Funding Rates Crypto: How to Track and Calculate Them

Funding rates in crypto create one of the market’s stranger paradoxes: the more crowded a trade becomes, the more expensive it can become to keep holding it.

July 12, 2026 · 18 min read

Funding Rates Crypto: How to Track and Calculate Them

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