Exchange
Bitget funding rates — mid-tier venue with strong altcoin listings and 8-hour settlement.
Bitget is a top-10 perpetual exchange with a heavy retail user base and strong altcoin listings. Funding settles every 8 hours. Bitget funding often runs hotter than Binance/OKX during retail-driven rallies — useful as a retail-sentiment gauge via cross-venue divergence.
Cross-venue funding rate divergences are one of the cleanest positioning signals in crypto derivatives. When Bitget funding diverges meaningfully from Binance or Hyperliquid on the same asset, it typically reflects venue-specific positioning that often precedes a move. Sharpe's leaderboard and coin explorer surface these divergences automatically — this page provides the Bitget-specific context.