Deribit vs Bybit — fees & conditions

Deribit — Standard tier (no VIP criteria) from the official Fees support article, converted from basis points: perpetuals & futures 1.5/3.5 bps = 0.015%/0.035%; spot 2/5 bps = 0.02%/0.05%. Options fees (3/3 bps with a 12.5% premium cap) are not represented in this schema. Derivatives-focused exchange, now part of Coinbase. Crypto withdrawal fees are not fixed on the official Fees article (on-chain network fee applies); the public get_currencies endpoint exposes the current per-currency withdrawal_fee, recorded below. USDT is withdrawable on Ethereum only (no TRC20 route). Insurance fund: "approximately $140 million" at year-end 2024 per official Insights update. live_chat_support = true via 24/7 live support staff in public Telegram chat rooms (EN/ZH/RU) per the official Contact Us article (403 — via search excerpt); not an in-app widget. proof_of_reserves: daily PoR page discontinued 2026-09-01, but the same notice states independent PoR audits continue twice a year, so recorded true. [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via public API: BTC 0.00001 BTC on BTC; USDT 2 USDT on Ethereum (no TRC20 route listed). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]

Bybit — Non-VIP tier. No MNT discount applied. Official fee pages /en/fee/spot and /en/fee/futures (the old announcement-info/fee-rate URL now redirects to /en/fee/futures). Re-verified 2026-10-12 by weekly review in-browser: Spot Crypto Pairs "Regular User" 0.1% maker / 0.1% taker (0.075% after MNT discount, not used); Futures Standard Crypto "Regular User" 0.02% maker / 0.055% taker (0.018%/0.0495% after MNT discount, not used). Founded March 2018; global HQ moved to Dubai (opened Apr 2023). listed_coins = 398 distinct spot base coins from the public v5 instruments-info endpoint (538 pairs, 2026-09-15). futures_max_leverage = 100x for BTCUSDT perpetual at the lowest risk-limit tier (USDC perpetuals go to 125x, excluded as the USDT-margined figure is the comparable one). Fiat: bank-card buy, fiat deposit to Funding Account (bank transfer), P2P, and third-party one-click buy partners. Bybit.com blocks automated fetches; values above were confirmed in-browser from the official fee rate page (2026-09-23). active_users_claimed = "80M users" per the official 80M-users celebration announcement (Jan 2026). [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via the data feed behind the official Crypto Deposit/Withdrawal Status page (read in-browser; returns 403 to non-browser clients): BTC 0.000057 BTC on BTC; USDT 1.3 USDT on TRON (TRC20) (cheapest: BERA (USDT0) 0). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]