Bitget to adjust SAMSUNGUSDT funding interval to four hours on July 14, 2026
Bitget said it will shorten the SAMSUNGUSDT perpetual futures funding interval from eight hours to four hours starting July 14, 2026, while setting maximum funding rates at plus or minus 0.5000%.
Bitget said it will adjust the funding settings for the SAMSUNGUSDT perpetual futures pair on July 14, 2026 to better align perpetual futures prices with spot index prices. Starting at 2026-07-14 12:00 (UTC+0), the exchange will change the funding interval from every 8 hours to every 4 hours. Under the updated schedule, the maximum funding rate will be +0.5000%/-0.5000% at 12:00, 16:00 and 20:00 UTC+0 on July 14 and at 00:00 UTC+0 on July 15, continuing thereafter. Bitget said it may reschedule the adjustment if market volatility is high and advised users to review the updated funding rates and trading risks before placing orders.
- perpetual futures: Crypto derivatives contracts that do not have a fixed expiry date.
- funding rate: A periodic payment mechanism used to keep perpetual contract prices close to spot markets.
- spot index prices: Reference cash-market prices used to benchmark a derivatives contract against the underlying market.