Exchanges· ★★★· bullish·

Deribit swaps matching engine for Starbase, cuts median latency roughly 61x

  • —Median latency fell from 4.7 ms to 76 µs, roughly a 61x improvement
  • —p99 tail latency dropped from 124 ms to 234 µs, about 531x faster
  • —Starbase processes more than 100,000 orders per second
  • —Peak load hit 23,836 requests per second; testnet opened in April 2026
Why it matters: Matching speed and reliability matter to institutional traders, and the upgrade deepens Deribit's integration with Coinbase International Exchange.
Source: Crypto Briefing