Bitget Optimism Funding Rate

Bitget OP funding overview

Bitget settles Optimism (OP) perpetual funding every 8 hours. The funding rate is computed from the premium index — the gap between the perp mark and the spot reference — and is paid by longs to shorts (or vice versa) at each settlement. A positive rate means longs pay shorts (perp trading at a premium); a negative rate means shorts pay longs (perp at a discount). Sharpe samples the live rate every 60 seconds and annualizes it to APR for cross-venue comparison.

OP funding on Bitget vs every other venue

The same Optimism perpetual trades on Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Hyperliquid, Deribit, Gate, Kraken, KuCoin, BingX, MEXC, dYdX, and HTX. Each exchange computes funding from its own premium index — different user bases, liquidity profiles, and market-maker compositions produce different rates on the same asset. When Bitget diverges meaningfully from the cross-venue median, that's a positioning signal worth investigating. Sharpe's /funding-rates/optimism page surfaces this divergence in real time.

Why this page over Coinglass or a CEX UI

Bitget's native UI shows you OP funding in isolation. Coinglass shows you the spread but not the net-of-fees PnL. Sharpe shows the live rate, annualized APR, and the cross-venue divergence on a single screen — and links directly into the arbitrage scanner if the spread is exploitable after fees, slippage, and borrow cost.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current Optimism funding rate on Bitget?

The live OP-USDT perpetual funding rate on Bitget is shown in the table above, sampled every 60 seconds. Bitget settles funding every 8 hours, so the displayed rate represents the next-period payment, annualized to APR for cross-venue comparison.

How often does Bitget settle OP funding?

Bitget settles funding every 8 hours. 8-hour settlement is the industry default; rates settle at 00:00, 08:00, and 16:00 UTC.

Is Bitget OP funding higher or lower than other exchanges?

Cross-venue divergence is the entire reason this page exists. Compare the Bitget rate above against the live cross-exchange table on /funding-rates/optimism — when Bitget diverges sharply from venue average, it signals localized positioning.

Can I arbitrage OP funding between Bitget and other venues?

Yes — funding rate arbitrage exploits exactly this kind of cross-venue divergence. Long the lower-funding venue's perpetual, short the higher-funding venue's perpetual, hold delta-neutral, collect the spread. Sharpe's /arbitrage page ranks live opportunities by net APR after fees, slippage, and borrow cost.

What does annualized APR mean here?

Funding rates are quoted per 8-hour period. Annualized APR multiplies that by the number of periods per year (1095 for Bitget's 8h cadence) so you can compare against other yield sources directly.