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Chainlink Funding Rate History by Month (Binance)

What Binance LINKUSDT perpetual funding paid or charged, one UTC calendar month at a time: the net of every settled payment stored for the month, as a percentage and as cash on a constant $10,000 position, with how much of the month the stored history covers.

7,441 stored Binance LINKUSDT settlements from 2020-01-17 08:00 UTC to 2026-11-01 08:00 UTC: 82 completed UTC months, 81 of them with at least 99% of their hours stored. Most negative qualified month: Mar 2020, net -3.915% of position size, -$391 on $10,000 (shorts paid longs). Most positive qualified month: Feb 2021, net +10.243% of position size, +$1,024 on $10,000 (longs paid shorts).

Binance LINKUSDT perpetualUTC calendar monthsSettled payments, not trading returns81 of 82 completed months qualifyAs of 08:43 UTC

ContractBinance
LINKUSDT
USDT-margined perpetual
Stored settlements
7,441
2020-01-17 08:00 UTC to 2026-11-01 08:00 UTC
Completed months
82
81 with at least 99% of hours stored
Latest completed monthOct 2026
+0.347%
+$35 on $10,000 · Longs paid shorts

Most negative months

shorts paid longs · qualified months only
RankMonthNet fundingOn $10,000Negative share
1Mar 2020-3.915%-$39145.2%
2Jul 2020-0.626%-$6323.7%
3Apr 2020-0.622%-$6223.3%

Most positive months

longs paid shorts · qualified months only
RankMonthNet fundingOn $10,000Negative share
1Feb 2021+10.243%+$1,0240.0%
2Apr 2021+8.118%+$8120.0%
3Jan 2021+7.536%+$7540.0%
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Source row: Oct 2026 in the table. The row anchor identifies this month in the stored history, which is recalculated from the stored settlements; it is not a frozen snapshot. Only a complete month with at least 99% of its hours stored is quoted.

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2026

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
In progress
+0.010%+$1.00
Longs paid shorts
0.0%8 / 9 h
91.7%
1Month in progress
+0.347%+$35
Longs paid shorts
21.5%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.524%+$52
Longs paid shorts
11.1%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.632%+$63
Longs paid shorts
5.4%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.504%+$50
Longs paid shorts
12.9%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+0.283%+$28
Longs paid shorts
20.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
91Complete
+0.380%+$38
Longs paid shorts
22.6%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+0.314%+$31
Longs paid shorts
26.7%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.226%+$23
Longs paid shorts
30.1%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.219%+$22
Longs paid shorts
31.0%672 / 672 h
100.0%
84Complete
+0.437%+$44
Longs paid shorts
24.7%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete

2025

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
+0.320%+$32
Longs paid shorts
26.9%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+0.454%+$45
Longs paid shorts
17.8%720 / 720 h
100.0%
91Complete
+0.355%+$36
Longs paid shorts
22.6%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+0.543%+$54
Longs paid shorts
20.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.638%+$64
Longs paid shorts
11.8%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.755%+$76
Longs paid shorts
7.5%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.169%+$17
Longs paid shorts
30.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.397%+$40
Longs paid shorts
24.7%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+0.496%+$50
Longs paid shorts
18.9%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.211%+$21
Longs paid shorts
25.8%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.042%+$4.18
Longs paid shorts
40.5%672 / 672 h
100.0%
84Complete
+0.767%+$77
Longs paid shorts
6.5%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete

2024

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
+1.543%+$154
Longs paid shorts
4.3%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+1.471%+$147
Longs paid shorts
3.3%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.776%+$78
Longs paid shorts
5.4%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.494%+$49
Longs paid shorts
15.6%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
-0.029%-$2.95
Shorts paid longs
39.8%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.588%+$59
Longs paid shorts
10.8%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.755%+$75
Longs paid shorts
8.9%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.797%+$80
Longs paid shorts
7.5%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.638%+$64
Longs paid shorts
21.1%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+3.731%+$373
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+1.588%+$159
Longs paid shorts
0.0%696 / 696 h
100.0%
87Complete
+1.005%+$100
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete

2023

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
+2.121%+$212
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+1.186%+$119
Longs paid shorts
0.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.616%+$62
Longs paid shorts
12.9%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.328%+$33
Longs paid shorts
20.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.586%+$59
Longs paid shorts
9.7%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.734%+$73
Longs paid shorts
5.4%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.558%+$56
Longs paid shorts
18.9%720 / 720 h
100.0%
91Complete
+0.758%+$76
Longs paid shorts
1.1%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.790%+$79
Longs paid shorts
2.2%720 / 720 h
100.0%
89Complete
+0.687%+$69
Longs paid shorts
6.5%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.889%+$89
Longs paid shorts
1.2%672 / 672 h
100.0%
84Complete
+0.931%+$93
Longs paid shorts
1.1%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete

2022

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
+0.491%+$49
Longs paid shorts
19.4%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.550%+$55
Longs paid shorts
8.9%720 / 720 h
100.0%
89Complete
+0.480%+$48
Longs paid shorts
20.4%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.434%+$43
Longs paid shorts
17.8%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.288%+$29
Longs paid shorts
32.3%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.737%+$74
Longs paid shorts
8.6%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
-0.050%-$5.00
Shorts paid longs
40.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
89Complete
-0.003%-$0.28
Shorts paid longs
33.3%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.822%+$82
Longs paid shorts
3.3%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.895%+$90
Longs paid shorts
1.1%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.507%+$51
Longs paid shorts
15.5%672 / 672 h
100.0%
84Complete
+0.800%+$80
Longs paid shorts
3.2%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete

2021

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
+0.906%+$91
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+1.887%+$189
Longs paid shorts
0.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
91Complete
+2.074%+$207
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+1.743%+$174
Longs paid shorts
1.1%720 / 720 h
100.0%
89Complete
+1.904%+$190
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
+0.669%+$67
Longs paid shorts
5.4%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+0.875%+$88
Longs paid shorts
1.1%720 / 720 h
100.0%
91Complete
+2.351%+$235
Longs paid shorts
1.1%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+8.118%+$812
Longs paid shorts
0.0%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+4.719%+$472
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+10.243%+$1,024
Longs paid shorts
0.0%672 / 672 h
100.0%
85Complete
+7.536%+$754
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete

2020

net settled funding per UTC month
Month Net funding On $10,000 Negative share Hours stored Settlements Status
+2.081%+$208
Longs paid shorts
6.5%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+2.673%+$267
Longs paid shorts
4.4%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+0.102%+$10
Longs paid shorts
33.3%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+0.106%+$11
Longs paid shorts
32.2%720 / 720 h
100.0%
90Complete
+1.358%+$136
Longs paid shorts
18.3%744 / 744 h
100.0%
94Complete
-0.626%-$63
Shorts paid longs
23.7%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
+1.057%+$106
Longs paid shorts
1.1%720 / 720 h
100.0%
89Complete
+1.022%+$102
Longs paid shorts
0.0%744 / 744 h
100.0%
93Complete
-0.622%-$62
Shorts paid longs
23.3%720 / 720 h
100.0%
91Complete
-3.915%-$391
Shorts paid longs
45.2%744 / 744 h
100.0%
92Complete
+4.892%+$489
Longs paid shorts
9.2%696 / 696 h
100.0%
87Complete
Starts mid-month
+2.867%+$287
Longs paid shorts
0.0%360 / 744 h
48.4%
45History begins mid-month

How it's counted. Each row sums the actual Binance LINKUSDT settlement payments stored for one UTC calendar month, a payment belonging to the month whose start (exclusive) and end (inclusive) contain its settlement time. Binance stamps a nominal midnight payment one millisecond late, so that payment is counted in the month it opens. The rate is the exchange's native rate for each interval; payments are added, not compounded, with no leverage, and the cash figure applies the total to a constant $10,000 position. Positive net: longs paid shorts. Negative net: shorts paid longs. Zero: no net payer.

Coverage. Hours stored are the union of the stored settlement intervals clipped to the month, measured against the hours in the month (or so far, for the current month). Gaps are never filled, overlapping or jittering intervals are never counted twice, and neither the number of settlements nor the backfill marker is taken as proof of completeness. Negative share divides the hours funded at a negative rate by the hours stored; where overlapping intervals disagree on sign it is shown as unqualified. Months rank only when complete with at least 99% of their hours stored; the current month, the month history begins in and incomplete months show their observed payments but never rank.

Every coin, one year. How LINKUSDT compares with the other Binance perpetuals by settled funding over a whole UTC year: 2025 funding leaderboard.

Funding by weekday. Whether LINKUSDT eight-hour settlements have differed by UTC weekday and at which of the 00:00, 08:00 and 16:00 UTC settlements: Chainlink funding by settlement weekday, medians and counts over the same stored history.

Source. Binance's own settled funding history for LINKUSDT, stored by this site (up to ten years, at most 100,000 settlements read); the first stored settlement is 2020-01-17 08:00 UTC and the latest 2026-11-01 08:00 UTC. The backfill marker reports history complete from 2019-09-01 00:00 UTC; that is informational, and the coverage above is measured from the stored settlements. These are settled funding cash flows, not trading returns: price changes, fees and margin interest are not included.

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Chainlink monthly funding FAQ

When was Chainlink funding negative on Binance?

In the months marked negative in the table: the net of every stored payment was below zero, so shorts paid longs over the month. The share of hours with negative funding is shown for each month, and the most negative qualified months are ranked once enough history is stored.

How is a month's funding calculated?

It is the sum of the Binance settlement payments stored for that UTC calendar month, each at the rate the exchange actually paid for its interval. Payments are not compounded and no leverage is applied; the cash figure is that percentage of a constant $10,000 position.

Why is a month not ranked?

A month ranks only when it is complete and at least 99% of its hours are covered by stored settlement intervals. The current month, the month history starts in and months with missing settlements are shown with the payments observed but never ranked.

Is this the return of holding the perpetual?

No. These are funding cash flows only. Price change, trading fees and any margin interest are not included.