diff --git a/piker/brokers/__init__.py b/piker/brokers/__init__.py
index 0c328d9f..e096af16 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/__init__.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ __brokers__: list[str] = [
     'ib',
     'kraken',
     'kucoin',
+    'deribit',
 
     # broken but used to work
     # 'questrade',
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ __brokers__: list[str] = [
     # wstrade
     # iex
 
-    # deribit
     # bitso
 ]
 
diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py b/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py
index 7499cd35..5e87a708 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from .api import (
     get_client,
 )
 from .feed import (
+    get_mkt_info,
     open_history_client,
     open_symbol_search,
     stream_quotes,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 __all__ = [
     'get_client',
 #    'trades_dialogue',
+    'get_mkt_info',
     'open_history_client',
     'open_symbol_search',
     'stream_quotes',
diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit/feed.py b/piker/brokers/deribit/feed.py
index bd2fbe06..e32e31d2 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit/feed.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit/feed.py
@@ -34,9 +34,20 @@ from rapidfuzz import process as fuzzy
 import numpy as np
 import tractor
 
-from piker.brokers import open_cached_client
+from piker.accounting import (
+    MktPair,
+    unpack_fqme,
+)
+from piker.brokers import (
+    open_cached_client,
+    NoData,
+)
+from piker._cacheables import (
+    async_lifo_cache,
+)
 from piker.log import get_logger, get_console_log
 from piker.data import ShmArray
+from piker.data.validate import FeedInit
 from piker.brokers._util import (
     BrokerError,
     DataUnavailable,
@@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ from cryptofeed.symbols import Symbol
 from .api import (
     Client, Trade,
     get_config,
-    str_to_cb_sym, piker_sym_to_cb_sym, cb_sym_to_deribit_inst,
+    piker_sym_to_cb_sym, cb_sym_to_deribit_inst,
     maybe_open_price_feed
 )
 from .venues import (
@@ -72,36 +83,107 @@ async def open_history_client(
     mkt: MktPair,
 ) -> tuple[Callable, int]:
 
-    fnstrument: str = mkt.bs_fqme
     # TODO implement history getter for the new storage layer.
     async with open_cached_client('deribit') as client:
 
         async def get_ohlc(
-            end_dt: Optional[datetime] = None,
-            start_dt: Optional[datetime] = None,
+            timeframe: float,
+            end_dt: datetime | None = None,
+            start_dt: datetime | None = None,
 
         ) -> tuple[
             np.ndarray,
             datetime,  # start
             datetime,  # end
         ]:
+            if timeframe != 60:
+                raise DataUnavailable('Only 1m bars are supported')
 
-            array = await client.bars(
-                instrument,
+            array: np.ndarray = await client.bars(
+                mkt,
                 start_dt=start_dt,
                 end_dt=end_dt,
             )
             if len(array) == 0:
-                raise DataUnavailable
+                raise NoData(
+                    f'No frame for {start_dt} -> {end_dt}\n'
+                )
 
-            start_dt = pendulum.from_timestamp(array[0]['time'])
-            end_dt = pendulum.from_timestamp(array[-1]['time'])
+            start_dt = from_timestamp(array[0]['time'])
+            end_dt = from_timestamp(array[-1]['time'])
+
+            times = array['time']
+            if not times.any():
+                raise ValueError(
+                    'Bad frame with null-times?\n\n'
+                    f'{times}'
+                )
+
+            if end_dt is None:
+                inow: int = round(time.time())
+                if (inow - times[-1]) > 60:
+                    await tractor.pause()
 
             return array, start_dt, end_dt
 
         yield get_ohlc, {'erlangs': 3, 'rate': 3}
 
 
+@async_lifo_cache()
+async def get_mkt_info(
+    fqme: str,
+
+) -> tuple[MktPair, Pair] | None:
+
+    # uppercase since kraken bs_mktid is always upper
+    if 'deribit' not in fqme.lower():
+        fqme += '.deribit'
+
+    mkt_mode: str = ''
+    broker, mkt_ep, venue, expiry = unpack_fqme(fqme)
+
+    # NOTE: we always upper case all tokens to be consistent with
+    # binance's symbology style for pairs, like `BTCUSDT`, but in
+    # theory we could also just keep things lower case; as long as
+    # we're consistent and the symcache matches whatever this func
+    # returns, always!
+    expiry: str = expiry.upper()
+    venue: str = venue.upper()
+    venue_lower: str = venue.lower()
+
+    mkt_mode: str = 'option'
+
+    async with open_cached_client(
+        'deribit',
+    ) as client:
+
+        assets: dict[str, Asset] = await client.get_assets()
+        pair_str: str = mkt_ep.lower()
+
+        pair: Pair = await client.exch_info(
+            sym=pair_str,
+        )
+        mkt_mode = pair.venue
+        client.mkt_mode = mkt_mode
+
+        dst: Asset | None = assets.get(pair.bs_dst_asset)
+        src: Asset | None = assets.get(pair.bs_src_asset)
+
+        mkt = MktPair(
+            dst=dst,
+            src=src,
+            price_tick=pair.price_tick,
+            size_tick=pair.size_tick,
+            bs_mktid=pair.symbol,
+            expiry=pair.expiry,
+            venue=mkt_mode,
+            broker='deribit',
+            _atype=mkt_mode,
+            _fqme_without_src=True,
+        )
+        return mkt, pair
+
+
 async def stream_quotes(
 
     send_chan: trio.abc.SendChannel,
@@ -116,31 +198,26 @@ async def stream_quotes(
     # XXX: required to propagate ``tractor`` loglevel to piker logging
     get_console_log(loglevel or tractor.current_actor().loglevel)
 
-    sym = symbols[0]
+    sym = symbols[0].split('.')[0]
+
+    init_msgs: list[FeedInit] = []
 
     async with (
         open_cached_client('deribit') as client,
         send_chan as send_chan
     ):
 
-        init_msgs = {
-            # pass back token, and bool, signalling if we're the writer
-            # and that history has been written
-            sym: {
-                'symbol_info': {
-                    'asset_type': 'option',
-                    'price_tick_size': 0.0005
-                },
-                'shm_write_opts': {'sum_tick_vml': False},
-                'fqsn': sym,
-            },
-        }
+        mkt, pair = await get_mkt_info(sym)
 
+        # build out init msgs according to latest spec
+        init_msgs.append(
+            FeedInit(mkt_info=mkt)
+        )
         nsym = piker_sym_to_cb_sym(sym)
 
         async with maybe_open_price_feed(sym) as stream:
 
-            cache = await client.cache_symbols()
+            cache = client._pairs
 
             last_trades = (await client.last_trades(
                 cb_sym_to_deribit_inst(nsym), count=1)).trades
@@ -182,12 +259,21 @@ async def open_symbol_search(
     async with open_cached_client('deribit') as client:
 
         # load all symbols locally for fast search
-        cache = await client.cache_symbols()
+        cache = client._pairs
         await ctx.started()
 
         async with ctx.open_stream() as stream:
 
+            pattern: str
             async for pattern in stream:
-                # repack in dict form
-                await stream.send(
-                    await client.search_symbols(pattern))
+                # NOTE: pattern fuzzy-matching is done within
+                # the methd impl.
+                pairs: dict[str, Pair] = await client.search_symbols(
+                    pattern,
+                )
+                # repack in fqme-keyed table
+                byfqme: dict[str, Pair] = {}
+                for pair in pairs.values():
+                    byfqme[pair.bs_fqme] = pair
+
+                await stream.send(byfqme)