 orders: −$19.17
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee BloFin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$5.3
Costs to cover: 0.432%
Break-even: 8.5 days

Slippage from KuCoin: live order book, 11 min ago; BloFin: live order book, 11 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 KuCoin live order book, 11 min ago	0.38 bp	16.0 bp −$16	23.0 bp −$230	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell BloFin live order book, 11 min ago	1.53 bp	8.5 bp −$9	12.2 bp −$122	24.4 bp −$2,441	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	13.162	−0.004%	$1.8M	—	200x	as long as short
dYdX LINK-USD	0.0000%	1h	13.152	−0.087%	$348K	$48K	10x	as long as short
Kalshi KXLINKPERP	0.0000%	8h	13.171	+0.062%	$478K	$2.4M	3.7x	as long as short
Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUAL	0.0000%	1h	13.157	−0.046%	$737K	$147K	50x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) LINK/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0007%	1h	13.163	−0.002%	$134K	—	150x	as long as short
Phoenix LINK	+0.0012%	1h	13.136	−0.202%	$4K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Injective LINK/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	12.400	−5.797%	$4K	$48K	12x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_LINK_USDC	+0.0043%	8h	13.153	−0.076%	$133K	$1.5M	20x	as long as short
Lighter LINK	+0.0096%	1h	13.162	−0.011%	$2.0M	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
SoDEX LINK-USD	+0.0099%	1h	13.153	−0.076%	$5K	$34K	10x	as long as short

Show all 40 venues

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Paradex LINK-USD-PERP	+0.0100%	8h	13.156	−0.051%	$32K	$3K	20x	as long as short
Nado LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	13.159	−0.034%	$401K	$311K	10x	as long as short
Aster LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.164	+0.005%	$1.4M	$3.0M	50x	as long as short
Pacifica LINK	+0.0100%	1h	13.159	−0.028%	$277K	$151K	10x	as long as short
Binance LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.165	+0.015%	$122.3M	$306.6M	75x	as long as short
Bybit LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.161	−0.015%	$85.1M	$71.7M	75x	as long as short
OKX LINK-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	13.165	+0.015%	$27.9M	$86.5M	50x	as long as short
Arcus LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.171	+0.061%	$185K	$172K	10x	as long as short
Gate LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.163	0.000%	$130.5M	$12.1M	75x	as long as short
MEXC LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.161	−0.015%	$36.6M	$57.9M	300x	as long as short
KuCoin LINKUSDTMlong	+0.0100%	8h	13.163	long leg	$22.8M	$15.2M	75x
Bitget LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.157	−0.046%	$54.8M	$30.7M	75x	as long as short
BingX LINK-USDC	+0.0100%	8h	13.163	0.000%	—	$6.6M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni LINK	+0.0100%	8h	13.177	+0.104%	$3.3M	$1.6M	—	as long as short
edgeX LINKUSDC	+0.0100%	4h	13.172	+0.071%	$44K	$310K	20x	as long as short
GRVT LINK_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	8h	13.183	+0.154%	$597K	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	13.185	+0.167%	$153K	$668K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.156	−0.053%	$82K	$69K	10x	as long as short
Derive LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	13.150	−0.101%	$16K	$22K	10x	as long as short
SunX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.176	+0.100%	$34K	$1.6M	30x	as long as short
HTX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.151	−0.089%	$647K	$875K	75x	as long as short
Extended LINK-USD	+0.0104%	1h	13.154	−0.072%	$740K	$1.9M	25x	as long as short
Aevo LINK-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	13.158	−0.041%	$552K	$2K	3x	as long as short
Coinbase International LINK-PERP-INTX	+0.0120%	1h	13.167	+0.030%	$1.0M	$2.8M	50x	as long as short
BloFin LINK-USDTshort	+0.0220%	8h	13.181	+0.137%	$5.2M	$16.4M	75x
Backpack LINK_USDC_PERP	+0.0234%	1h	13.170	+0.053%	$364K	$374K	15x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSD	+0.0365%	1h	13.161	−0.013%	$6.9M	$8.2M	50x	as long as short
Reya LINKRUSDPERP	+0.0380%	1h	13.150	−0.097%	$5K	—	20x	as long as short
Hyperliquid LINK	+0.0408%	1h	13.177	+0.106%	$78.9M	$24.4M	10x	as long as short
Phemex LINKUSDT	+0.1451%	8h	13.172	+0.068%	$20.4M	$11.6M	50x	as long as short