# AlphaPipeline Funding Rate

> AlphaPipeline Funding Rate is a paid API for AI agents from alphapipeline-eu.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the current and predicted perpetual futures funding rate for a given crypto ticker, sourced from Bybit with Binance as fallback, including next funding time and interval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://alphapipeline-eu.onrender.com/v1/derivatives/funding-rate
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/alphapipeline-funding-rate-d9fe0a23
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RQpssE6U0TKBqFXVcnkey

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability alphapipeline-funding-rate-d9fe0a23
```

Example prompt: What's the current funding rate for BTC perpetual futures right now, and when is the next funding settlement?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time perpetual futures funding rate data for a specific crypto asset, especially for timing entries/exits around funding settlements, detecting crowded positioning, or calculating carry costs. Prefer this over generic market data APIs when you specifically need funding rate and predicted rate together with the next settlement time. The Bybit-primary / Binance-fallback design gives higher uptime than single-source alternatives.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported symbol returns null funding_rate fields with a notice
- Bybit API unavailable triggers Binance fallback; if both fail, data fields may be null
- Malformed symbol input (e.g. wrong format) may return empty or error response
- Rate limit or payment failure returns HTTP 402 or 429
- Symbol not listed on either exchange results in null data with an explanatory notice

## How this service works

Bybit (primary) / Binance (fallback) perpetual futures funding rate - the key signal for long/short crowding that traders use to time or hedge positions before the next funding settlement.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the current funding rate (as a decimal and as a percentage), a predicted rate for the next interval, the next funding settlement time in both UTC and KST, the funding interval in hours, the data source used (Bybit or Binance), and the timestamp of when the data was generated.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "symbol"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Ticker symbol, e.g. BTC, ETH, or BTCUSDT."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "title": "FundingRateResponse",
     "required": [
      "generated_at",
      "symbol",
      "data_source"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "notice": {
       "anyOf": [
        {
         "type": "string"
        },
        {
         "type": "null"
        }
       ],
       "title": "Notice",
       "default": null
      },
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string",
       "title": "Symbol"
      },
      "data_source": {
       "type": "string",
       "title": "Data Source"
      },
      "funding_rate": {
       "anyOf": [
        {
         "type": "number"
        },
        {
         "type": "null"
        }
       ],
       "title": "Funding Rate",
       "default": null
      },
      "generated_at": {
       "type": "object",
       "title": "TimestampPair",
       "required": [
        "utc",
        "kst"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "kst": {
         "type": "string",
         "title": "Kst"
        },
        "utc": {
         "type": "string",
         "title": "Utc"
        }
       }
      },
      "predicted_rate": {
       "anyOf": [
        {
         "type": "number"
        },
        {
         "type": "null"
        }
       ],
       "title": "Predicted Rate",
       "default": null
      },
      "next_funding_time": {
       "anyOf": [
        {
         "type": "object",
         "title": "TimestampPair",
         "required": [
          "utc",
          "kst"
         ],
         "properties": {
          "kst": {
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Kst"
          },
          "utc": {
           "type": "string",
           "title": "Utc"
          }

… (truncated)
```

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