Case Study: Bitwyre achieves 43% lower latency for faster crypto trades with Redpanda Data

How Bitwyre cut latency by 43% for lightning-fast crypto trades

Bitwyre, a centralized crypto trading platform, needed a real-time data system that could handle massive trading volumes with extremely low and predictable latency. After testing Apache Kafka and finding latency spikes, high operational overhead, and heavy maintenance demands, the company looked for a simpler, faster alternative from Redpanda Data, using Redpanda Cloud (BYOC).

Redpanda Data provided Bitwyre with a Kafka-compatible streaming platform that was easier to deploy and operate, with no external dependencies. The switch delivered measurable gains, including a 43% reduction in P99 latency and a 19.5% improvement in average data transfer time, while also reducing hardware and infrastructure costs.

Bitwyre

Khairil Akbar

NOC Infrastructure Engineer