Over the next few months, Deribit will be getting some serious upgrades, including an expansion of the number of tradable instruments.
Coming soon:
- New Starbase matching engine.
- INTX (Coinbase International Derivatives Exchange) perps will be consolidated into Deribit. This includes many perp markets new to Deribit, including additional crypto assets, and real world assets (RWA’s) like stocks and commodities.
- Deribit spot markets will connect to the liquidity of Coinbase spot markets.
In preparation for these changes, Deribit is updating the VIP fee tiers.
The main changes are:
- Lower taker fees and lower maker rebates for perpetuals and futures. (net fees remain similar to previous levels)
- Lower volume requirements for tiers VIP2 to VIP6.
- The addition of a new tier, VIP7, which comes with additional benefits.
- Fees for spot markets. (Note: the spot fees will be waived until the spot markets are connected to Coinbase spot markets)
The new fee tiers
Effective from the 1st of August 2026, the Deribit fee schedule will change to the following:
| Fee tier | Criteria* | Perpetuals and futures Fees (bps) |
Options Fees (bps) |
Spot Fees (bps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | – | 1.5 maker 3.5 taker |
3 maker 3 taker |
2 maker 5 taker |
| VIP1 | $100,000 USDC equity OR $250,000 worth of equity |
0 maker 3 taker |
2.5 maker 2.5 taker |
1.75 maker 4 taker |
| VIP2 | Perps/futs >= $100M OR options >= $100M |
0 maker 2.5 taker |
2 maker 2 taker |
1 maker 3.5 taker |
| VIP3 | Perps/futs >= $500M OR options >= $500M |
0 maker 2 taker |
1.75 maker 1.75 taker |
0.5 maker 3.25 taker |
| VIP4 | Perps/futs >= $1B OR options >= $1B |
-0.2 maker 1.85 taker |
1.5 maker 1.5 taker |
0 maker 2.75 taker |
| VIP5 | Perps/futs >= $1.5B OR options >= $1.5B |
-0.3 maker 1.75 taker |
1 maker 1 taker |
0 maker 2.5 taker |
| VIP6 | Perps/futs >= $3B OR options >= $3B |
-0.4 maker 1.7 taker |
1 maker 1 taker |
0 maker 2 taker |
| VIP7** | Perps/futs >= $15B OR options >= $15B |
-0.4 maker 1.7 taker |
1 maker 1 taker Other discounts*** |
0 maker 2 taker |
* Volumes are dollar-equivalent notionals measured over the last 30 days. Equity is calculated as the daily average over the past 30 days.
** Only available for trading for your own account, not as a broker.
*** 10% discount on block trades fees and a full waiver of all options settlement fees.
Spot fees
While Deribit has had zero fees on spot up until now, the liquidity has not been as deep as that available on Coinbase . Soon Deribit traders will benefit from this deeper liquidity via the Coinbase spot markets, but from within the Deribit platform, and still with extremely competitive fees compared to the rest of the market. Even the highest paying fee tier will only pay a 2 or 5 basis points fee, depending on whether they are the maker or taker. And this comes all the way down to 0/2 bps for the lowest paying fee tiers.
Additional changes
As well as the bigger changes already mentioned, the following changes will also be made, effective 1st August 2026:
- Liquidation fees will be set to 1% across all products to aid the introduction of the Liquidity Support Program.
- The differentiated fees for daily and weekly futures will be discontinued. This simplifies the fee structure, and means all futures have the same fees, regardless of the expiry date.
- Maker rebates for futures spreads will be set to zero for all participants.
As always, for the latest information on all of Deribit’s fees, see the fees page on the Deribit knowledge base.
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