How do I get real-time Deribit order book data?

Connect to the Microverse Systems WebSocket API at wss://api.microversesystems.com and send a subscribe message with exchange set to deribit. You will receive real-time L2 order book snapshots and incremental updates.

What is the latency for Deribit market data?

Sub-millisecond end-to-end latency. Our C++ feed handler connects directly to Deribit's WebSocket API and publishes to shared-memory ring buffers with zero-copy semantics.

What Deribit symbol format does Microverse use?

Deribit uses the BTC-PERPETUAL symbol format natively. Microverse normalizes all exchange formats so you can subscribe using a consistent schema across all 20+ exchanges.

Deribit Market Data API — Real-Time Order Books

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Panama

Type

Derivatives Exchange

Quote Currency

USD/USDC

Symbol Format

BTC-PERPETUAL

Latency

<1ms

What We Provide

Deribit dominates crypto derivatives with over 90% of BTC options volume. Our handler covers all 52 perpetual instruments including inverse (USD) and linear (USDC) contracts, providing essential pricing for derivatives traders.

Perpetual swap L2 order book data
BTC and ETH inverse perpetuals (USD-settled)
USDC-margined perpetuals for major assets
Custom symbol format (ASSET-PERPETUAL, ASSET_USDC-PERPETUAL)
52 perpetual instruments covering top crypto assets

Trading pairs: 52 perpetual contract instruments

Protocol: WebSocket v2 with book.BTC-PERPETUAL.none.20 subscriptions

Quick Start — Deribit via WebSocket

Connect to our unified API and subscribe to Deribit data with three lines of code:

// Connect to Microverse Systems API
const ws = new WebSocket("wss://api.microversesystems.com");

// Subscribe to Deribit BTC order book
ws.send(JSON.stringify({
  "op": "subscribe",
  "channel": "deribit:BTC-USDT",
  "depth": 20
}));

// Receive real-time L2 updates
ws.onmessage = (e) => {
  const book = JSON.parse(e.data);
  console.log(book.bids[0], book.asks[0]); // best bid/ask
};