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# Perpetuals.

One perpetual contract observation, with funding, open interest and market price. Every response carries its sources and dates.

- [See plans](https://gloom.sh/datasets/pricing)
- [Read the reference](https://gloom.sh/datasets/docs/datasets/perps)

Request 1 credit

```
curl https://api.gloom.sh/v1/perps/markets \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GLOOM_DATASETS_KEY"
```

With your key, this call returns the latest data. The response is one record of the [free sample](https://api.gloom.sh/v1/datasets/perps/sample), which needs no key.

Response · data[0]

```
{
  "symbol": "ETH",
  "markPrice": 2685.5,
  "fundingRate8h": 0.0001,
  "fundingApr": 0.1095,
  "openInterestUsd": 3224551207.49,
  "observedAt": "2026-10-03T21:30:00.000Z"
}
```

Trimmed real output

## Who uses it.

- ### Quant teams

  Funding and open interest for crypto models.
- ### Fintech apps

  Perpetual funding and prices in your app.

## Coverage and price.

- **routes**: 6
- **sources**: 2
- **credit for the cheapest call**: 1

In all 44 datasets on every plan, from $200/mo. [See plans](https://gloom.sh/datasets/pricing)

**Routes and credits (6)**

- `GET /v1/perps/markets` Perpetual contract prices, funding and open interest 1 credit
- `GET /v1/perps/markets?baseAsset=` Compare perpetual venues for one underlying asset 1 credit
- `GET /v1/perps/markets?symbols=` Equity-linked perpetuals and underlying references 1 credit
- `GET /v1/perps/markets/{marketId}/history` Perpetual prices, funding and candle history 2 credits
- `GET /v1/perps/rankings` Funding, open-interest and premium dislocations 1 credit
- `GET /v1/perps/markets/{marketId}` One perpetual market with retained source evidence 5 credits

## Related.

- [Hiring momentum](https://gloom.sh/datasets/hiring-momentum)
- [Catalysts and litigation](https://gloom.sh/datasets/catalysts)
- [Power and grid](https://gloom.sh/datasets/power)