Deribit Notifications

🚨 AVGO & KORU Perpetuals. Coming to Deribit

On Monday, October 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC, Deribit will launch the following USDC-settled perpetual contracts:

• AVGO_USDC, offering exposure to Broadcom Inc. 
• KORU_USDC, offering exposure to the KORU MSCI South Korea Bull 3X ETF

Contract details:
🔹Settlement: USDC
🔹Full specifications here. 

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🚨 Scheduled Maintenance - Saturday, 24 October 2026 14:00 UTC

⚠️ Expected downtime: up to 4 hours

Affected spot pairs
BTC-USDC · ETH-USDC · XRP-USDC · BNB-USDC · SOL-USDC · PAXG-USDC

🔔 Client impact: Trading will be unavailable on Deribit and via API for spot pairs routed to Coinbase Exchange (CBE) during the maintenance window.

Clients will not be able to place new orders or modify or cancel existing orders for these pairs.

Before maintenance begins, please review your open orders in the affected markets and make any necessary changes or cancellations before 14:00 UTC.


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🚨 Migration Completed

The Deribit and Coinbase International Exchange migration is complete, bringing clients and liquidity together on deribit.com

Trade spot, options, perpetuals and futures with deep liquidity across crypto, equity and pre-IPO markets - all in one place.


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MAINTENANCE UPDATE
The platform is fully operational, and trading has resumed. Thank you for your support and patience as we completed these updates!

MAINTENANCE UPDATE
Deribit platform is back online, orders can be cancelled only, after final checks platform will go live for trading.

⚠️ Update to the migration timeline & expected downtime

The migration window has been updated from the previously communicated 30 minutes to 1 hour. The migration will still start at 09:00 UTC on 1 October 2026.

🚨 Linear USDC Perpetuals Spec Update

On Tuesday, 6 October 2026, after 09:00 UTC, Deribit will implement changes to the contract specifications for Linear USDC perpetuals across both on-screen order books and block trades.

The update affects the following Linear USDC perpetuals: XRP, 1000MOG, OP, APE, RENDER, FET, WIF and BERA.

The tick size will be reduced for these markets to improve tradability and support increased volume.

From 6 October 2026, new orders that do not conform to the updated tick size will be rejected.

As all parameter changes are reductions, orders that conform to the current specifications will also conform to the new specifications automatically. The changes apply to all new and existing orders, while existing positions remain unaffected.

The updated specifications are available on the Linear Perpetuals KB page.


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🚨 USDC Reward Program Update

Effective Thursday October 1, 2026, Deribit’s USDC Reward Annual Percentage Rate (APR) will increase from 3.40% to 3.60%. 🚀

For more information about USDC rewards and the latest list of eligible countries, see here.


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🚨 Scheduled Maintenance - Thursday, 1 October 2026

⚠️ Expected downtime: up to 30 minutes, starting at 9:00 AM UTC

Client impact: The Deribit platform will be unavailable for all clients during this time. Clients will not be able to communicate with Deribit.

🔔 Changes

Coinbase International Exchange is consolidating into Deribit as Coinbase's single global derivatives venue. As part of this transition, Deribit will carry out a planned migration, including platform and infrastructure improvements. Beyond the scheduled downtime, no further impact is expected for Deribit clients.


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3️⃣MAINTENANCE UPDATE
The platform is fully operational, and trading has resumed. Thank you for your support and patience as we completed these updates!

2️⃣MAINTENANCE UPDATE
Deribit platform is back online, orders can be cancelled only, after final checks platform will go live for trading.

1️⃣MAINTENANCE UPDATE
The platform is now locked because admin is performing scheduled maintenance as announced earlier.
Expected duration is 15 - 30 mins.

🚨 Pre-IPO Anthropic, OPG, & POL Perpetuals. Coming to Deribit

On Monday September 28, 2026 at 1:00 pm UTC, Deribit will launch the following USDC-settled perpetual markets:

• ANTH_USDC, a pre-IPO perpetual linked to Anthropic
• OPG_USDC, perpetual linked to OpenGradient
• POL_USDC, perpetual linked to Polygon

Contract details:
🔹 Settlement: USDC
🔹 Full specifications: RWA Perps & Linear Perps

Read more here.

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Disclaimer: Deribit FZE is authorised and regulated by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai. Availability of products and services is subject to applicable regulatory requirements and investor classification. Virtual Assets are subject to extreme market volatility, involve a high degree of risk, and can lose value, in part or in full. Deribit does not endorse, sponsor, or have any affiliation with Anthropic. Any use of a referenced company’s name or marks is nominative and limited to what is necessary to identify the relevant category.

🚨 Scheduled Maintenance - Monday, 28 September 2026, 09:00 AM UTC

⚠️ Expected downtime: 15 - 30 minutes

Client impact: The system will be down for clients using standard connectivity. These client systems will not be able to communicate with Deribit during this time. 

Colocated and cross-connect clients will not be impacted.

🔔 Changes

Deribit will be rolling out a scheduled release containing platform and infrastructure improvements.

Release notes


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10ms Speed Bump Extended to BTC and ETH Linear Perpetual Futures

Following positive results from the 10 millisecond speed bump on SOL, XRP and HYPE perpetuals, we are extending the 10 millisecond speed bump to BTC and ETH linear perpetual futures.

The change will take effect on 23 September 2026 at 09:00 UTC and remain in effect until further notice.

BTC and ETH inverse perpetual futures are not subject to the speed bump as part of this change.

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Updated Maximum Position Sizes (NMax) For Perpetual Futures
 
We have reviewed and updated the maximum position size (NMax) parameters across our perpetual futures to better reflect current market liquidity.
Most NMax values have increased.
Altcoin perpetuals have the largest increases. Most clients can expect larger position size limits and more favourable margin requirements.
A small number of instruments have decreased their maximum position size. Clients holding substantial PAXG positions may see a modest increase in their margin requirements.
These changes apply to Standard Margin accounts only. No liquidations are expected.
 
The updated values take effect on Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 09:00 UTC.
 
For all contract details and the updated NMax values:
Linear Perpetual - crypto perpetuals
RWA Perpetual - equity, ETF, commodity and pre-IPO perpetuals.
Inverse Perpetual - crypto inverse perpetuals

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🚀 Deribit’s New Matching Engine: From Milliseconds to Microseconds

Deribit’s new matching engine is built to process high order volumes with faster and more predictable response times.

Measured results following the rollout:
🔹 Median request-response latency fell from 4.7 milliseconds to 76 microseconds, an improvement of roughly 61×.
🔹 P99 latency, covering the slowest 1% of responses, fell from 124 milliseconds to 234 microseconds, an improvement of roughly 531×.

The new matching engine introduces deterministic matching, dedicated order-entry and market-data paths, and a 10-millisecond speed bump for aggressing derivatives orders, where applicable.

Read the full article and peer-reviewed technical paper here.

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🚨 10ms Speed Bump Extended for SOL, XRP and HYPE Linear Perpetual Futures

Based on positive results, including tighter bid ask spreads and significantly deeper liquidity, we have decided to keep the 10 ms speed bump active on SOL, XRP and HYPE linear perpetual futures until further notice.

This supersedes the previously communicated end time of 20 September 2026 at 16:00 UTC.

We will communicate any further changes as needed.

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