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 ...

Crypto derivatives activity picked up sharply in 2025 as traders increasingly turned to onchain perpetual futures, according ...

Derivative markets for cryptocurrency involve contracts between a buyer and a seller to trade an asset at a pre-agreed price on a specific date. This gives traders the ability to profit between the ...

Decentralized derivatives are financial contracts that are exchanged on decentralized platforms, often based on blockchain technology, and derive their value from an underlying asset, such as a ...

The Korea Exchange (KRX) is planning to launch additional investment products, including crypto-oriented ETFs and derivatives ...

Remember credit default swaps? Once considered a key tool for banks looking to shift risk off of their books, they were among a handful of complex financial instruments that in 2008 brought the global ...

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Financial derivatives are financial instruments that are linked to a specific financial instrument or indicator or commodity, and through which specific financial risks can be traded in financial ...

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