Binance updates funding rate and settlement frequency for USDT-based perpetual contracts.

PANews reported on January 2nd that, according to an official announcement from Binance, starting from 20:00 on January 2nd, 2026 (UTC+8) , if the funding rate of USDT-based perpetual contracts settled every hour is less than or equal to the absolute value of 0.025% for 16 consecutive periods , Binance Futures will restore the funding rate settlement frequency from every hour to every four hours in the 17th period.

For example, if the funding rate of the ZKPUSDT USDⓈ-M perpetual contract remains less than or equal to 0.025% for every consecutive hour between 05:00 (UTC+8) and 20:00 (UTC+8) on January 2, 2026, the settlement frequency of the funding rate for this contract will revert to every four hours no later than 20:15 (UTC+8) on January 2, 2026. Therefore, the latest funding rate payment time after the adjustment to settle every four hours will be 00:00 (UTC+8) on January 3, 2026.