The exchange said the contract changes, effective June 27-29, 2026, are intended to keep perpetual futures prices more closely aligned with spot index prices amid stated trading-risk and volatility caveats.
Bitget announced three separate perpetual futures adjustments intended to better align contract prices with spot index prices. For ESPORTSUSDT, the exchange said the funding rate interval will change from every 1 hour to every 4 hours starting at 2026-06-27 08:00 UTC, with the maximum funding rate remaining at +2.0000%/-2.0000% at 08:00, 12:00, 16:00 and 20:00 UTC and thereafter on the same cadence. For ACTUSDT, Bitget said it will raise the maximum and minimum funding rate limits to +1.8000% and -1.8000% from +1.5000% and -1.5000% starting at 2026-06-28 20:00 UTC, with the updated limits applying at 20:00 UTC and subsequent funding windows at 2026-06-29 00:00, 04:00 and 08:00 UTC. For ZECUSDT, Bitget said it will change the funding rate interval from every 4 hours to every 8 hours starting at 2026-06-29 08:00 UTC, with the maximum funding rate set at +2.0000%/-2.0000% at 08:00 and 16:00 UTC on June 29 and 00:00 and 08:00 UTC on June 30, continuing thereafter. Bitget said it would issue separate announcements if any schedule changes because of high market volatility and urged users to review updated funding rates before placing orders.