Deribit or HTX Futures: which to choose in 2026

HTX Futures wins 3 of 6 metrics, Deribit wins 2, and 0 are a tie. The biggest edge of HTX Futures: Assets. Deribit leads in the "Reliability" section.

Score by section
Trading and liquidity
1 : 1
Assets
0 : 2
Reliability
1 : 0
Profile across 3 areas · 6 metrics

HTX Futures is stronger in assets, Deribit takes reliability

DeribitHTX Futures
  • Assets: HTX Futures leads 2 : 0
  • Trading and liquidity: level, 0 metrics without a winner
  • Reliability: Deribit leads 1 : 0

Liquidity: nearly level1 : 1

24h volume
Deribit$8.38B
HTX Futures$1.29B
Open Interest
Deribit$2.25B
HTX Futures$2.50B

24h volume: $8.38B at Deribit versus $1.29B at HTX Futures. The gap is within noise, so there is no winner here.

Volume, order book and open interest come from exchange APIs and aggregators and are averaged, so one lucky day decides nothing. With comparable liquidity, an order of the same size fills on both venues at roughly the same price.

Assets: more at HTX FuturesHTX Futures 2 : 0

Supported networks
Deribit6
HTX Futures19
Perpetual markets
Deribit136
HTX Futures393

Supported networks: 19 at HTX Futures versus 6 at Deribit. Also Perpetual markets: 393 at HTX Futures versus 136 at Deribit.

Active trading pairs are counted from the instrument lists of the exchanges themselves where they publish them, coin counts come from CoinGecko, supported networks from the Kurslog catalog. More coins means a wider choice of altcoins; more pairs makes cross trading possible without an intermediate swap.

Reliability: Deribit leadsDeribit 1 : 0

Operating since
DeribitOperating since 2014
HTX FuturesOperating since 2018

Operating since: Operating since 2014 at Deribit versus Operating since 2018 at HTX Futures.

Uptime is measured over 30 days of Kurslog monitoring with a check every 15 minutes, founding year and proof of reserves come from the catalog, trust score from CoinGecko. A one-year gap or 0.2% of uptime counts as a tie: that is not a difference that changes anything in practice.

Bottom line

HTX Futures leads in 1 of 3 sections: assets. Deribit takes reliability.

Market metrics refresh automatically, so the score can shift over time. Choose by the sections that matter to you.

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Comparison leader · 3 : 2Open an account at HTX Futures

Ahead on: supported networks, perpetual markets, open interest.

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Better on: 24h volume, operating since.

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Spread, order book depth and pair volume come straight from public exchange APIs every 10 minutes and are averaged over 7 days; USDT withdrawal fees come from exchange APIs every 6 hours; uptime from Kurslog monitoring; exchange volume, trust score and coin count from CoinGecko; fee tiers, languages and features are entered manually from official exchange pages. The winner of each metric is calculated, not editorially chosen. This is not investment advice.