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BR Bitrue VS DB Deribit
These two exchanges don't share an obvious product overlap. Differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitrue and Deribit.
| Bitrue | Deribit | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2016 |
| Regions | Not available to US customers; also restricted in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and OFAC-sanctioned jurisdictions including Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Cuba. Available across most of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. | Not available to US persons directly; as of September 2026, eligible US users can reach Deribit's order books through Coinbase Financial Markets as a regulated intermediary. Broadly available elsewhere, subject to Deribit's own jurisdictional restrictions. |
| Products | Spot, USDT-margined futures, Coin-margined futures, Margin trading, Staking and lending | Options, Perpetual futures, Dated futures, Combo/spread orders |
| Maker fee | 0.098% on standard BTC/ETH/USDT pairs, 0.038% on futures (flat rate, not a volume-tiered schedule) | Not yet verified |
| Taker fee | 0.098% on standard BTC/ETH/USDT pairs, 0.07% on futures (flat rate, not a volume-tiered schedule) | Not yet verified |
Bitrue pros
- Unusually wide altcoin selection, with 700-plus listed assets and staking/lending pools most larger exchanges don't bother offering
- Flat fee structure that's simple to understand and doesn't punish small accounts the way tiered schedules do
- A long-running XRP staking product that's more developed than what most competitors offer for that asset
- Both USDT-margined and coin-margined futures, giving traders a choice in how they post collateral
Deribit pros
- The dominant global crypto options venue by a wide margin, holding roughly half of all Bitcoin and Ethereum options volume and an even larger share of Bitcoin options specifically
- Purpose-built options infrastructure (combo orders, a full volatility surface, portfolio margining) that generalist exchanges bolting on an options tab don't match
- Backed by Coinbase's balance sheet and compliance infrastructure since the August 2025 acquisition, addressing a long-standing question about counterparty durability at a derivatives-only exchange
- Keeps roughly 99% of user funds in cold storage with third-party custody (Fireblocks, Cobo) for the operational portion, and covered a 2022 hot-wallet loss entirely from company reserves rather than user funds
This table is generated from the same data behind our individual exchange reviews. See methodology for how it's put together. Fee figures marked "not yet verified" need confirming against live terms before this page is treated as launch-ready.