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API3 Basis: Perp vs Spot Premium

Live API3 basis: the API3 perpetual futures price against the same exchange's spot price, perp / spot - 1. A positive basis is a futures premium, a negative one a discount. One row per venue pair on Binance and Bybit above the liquidity filter, then the recorded basis history for 24 hours, 7 days and all time.

API3's OI-weighted perp-vs-spot basis is -0.11% right now (a discount), 0.027 percentage points below its 7-day average of -0.08%. Only one pair qualifies, so Binance is also the widest venue: API3USDT against API3USDT spot, at -0.11%.

1 comparable pairPerp OI $5.12MHistory since 27 SepAs of 10:09 UTC

API3 basis OI-weighted
-0.11%
live, across the pairs below
7-day average
-0.08%
hourly, every pair of the coin
Widest venue
-0.11% Binance
API3USDT vs API3USDT spot
Perp open interest
$5.12M
outside the top 50 by perp OI

API3 basis by venue

1 comparable pair · largest open interest first
Exchange Perp Spot Basis Open interest Perp vol 24h Spot vol 24h Trade
Binance API3USDT API3USDT -0.11% $2.72M $1.77M $539K Trade ↗

Not in the table: KuCoin API3USDTM (no same-venue spot market); Bybit API3USDT (no same-venue spot market); MEXC API3_USDT (no same-venue spot market); Bitget API3USDT (no same-venue spot market); Gate API3_USDT (no same-venue spot market); Aster API3USDT (no same-venue spot market).

API3 basis history

Perp vs spot, OI-weighted, every pair

Chart: TradingView Lightweight Charts™

How to read it. Basis is perp / spot - 1 on the same exchange, shown live and un-annualised. Green is a premium (perp above spot), red a discount. Pairs need the same venue and quote currency, and the perp leg needs at least $500K open interest and $1.00M 24h volume. Compare every coin on the basis screener, and see API3 funding rates, which move for related reasons.

API3 basis FAQ

What is API3 basis?

API3's basis is the gap between its perpetual futures price and its spot price on the same exchange, as a percentage: perp / spot - 1. A positive basis is a futures premium (the perp trades above spot), a negative one a discount. It tends to move with funding rates, because funding exists to pull the perp back to spot.

Why can the chart differ from the table?

The table is the live basis of each pair that clears the minimum-liquidity filter ($500K perp open interest, $1.00M 24h volume), from the latest trade price. The chart and the 7-day average are recorded history: every same-venue, same-quote pair of the coin, OI-weighted, from the perp mark price in 5-minute and hourly snapshots.

Why is Hyperliquid not in the table?

This site tracks no Hyperliquid spot markets, so a Hyperliquid perp has no same-venue spot price to compare against. Basis here covers Binance and Bybit only.

Is a high API3 futures premium a signal?

Not by itself. A rich premium often means leveraged longs are paying up, which also shows in funding; a stretched premium or discount can unwind quickly. Nothing here is financial advice.