For years, derivatives in digital asset markets were dominated by retail traders using leverage to amplify short term bets. According to Charles d’Haussy, CEO at DyDx, that balance has now shifted. In ...

As financial markets move towards round-the-clock trading, risk-management infrastructure must be brought into the digital ...

The DAO-governed derivatives exchange DerivaDEX launched its platform today under a T license from the Bermuda Monetary ...

The scale of derivatives held by major banks like JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citibank and Goldman Sachs, amounting to $203 trillion, has raised concerns about the potential risks these positions might pose ...

Spot trading volume rose 10% in January 2026 while derivatives edged up just 0.5%, according to Wu Blockchain data sourced from CoinGecko.

The derivatives market doesn’t deal with fungible assets. Instead, it’s a secondary market focused on the volatility of capital markets and assets. As the name implies, the financial products traded ...

Bitcoin dropped 23.21% in Q1 2026 while Ethereum lost 32.17%, ranking among the worst first-quarter returns in over a decade, ...

Global derivatives markets are experiencing a transformative moment in 2025, driven by a powerful combination of heightened volatility and structural innovation. With trading volumes hitting record ...

Under the proposal, STT on options premium will rise from 0.1% to 0.15%, while STT on futures transactions will increase to 0.05%. This means traders who buy and sell derivatives frequently will pay ...

Imagine being able to build a data center with a guarantee that a portion of your future capacity will be bought at a certain price for an extended period of time before you even built the data center ...

You may notice a change on Risk.net later this month. Or you may not. It’s a largely cosmetic tweak, but it’s also a symbolic one – and it could be misinterpreted. So, I’d like to explain what’s ...

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