HBAR funding: questions and answers
What is the HBAR funding rate on Lighter now?
0.0010% per hour, or 8.8% APR: longs pay shorts; funding on Lighter is paid every hour.
How does HBAR funding on Lighter compare with Binance and Bybit?
Binance: 0.7% APR (paid every 8 h), Bybit: 8.6% APR. The difference between Lighter and Binance is +8.1% per year.
What has HBAR funding been on average?
On Lighter: 10.2% APR over 24 hours, 7.4% over 7 days and 1.2% over 30 days. Longs paid in 65% of the hours over the last 30 days.
What does high or negative HBAR funding mean?
High funding means the market is crowded with longs: holding a long is expensive and a fall can trigger a long squeeze. Negative funding means crowded shorts. Check who exactly is positioned and where their liquidations are on the whale positions page and the liquidation map.