2 September 2025

  • Updated

⚠️ Expected downtime: 15 - 30 minutes

Client impact: Maintenance 9 AM UTC - The system will be down for around 15 - 30 minutes. Client systems will not be able to communicate with Deribit during this time.

Features

Deprecation of legacy RFQ feature

The legacy RFQ feature will be removed in the upcoming October release. The following API methods and channels will be removed:

Warning

Please migrate to the Block RFQ functionality before the October release to ensure uninterrupted access. For details about Block RFQ, see the Block RFQ knowledge base article.

Block RFQ

Method removal

The deprecated taker method /private/trade_block_rfq has now been removed.

This method was previously used by takers to accept Block RFQs. It has been fully replaced by /private/accept_block_rfq

Warning

Client Action Required: 

If your integration still relies on the removed method /private/trade_block_rfq, it will no longer function. Please update your systems to use /private/accept_block_rfq immediately to avoid disruptions.

API

The following API updates will be included in this release:

Non-Breaking Changes: 
USDC rewards in API

Added USDC APR data to public/get_currencies and public/get_apr_history.

Check reward eligibility

Introduced new method private/get_reward_eligibility returning reward eligibility status and 7-day SMA APR per currency.

FIX

Breaking Changes:
Address change reminder

Due to recent technical issues with one of our service providers, we have updated the FIX public endpoint.

The FIX endpoint is no longer accessible over the internet via http://www.deribit.com .

Going forward, customers should connect using http://fix.deribit.com for production and http://fix-test.deribit.com for test environment.