Spot Instruments

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Spot markets are markets in which assets are traded for immediate delivery, meaning that the asset is bought/sold at the current market price and is settled immediately after the trade happens.

In the spot market, the price of the asset is determined by the forces of supply and demand, and it reflects the current market sentiment. Deribit's spot market is open 24/7.

Spot order routing

Selected spot pairs on Deribit are routed to Coinbase Exchange (CBE). A routed market stays accessible through Deribit, while the underlying liquidity is sourced from Coinbase Exchange. This gives clients deeper liquidity, access to a broader set of assets, and better execution quality, while assets acquired on spot can still be used as collateral within the Deribit ecosystem.

Routed pairs also move from the legacy Deribit spot specifications to Coinbase Exchange specifications. In practice, this means some pairs trade with finer tick sizes, finer base increments, or lower minimum order quantities than before. Review the pair-level specifications below before trading on a routed market.

For assets that are not permitted on Coinbase Exchange, Deribit continues to use the existing Deribit spot book where applicable.

When a market switches to Coinbase Exchange routing, it is paused briefly and all open orders on that book are cancelled before trading resumes under CBE routing.

The specification table lists every spot pair and the book it trades on. Pairs routed to Coinbase Exchange use Coinbase Exchange specifications. All other pairs trade on the Deribit spot book.

Routing is being enabled in phases. HYPE is listed as a spot asset and routed to Coinbase Exchange for migrated users. SEI is not listed on this page until trading is enabled. Additional pairs are announced before they switch to Coinbase Exchange routing.

Two USDT books

USDC/USDT is listed as two instruments on purpose. USDC_USDT trades on the Deribit spot book. USDT_USDC is routed to Coinbase Exchange. Both books are required, because the two client groups cannot share one USDT market.

  • Coinbase clients are backed by Coinbase Inc. That custody supports USDT, so these clients trade USDT on the Coinbase Exchange book (USDT_USDC).

  • Deribit clients custody assets with Fireblocks and Coinbase Prime (Coinbase Custody Trust Company). Coinbase Prime does not support USDT, so these clients cannot trade the Coinbase Exchange USDT book. They trade USDT on the Deribit spot book instead: USDC_USDT, BTC_USDT, ETH_USDT, and USDE_USDT.

After you log in, you see only the USDT book your account can trade. The other book is hidden, because the account is not allowed to trade it.

Instruments shown before you log in

Before you log in, the instrument list matches a native Deribit account. It includes markets every Deribit client can trade, including Coinbase Exchange pairs such as BTC_USDC. Spot instruments that only migrated Coinbase clients can trade are hidden.

After you log in, the list changes to the instruments your account can trade. An instrument can therefore appear or disappear at login. Log in to see the markets available to your account.

Spot fees

Trading fees on a spot market depend on how that market is routed:

  • Pairs routed to Coinbase Exchange are charged trading fees using the Spot column of the Deribit fee schedule. Maker and taker rates follow your VIP tier. Volume for VIP tiers is measured over the last 30 days. Only pairs routed to Coinbase Exchange are charged these fees.

  • Pairs trading on the Deribit spot book are not charged trading fees: both the maker and the taker pay 0%.

Because routing is enabled per pair, Deribit Spot fees apply to a market from the moment it switches to Coinbase Exchange routing. The Order routing column in the specification table shows which book each pair trades on.

Settlements

Only settled funds are available for spot trading. If a user has any unsettled funds, they will be available for spot trading after daily settlement at 8 AM UTC.

Supported wallets

Each spot asset is supported on the Coinbase Bermuda (CBBM) wallet, the Deribit native wallet, or both.

  • CBBM and Deribit. The asset can be held in a CBBM wallet and in a Deribit native wallet.

  • CBBM only. The asset can be held in a CBBM wallet only.

  • Deribit native only. The asset can be held in a Deribit native wallet only.

Asset

Name

Wallet type

AAVE

Aave

CBBM only

ADA

Cardano

CBBM only

AERO

Aerodrome Finance

CBBM only

ALGO

Algorand

CBBM only

APT

Aptos

CBBM only

ARB

Arbitrum

CBBM only

ATOM

Cosmos

CBBM only

AVAX

Avalanche

CBBM only

BCH

Bitcoin Cash

CBBM only

BNB

BNB

CBBM and Deribit

BONK

Bonk

CBBM only

BTC

Bitcoin

CBBM and Deribit

BUIDL

BlackRock BUIDL

Deribit native only

CBETH

Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH

CBBM only

CRV

Curve DAO Token

CBBM only

DOGE

Dogecoin

CBBM only

DOT

Polkadot

CBBM only

ETH

Ethereum

CBBM and Deribit

EURC

EURC

CBBM only

FARTCOIN

Fartcoin

CBBM only

FIL

Filecoin

CBBM only

HBAR

Hedera

CBBM only

HYPE

Hyperliquid

CBBM only

ICP

Internet Computer

CBBM only

INJ

Injective

CBBM only

JASMY

JasmyCoin

CBBM only

LINK

Chainlink

CBBM only

LTC

Litecoin

CBBM only

NEAR

NEAR Protocol

CBBM only

ONDO

Ondo

CBBM only

OP

Optimism

CBBM only

PAXG

Pax Gold

CBBM and Deribit

PENGU

Pudgy Penguins

CBBM only

PUMP

Pump.fun

CBBM only

SHIB

Shiba Inu

CBBM only

SOL

Solana

CBBM and Deribit

STETH

Staked ETH

Deribit native only

SUI

Sui

CBBM only

TAO

Bittensor

CBBM only

UNI

Uniswap

CBBM only

USDC

USD Coin

CBBM and Deribit

USDE

Ethena USDe

Deribit native only

USDT

Tether

CBBM and Deribit

USYC

USYC

Deribit native only

VET

VeChain

CBBM only

XLM

Stellar

CBBM only

XRP

XRP

CBBM and Deribit

ZORA

Zora

CBBM only

Spot instruments specification

  • Spot instrument trades are settled immediately, there are no positions on spot instruments

  • Buying on a spot instrument would buy the base currency which is paid with quoted currency.

    Example: Buying 0.1 BTC on BTC_USDC at price $100.000. The BTC equity would increase with 0.1 BTC, the USDC equity would decrease with 10,000 USDC

  • Selling on a spot instrument would sell the base currency to receive the quoted currency

    Example: Selling 0.1 BTC on BTC_USDC at price $100.000. The BTC equity would decrease with 0.1 BTC, the USDC equity would increase with 10,000 USDC

  • The orders placed are counted against the currency used. Please see Account order and size limits for the current limitations

    Example: placing a buy order for 0.1 BTC on BTC_USDC will be counted as USDC order, USDC is spend (equity decreased) to execute the order.

    Example: placing a sell order for 0.1 BTC on BTC_USDC will be counted as BTC order, BTC is spend (equity decreased) to execute the order.

Symbol

Order routing

Base currency

Quote currency

Minimum order size

Minimum tick size

AAVE_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

AAVE

USDC

0.001 AAVE

0.01 USDC

ADA_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ADA

USDC

0.00000001 ADA

0.00001 USDC

AERO_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

AERO

USDC

0.1 AERO

0.00001 USDC

ALGO_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ALGO

USDC

0.1 ALGO

0.00001 USDC

APT_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

APT

USDC

0.001 APT

0.0001 USDC

ARB_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ARB

USDC

0.01 ARB

0.00001 USDC

ATOM_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ATOM

USDC

0.01 ATOM

0.0001 USDC

AVAX_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

AVAX

USDC

0.00000001 AVAX

0.001 USDC

BCH_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

BCH

USDC

0.00000001 BCH

0.01 USDC

BNB_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

BNB

USDC

0.00001 BNB

0.01 USDC

BONK_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

BONK

USDC

1 BONK

0.00000001 USDC

BTC_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

BTC

USDC

0.00000001 BTC

0.01 USDC

BTC_USDE

Deribit

BTC

USDE

0.0001 BTC

1 USDE

BTC_USDT

Deribit

BTC

USDT

0.0001 BTC

1 USDT

BUIDL_USDC

Deribit

BUIDL

USDC

1 BUIDL

0.0001 USDC

CBETH_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

CBETH

USDC

0.00001 CBETH

0.01 USDC

CRV_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

CRV

USDC

0.01 CRV

0.0001 USDC

DOGE_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

DOGE

USDC

0.1 DOGE

0.00001 USDC

DOT_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

DOT

USDC

0.00000001 DOT

0.0001 USDC

ETH_BTC

Deribit

ETH

BTC

0.0001 ETH

0.0001 BTC

ETH_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ETH

USDC

0.00000001 ETH

0.01 USDC

ETH_USDE

Deribit

ETH

USDE

0.0001 ETH

0.1 USDE

ETH_USDT

Deribit

ETH

USDT

0.0001 ETH

0.1 USDT

EURC_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

EURC

USDC

1 EURC

0.0001 USDC

FARTCOIN_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

FARTCOIN

USDC

0.01 FARTCOIN

0.00001 USDC

FIL_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

FIL

USDC

0.001 FIL

0.0001 USDC

HBAR_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

HBAR

USDC

0.1 HBAR

0.00001 USDC

HYPE_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

HYPE

USDC

0.001 HYPE

0.01 USDC

ICP_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ICP

USDC

0.0001 ICP

0.0001 USDC

INJ_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

INJ

USDC

0.01 INJ

0.001 USDC

JASMY_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

JASMY

USDC

1 JASMY

0.00001 USDC

LINK_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

LINK

USDC

0.01 LINK

0.001 USDC

LTC_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

LTC

USDC

0.00000001 LTC

0.001 USDC

NEAR_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

NEAR

USDC

0.001 NEAR

0.0001 USDC

ONDO_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ONDO

USDC

0.01 ONDO

0.00001 USDC

OP_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

OP

USDC

0.01 OP

0.00001 USDC

PAXG_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

PAXG

USDC

0.00001 PAXG

0.01 USDC

PENGU_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

PENGU

USDC

1 PENGU

0.000001 USDC

PUMP_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

PUMP

USDC

1 PUMP

0.000001 USDC

SHIB_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

SHIB

USDC

1 SHIB

0.00000001 USDC

SOL_ETH

Coinbase Exchange

SOL

ETH

0.0001 SOL

0.00001 ETH

SOL_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

SOL

USDC

0.00000001 SOL

0.01 USDC

STETH_ETH

Deribit

STETH

ETH

0.0001 STETH

0.0001 ETH

STETH_USDC

Deribit

STETH

USDC

0.0001 STETH

0.1 USDC

SUI_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

SUI

USDC

0.1 SUI

0.0001 USDC

TAO_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

TAO

USDC

0.0001 TAO

0.01 USDC

UNI_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

UNI

USDC

0.000001 UNI

0.0001 USDC

USDC_USDT

Deribit

USDC

USDT

1 USDC

0.0001 USDT

USDE_USDC

Deribit

USDE

USDC

1 USDE

0.0001 USDC

USDE_USDT

Deribit

USDE

USDT

1 USDE

0.0001 USDT

USDT_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

USDT

USDC

0.01 USDT

0.00001 USDC

USYC_USDC

Deribit

USYC

USDC

1 USYC

0.0001 USDC

VET_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

VET

USDC

1 VET

0.000001 USDC

XLM_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

XLM

USDC

0.00000001 XLM

0.000001 USDC

XRP_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

XRP

USDC

0.000001 XRP

0.0001 USDC

ZORA_USDC

Coinbase Exchange

ZORA

USDC

1 ZORA

0.000001 USDC

For every pair in the table, the underlying is the Deribit index for that symbol, the type and category are Spot, and trading hours are 24/7. Settlement is immediate. Trading bandwidths are determined by risk management and based on a risk matrix. There is no margin required: the full amount that will be traded has to be available when submitting an order, and maintenance margin is not required.

Spot reserve

Spot reserve is an indicator for the user, how much of the portfolio is currently “reserved” in outstanding spot orders.

When a user is liquidated due to violation of maintenance margin of derivative positions, the liquidation process firstly attempts to recover the margin requirements by cancelling the outstanding relevant (reserving from the required currency) spot orders, before progressing with the regular liquidation process.

API usage

Spot markets uses the same API endpoints as futures. There are no specific endpoints dedicated to a spot market. It is also supported by Deribit's Multicast, FIX and Historical APIs under the same endpoints/messages.

For venue identifiers and trading spot via API, see Spot trading venues. For collecting market data, see Market data collection - Best Practices.