The difference, represented by funding rates (that is, the cost of holding long/short positions in perpetual futures, also called perp premium), has surged above an annualized 10% across major exchanges, including Binance, according to Velo Data. Positive funding rates mean buyers, or longs, pay shorts to keep their leveraged bullish bets open.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) Surging Perpetual Funding Rates Make Arbitrage Trades Attractive
