Global Derivatives Market Insights and Analysis

Trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) remained resilient during June as strong activity in aluminium, copper and options helped offset subdued trading across ferrous and minor metals, supporting the exchange's second-highest quarterly volumes on record.

The partnership embeds Kemet’s institutional-grade smart execution algorithms directly into the crypto exchange infrastructure.

The Chicago-headquartered exchange group saw 1,222 contracts traded across its newly launched options against Eris secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) Swap futures spanning two-, five-and ten-year tenors.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has marked record levels of activity across asset classes this year, with options trading and open interest fuelling growth according to a senior executive.

The Asian exchange plans to launch these new TONA contracts as demand grows for tools tied to Japan's benchmark overnight rate.

The all-time high in crude oil options trading volume comes after the Indian exchange revised the expiry date of the contract last year.

The decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) has announced the migration of its 'Mantle Super Portal' from LayerZero to Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) to bring the highest level of cross-chain security to the Mantle (MNT) token.

FalconX said the Delphi application, built on the Gensyn blockchain network, can enable AI-driven information markets with more predictable market settlement processes, thereby reducing possible bias in event resolution due to human interpretation of market outcomes.

The European Parliament is progressing talks with the European Council on adopting a central bank digital currency that would offer citizens a secure way to reduce reliance on non-EU providers.