# Introduction ### About Cube is a hybrid exchange built from first principles for the future of digital and traditional asset trading. At it's core, a low-latency matching engine powers trading at 200'000 operations per second with 200µs latency, and a decentralized settlement layer powers a non-custodial peer-to-peer settlement that ensures the safety of your assets. ### Overview This documentation covers a large part of the Cube API, and is roughly organized into the following: * [Exchange Info](https://cubexch.gitbook.io/cube-api/exchange-info): Information about the exchange, such as assets, markets, account management, and more. * [Market Data](https://cubexch.gitbook.io/cube-api/market-data/rest-api): Market data, including level 3 (order by order) book data, trade summaries, and more. * [Order Entry](https://cubexch.gitbook.io/cube-api/order-entry/rest-api): Trading and order management. * [Perpetual Futures](https://cubexch.gitbook.io/cube-api/perpetual-futures): Information about our perpetual futures contracts, including contract specifications, margin requirements, funding, settlement, and liquidation. * [Fees](https://cubexch.gitbook.io/cube-api/fees/cube-fees): Information about fees on Cube. #### Connectivity * **REST**: For market data snapshots and order entry. * **Websocket**: For realtime market data and trading. * **TCP FIX and UDP Multicast**: Out lowest latency connectivity. Reach out for more information. ### Environments If you're interested in building with us, reach out about getting access to our staging environment, where you can test your integrations before going live! ### Contact Reach out to us at for questions or feedback!