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The KuCoin TUSDT and PARTIUSDT funding interval changes are still relevant within the July 13 decision window. KuCoin moved both perpetual contracts from four-hour funding to one-hour funding in official notices published July 11 and July 12.

For CryptoSigy, this is signals context rather than a directional call: a position can now cross more settlement events during the same holding period.

What Happened

KuCoin said PARTIUSDT would move from every four hours to every one hour, with the next settlement at 13:00 UTC on July 11. Its TUSDT notice made the same four-hour-to-one-hour change and identified 17:00 UTC on July 11 as the next settlement.

The notices describe cadence, not a guaranteed funding rate. The sign and size of funding still need live verification at each settlement window.

Why It Matters

This matters because expected carry, liquidation buffer and signal holding time can change when funding is collected more frequently. A strategy calibrated to one charge per four hours may encounter several charges before its exit condition fires.

The adjustment can also be a volatility and positioning warning, but it should not be treated as proof of direction. Keep funding cadence, current rate, mark price and available margin as separate inputs.

What To Watch Next

Watch the live predicted funding rate and settlement timer for TUSDT and PARTIUSDT. Recalculate expected total funding over the planned hold rather than multiplying an old four-hour assumption.

Confirm bot schedulers, journals and risk alerts recognize hourly events. Reduce leverage or pass when repeated funding and basis risk consume the expected signal edge.

KuCoin published the PARTIUSDT notice on July 11 and the TUSDT notice on July 12; both named July 11 settlement times. This July 13 analysis preserves those source dates and does not present the cadence changes as fresh July 13 announcements.

Journal each contract separately with its current predicted rate, next-settlement timer, mark price and planned holding duration. The record should count actual hourly boundaries crossed instead of copying the earlier four-hour assumption into a new risk calculation.

This CryptoSigy signals-context article is informational, not financial advice. Frequent funding can compound leveraged risk, and cadence alone is not a directional signal.

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