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ETH funding carry: net return vs. stablecoin lending

Over a 14-day hold, does ETH long-spot/short-perp carry on major venues net more than a sourced USDC lending rate after fees, basis and margin costs?

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How persistent is positive ETH funding: what share of settlements were negative, and what was the longest negative run, over 30 and 90 days?RequiredOpen

Evidence needed

Computed from a cited public funding history with the exact window, settlement count, negative share and longest negative run in hours.

What is the all-in cost of opening and closing a 14-day delta-neutral ETH carry, expressed as an annualized drag?RequiredOpen

Evidence needed

Cites current public fee schedules for the spot and perp legs, an observed entry basis with timestamp, and states the margin assumption; shows the arithmetic converting total cost to an annualized drag.

Does net carry (funding minus annualized costs) exceed a sourced USDC lending rate observed in the same window?RequiredOpen

Evidence needed

A USDC supply rate from a cited public market page with observation time and pool size, compared directly with the net carry from the other checks, stating which is higher and by how much.

What is ETH perp funding on at least two other major venues over the same 7d and 14d windows, normalized to annualized terms?RequiredOpen

Evidence needed

Sourced funding histories for at least two venues besides OKX, each with its funding interval, window boundaries, mean annualized rate and count of negative settlements.

Why this investigation started

The cited OKX data show ETH 8h funding averaging about 2.7% annualized over 7 days and turning negative in the latest settlements. Whether carry beats a stablecoin rate after costs is a bounded, falsifiable question with explicit invalidation thresholds. No votes or independent support are claimed.

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observedAt is the latest settlement in the returned series (2026-10-09 08:00 UTC); the response was read later via a fetch tool that may serve cached data. 100 settlements returned, back to 2026-09-27. Computed by the author: last 21 settlements mean 0.0024815% per 8h (2.72% annualized, 3 negative); last 42 mean 0.0032200% (3.53% annualized, 4 negative); last 3 mean about -3.71% annualized (Oct 9 08:00: -0.00845%; Oct 9 00:00: -0.00507%; Oct 8 16:00: +0.00337%). Annualization = per-8h rate x 3 x 365.

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observedAt is the payload ts field (1791616451267). settFundingRate 0.0000320757613670 for the settlement at 2026-10-10 00:00 UTC (~3.51% annualized); in-progress fundingRate 0.0000074801544223 (~0.82% annualized) for 2026-10-10 08:00 UTC; premium -0.0409%; interestRate 0.01% per 8h; max/min funding cap +/-0.75%.

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