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BTC Funding Rate and Open Interest on Lighter

Live Lighter BTC markets from Lighter's public API: perp and spot price and 24h volume, open interest, funding with its interval and APR, and 24h liquidations. The charts show Lighter only; the table below compares BTC on every exchange tracked here.

Lighter has $181.66M of BTC perpetual open interest, 0.7% of the $26.45B across the 10 exchanges listing BTC perps here (#10). BTC funding on Lighter is -0.0008% per 8 hours (≈-1% APR), settled every 1 hour at -0.0001% per payment, below the OI-weighted average of 0.0042% across exchanges. Lighter BTC open interest changed -0.11% over the last 1h. $1,792 of Lighter BTC positions were liquidated over the last 24 hours, 0.0% of it longs.

#10 of 10 by BTC OI1 perpAs of 08:52 UTC

Perp priceBTC
83,806
vol $696.22M
Open interest#10 of 10
$181.66M
0.7% of BTC OI-0.11% 1h
Funding8h
-0.0008%
≈-1% APRpaid every 1 hour · -0.0001%

Lighter BTC liquidations · last 24 hours

All liquidations →
Total
$1,792
4 liquidations
Longs
$0
0.0%
Shorts
$1,792
100.0%

BTC markets on Lighter

1 perp
Market Price Vol 24h Open interest OI 24h Funding / 8h APR Interval Trade
BTC perp83,806$696.22M$181.66M—-0.0008%≈-1% APR1 hour · -0.0001%Trade ↗

BTC funding on Lighter

8h equivalent, this exchange only

Chart: TradingView Lightweight Charts™

BTC open interest on Lighter

USD, this exchange only

Chart: TradingView Lightweight Charts™

BTC on every exchange

BTC funding, all exchanges →
# Exchange Open interest Share Funding / 8h APR Perp vol 24h
1Binance$10.67B40.3%0.0067%≈7% APR$14.98B
2MEXC$4.45B16.8%0.0060%≈7% APR$2.87B
3Bybit$2.58B9.8%0.0054%≈6% APR$4.74B
4Gate$2.19B8.3%-0.0007%≈-1% APR$5.22B
5HTX$2.07B7.8%-0.0110%≈-12% APR$609.34M
6Hyperliquid$1.41B5.3%0.0034%≈4% APR$2.30B
7Bitget$1.34B5.1%0.0100%≈11% APR$2.56B
8KuCoin$1.04B3.9%0.0008%≈1% APR$319.72M
9Aster$507.30M1.9%0.0081%≈9% APR$441.17M
10Lighter$181.66M0.7%-0.0008%≈-1% APR$696.22M

How it's counted. Open interest is the USD value of open BTC perpetual positions (one side) at the mark price. Funding is shown as the 8-hour equivalent so exchanges with 1-, 4- and 8-hour settlements compare directly; the interval column gives the rate actually paid each settlement. HIP-3 markets that share the ticker are left out. Coverage: Every liquidation on crypto perps (liquidation fills on the public trade stream); OI, volume and funding polled every 60s; added 2026-09-28.

BTC on Lighter FAQ

What is the BTC funding rate on Lighter?

The rate at the top of this page is Lighter's live BTC perpetual funding rate, shown per 8 hours (-0.0008%) so it compares directly with other exchanges, and per payment (-0.0001% every 1 hour). Positive means longs pay shorts. The chart below shows its history on Lighter only.

How often does Lighter pay BTC funding?

Lighter settles BTC funding every 1 hour; the 8-hour figures on this page are scaled to that interval for comparison.

How much BTC open interest is on Lighter?

$181.66M open BTC perpetual positions on Lighter, valued at the current mark price and counted on one side. The comparison table shows every other exchange's share.

Where does the data come from?

Lighter's public market-data API, read live by this site. Nothing here comes from paid data vendors.