Globe is a crypto derivatives exchange where institutions and consumers transact digital currencies like bitcoin via perpetual futures contracts.

Perpetual futures are a derivative product that tracks the underlying index price. They’re in high demand as they enable hedging and risk management, short exposure and trading with leverage.

Globe infrastructure

Innovative

First ultra low latency crypto derivatives exchange: faster than NASDAQFirst VIX futuresFirst pure websocket API with order entryUnique exchange architecture to deliver smooth, performant trading experience when markets are movingAll new risk engine to prevent events like March 12 2020Exciting roadmap of Globe Firsts: prediction market futures, new index perpetuals, options, traditional assets & morePioneering research on crypto trend following orderbook modelling and more

Crypto-native or traditional, Globe aligns with all market makers

Rich & stable API60ms Stable WebsocketDMM (Designated Market Maker) ProgrammesZero-friction integration

The lag-free exchange

Globe has a unique exchange architecture to tackle thisMatching and risk engines run in colocation on high frequency trading hardwareThis allows for the entire orderbook to be kept in L3 cache at all times and nanosecond latencies between services yielding faster-than-NASDAQ message processing rates to avoid overloadsGlobe also benefits from the huge expense invested into fast connections between major financial data centers like London (LD4) and Tokyo, meaning that Globe can offer superior global lag characteristics and throughput to previous generation exchanges