The listed settlements were -0.0106% at 4 a.m. ET (08:00 UTC), -0.0036% at noon ET (16:00 UTC), and -0.0031% at 8 p.m. ET (00:00 UTC Sunday).
Each entry gives the finalized rate for one eight-hour period.
Here, a negative reading means shorts paid longs. The percentage identifies the paying side; it does not reveal account counts.
Perpetual contracts schedule funding transfers between traders holding opposite sides. An EconoTimes update from Oct. 23 recorded an Ether rate of -0.0002% per eight-hour settlement; in that snapshot, more accounts were long than short. Saturday’s rates include no account tally, so the comparison cannot show whether the account mix changed.
