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The primary keyword for this update is TradFi perpetual funding interval. Bybit announced on August 7, 2026 that the funding rate collection interval for TradFi perpetual contracts will be set to every 8 hours, and the automatic adjustment mechanism for funding collection intervals will be removed, effective 2026-08-07 16:00 UTC.

What Happened

The 8-hour interval remains in effect unless otherwise announced. Funding rates and intervals can still be adjusted further in extreme market conditions, and the funding schedule for individual TradFi contracts now follows the same cadence as the EBAYUSDT listing published the same day.

The event dates above come from the cited sources; this page was checked against those sources on August 8, 2026 UTC before publishing. The event date and the publish date are intentionally separated: the event date comes from the cited source, while this page is published in UTC during the August 8 news window.

Why It Matters

For CryptoSigy, the change alters carry-cost timing and mark-to-market frequency for TradFi perpetuals. Strategies that relied on the previous funding cadence or the automatic interval adjustment need to be rebuilt around a fixed 8-hour schedule, and bots should be checked for interval assumptions.

The owner fit controls the framing. Exchange and venue events stay on CryptoSigy as listing, liquidity, fee or contract-risk context; protocol and ecosystem events stay on Radar when the useful question is chain operations, governance or security infrastructure.

What To Watch Next

Watch the first funding prints at 8-hour boundaries, any extreme-condition adjustment, and whether contract-specific specs match the new interval.

If the official source updates contract specs, fee terms, deadlines, block heights or protocol details, rebuild the decision from the updated source rather than from a stale headline.

The editorial filter is funding cadence, carry-cost timing and automated-interval risk.. Treat this as decision context, not as a prediction, recommendation or promotional note.

Date discipline matters: published and updated timestamps are generated at publish time in UTC, while event dates in the body come from the cited source.

Risk reminder: betting and crypto decisions can cause financial loss. Use official sources, keep stakes or position sizes controlled, and avoid treating one update as a complete strategy.

Before acting on the update, compare the official notice with the live product, market or protocol surface. If contract specs, fee terms, route availability, lineup status or governance details differ, the live source should override the older assumption.

The practical output is a watchlist, not a verdict. Readers should know which timestamp, rule, venue field or protocol dependency must be checked next before the update has any operational value.

Continue this cluster

Continue this cluster with related source-backed updates that keep the same owner-specific decision frame.