diff --git a/piker/brokers/deribit.py b/piker/brokers/deribit.py
index 98b2a12c..4c43e4dd 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/deribit.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/deribit.py
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ async def get_client() -> Client:
 async def open_aio_cryptofeed_relay(
     from_trio: asyncio.Queue,
     to_trio: trio.abc.SendChannel,
-    event_consumers: dict[str, trio.Event],
     instruments: List[str] = []
 ) -> None:
 
@@ -300,31 +299,39 @@ async def open_aio_cryptofeed_relay(
     instruments = [format_sym(i) for i in instruments]
 
     async def trade_cb(data: dict, receipt_timestamp):
-        to_trio.send_nowait({
-            'type': 'trade',
-            data.symbol: data.to_dict(),
-            'receipt': receipt_timestamp}) 
+        breakpoint()
+        # to_trio.send_nowait(('trade', {
+        #     'symbol': data.symbol.lower(),
+        #     'last': data.
+        #     'broker_ts': time.time(),
+        #     'data': data.to_dict(),
+        #     'receipt': receipt_timestamp}))
 
     async def l1_book_cb(data: dict, receipt_timestamp):
-        to_trio.send_nowait({
-            'type': 'l1_book',
-            data.symbol: data.to_dict(),
-            'receipt': receipt_timestamp})
+        to_trio.send_nowait(('l1', {
+            'symbol': data.symbol.lower(),
+            'ticks': [
+                {'type': 'bid',
+                    'price': float(data.bid_price), 'size': float(data.bid_size)},
+                {'type': 'bsize',
+                    'price': float(data.bid_price), 'size': float(data.bid_size)},
+                {'type': 'ask',
+                    'price': float(data.ask_price), 'size': float(data.ask_size)},
+                {'type': 'asize',
+                    'price': float(data.ask_price), 'size': float(data.ask_size)}
+            ]}))
 
     fh = FeedHandler(config=conf)
     fh.run(start_loop=False)
 
     fh.add_feed(
         DERIBIT,
-        channels=[TRADES],
+        channels=[L1_BOOK, TRADES],
         symbols=instruments,
-        callbacks={TRADES: TradeCallback(trade_cb)})
-
-    fh.add_feed(
-        DERIBIT,
-        channels=[L1_BOOK],
-        symbols=instruments,
-        callbacks={L1_BOOK: L1BookCallback(l1_book_cb)})
+        callbacks={
+            L1_BOOK: L1BookCallback(l1_book_cb),
+            TRADES: TradeCallback(trade_cb)
+        })
 
     # sync with trio
     to_trio.send_nowait(None)
@@ -332,33 +339,26 @@ async def open_aio_cryptofeed_relay(
     await from_trio.get()
 
 
-@acm
-async def open_cryptofeeds(instruments: List[str]):
+async def open_cryptofeeds(
+    instruments: List[str],
+    to_chart: trio.abc.SendChannel,
 
-    # try:
-    event_table = {}
-
-    async with (
-        to_asyncio.open_channel_from(
-            open_aio_cryptofeed_relay,
-            event_consumers=event_table,
-            instruments=instruments
-        ) as (first, chan),
-        trio.open_nursery() as n,
-    ):
+    # startup sync
+    task_status: TaskStatus[tuple[dict, dict]] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
+):
+    async with to_asyncio.open_channel_from(
+        open_aio_cryptofeed_relay,
+        instruments=instruments,
+    ) as (first, chan):
         assert first is None
 
-        async def relay_events():
-            async with chan.subscribe() as msg_stream:
-                async for msg in msg_stream:
-                    print(msg)
-
-        n.start_soon(relay_events)
-
-        yield chan 
-        
         await chan.send(None)
 
+        async with chan.subscribe() as msg_stream:
+            task_status.started()
+            async for msg in msg_stream:
+                await to_chart.send(msg) 
+
 
 @acm
 async def open_history_client(
@@ -391,12 +391,13 @@ async def open_history_client(
 
 
 async def backfill_bars(
-    instrument: str,
+    symbol: str,
     shm: ShmArray,  # type: ignore # noqa
     task_status: TaskStatus[trio.CancelScope] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
 ) -> None:
     """Fill historical bars into shared mem / storage afap.
     """
+    instrument = symbol
     with trio.CancelScope() as cs:
         async with open_cached_client('deribit') as client:
             bars = await client.bars(instrument)
@@ -418,21 +419,41 @@ async def stream_quotes(
     # XXX: required to propagate ``tractor`` loglevel to piker logging
     get_console_log(loglevel or tractor.current_actor().loglevel)
 
-    sym_infos = {}
-    uid = 0
+    sym = symbols[0]
+    to_chart, from_feed = trio.open_memory_channel(1)
 
     async with (
         open_cached_client('deribit') as client,
         send_chan as send_chan,
-        open_cryptofeeds(symbols) as feed_chan
+        trio.open_nursery() as n
     ):
+        await n.start(
+            open_cryptofeeds, symbols, to_chart)
+
+        init_msgs = {
+            # pass back token, and bool, signalling if we're the writer
+            # and that history has been written
+            sym: {
+                'symbol_info': {},
+                'shm_write_opts': {'sum_tick_vml': False},
+                'fqsn': sym,
+            },
+        }
 
         # keep client cached for real-time section
         cache = await client.cache_symbols()
 
-        async with feed_chan.subscribe() as msg_stream:
-            async for msg in msg_stream:
-                print(msg)
+        async with from_feed:
+            typ, quote = await anext(from_feed)
+
+            while typ != 'trade':
+                typ, quote = await anext(from_feed)
+
+            task_status.started((init_msgs,  quote))
+
+            async for typ, msg in from_feed:
+                topic = msg['symbol']
+                await send_chan.send({topic: msg}) 
 
 
 @tractor.context