Basis Points launches 24/7 multi-asset perpetuals exchange on LD4
Basis Points, the multi-asset perpetuals exchange covering cryptocurrencies, forex, US equities, commodities and global indices, today launched on bare-metal infrastructure at LD4, the Equinix-hosted Slough data centre that serves as the canonical low-latency venue for European institutional trading.
The exchange is the first retail-accessible venue to offer perpetual contracts across all five major asset classes on a single cross-margin wallet, settled in USDT, with continuous 24/7 trading and no overnight or weekend gaps. Maximum leverage is 125× on major cryptocurrency perpetuals and up to 500× on forex pairs.
What launches at LD4:
- A FIX 4.4 gateway over TCP for institutional buy-side, prop firms and brokers, alongside the existing REST and WebSocket APIs.
- A flat fee schedule — 0.02% maker / 0.04% taker on perpetuals across every asset class, applied identically to every trader from their first fill onward. No VIP ladder, no volume discounts, no tokens to stake.
- ECN-style forex commission at a flat $5 per side per standard lot — the same rate whether it's your first trade or your millionth.
- Immutable tick-data audit, enabling liquidation enquiries to be resolved with the exact engine-consumed tick stream.
What makes the venue different:
Most exchanges optimise for one asset class. Cryptocurrency venues do not list forex or equities; ECN forex brokers do not list cryptocurrency; multi-asset brokers like Interactive Brokers price each asset class on a different fee model. Basis Points is the only venue applying a single fee schedule, a single margin pool and a single API surface across all five asset classes — designed for the cross-asset trader who today juggles three or four separate accounts.
An insurance fund is maintained as the public backstop against socialised loss, with balance proof to publish alongside launch; the WebSocket broadcast surface exposes 18 typed event variants; the REST API spans 56 endpoints. A full OpenAPI 3.1 specification is available at basispoints.net/docs.
About Basis Points
Basis Points is the 24/7 multi-asset perpetuals exchange. Trade crypto, forex, equities, commodities and indices on one wallet, with one margin pool, settled in USDT. Visit basispoints.net.
Media contact
press@basispoints.net
