What changed in perp markets on October 26, 2026
On October 26, 2026, PerpFinder recorded 6 changes in perp markets from its stored trading cost, funding, open interest and volume data. Lighter had the lowest measured cost for a $10,000 BTC market buy: 0.31 bps. Lighter had the lowest measured cost for a $10,000 ETH market buy: 0.31 bps. No venue is held out of the headline volume totals.
The daily changes in trading cost, funding, open interest, listings and volume quality. Each change shows the new value, the earlier value and the time of both readings.
Changes on October 26, 2026
Lowest BTC cost at $10,000
Lighter had the lowest measured cost for a $10,000 BTC market buy: 0.31 bps.
- Now
- Lighter, 0.31 bpsOct 25, 18:55 UTC
- Before
- No earlier reading—
- Change
- —
Open the cost rankingSource: Stored cost sweeps: taker fee + half-spread + price impact
Lowest ETH cost at $10,000
Lighter had the lowest measured cost for a $10,000 ETH market buy: 0.31 bps.
- Now
- Lighter, 0.31 bpsOct 25, 18:55 UTC
- Before
- No earlier reading—
- Change
- —
Open the cost rankingSource: Stored cost sweeps: taker fee + half-spread + price impact
Largest funding flip
HTX BTC funding went from -0.0049% per 8h to +0.0031% per 8h, so the side that pays changed.
- Now
- HTX BTC, +0.0031% per 8hOct 26, 00:37 UTC
- Before
- -0.0049% per 8hOct 25, 00:37 UTC
- Change
- +0.0010% per 1h
Open the funding ratesSource: Stored 15-minute funding sweeps, current rate
Largest open-interest move
BingX open interest fell 15.6% in one day, from $2.09B to $1.77B.
- Now
- BingX, $1.77BOct 26, 00:10 UTC
- Before
- $2.09BOct 25, 00:10 UTC
- Change
- -15.6%
Open the open-interest rankingSource: Daily venue snapshot
Perp market count change
BingX added 53 perp markets in one day, from 984 to 1037.
- Now
- BingX, 1037 perp marketsOct 26, 00:10 UTC
- Before
- 984 perp marketsOct 25, 00:10 UTC
- Change
- +53
Open the venue listSource: Daily venue snapshot (exchange market counts)
Volume-quality hold-outs
No venue is held out of the headline volume totals.
- Now
- NoneOct 26, 00:10 UTC
- Before
- NoneOct 25, 00:40 UTC
- Change
- No change
Open the volume-quality researchSource: Daily venue snapshot and the volume hold-out rules
Terms used on this page
- Total trading cost (all-in cost)
- Total trading cost (all-in cost) is the selected-side cost of one order at a given size: the fee plus half of the spread plus the price impact, in bps and USD.
- Funding rate
- A funding rate is the periodic payment between long and short positions that keeps a perpetual futures price near its index price. When the rate is positive, longs pay shorts.
- Open interest (OI)
- The total notional value of all outstanding perpetual futures positions on a venue — one side counted, in USD.
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Cite the dated address. The page for one day keeps the same numbers after later digests arrive. Each change links to the page with its full data and source.
PerpFinder. "What changed in perp markets on October 26, 2026." Digest of October 26, 2026, newest reading Oct 26, 00:37 UTC. https://perpfinder.com/today/2026-10-26
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How this page is made
A scheduled job builds this page once a day at 00:40 UTC, after the 00:10 UTC daily venue snapshot. The job reads stored data only. Each change compares the newest stored reading with the reading from about one day earlier.
Trading cost is the taker fee plus half the spread plus price impact for one market buy. Funding shows the rate in the venue's own interval. A dash (—) means that no earlier reading is available. The digest never replaces a missing value with zero.