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Analysis: Geopolitics, prediction markets, tokenization seen as top three drivers of derivatives markets
Change is constant in the derivatives market, but the drivers of change are not. This year's research into market participant opinions revealed that the top three drivers are geopolitical conflict, prediction markets and tokenization. Just as telling, the regulatory agenda, which had been a top concern in the past, dropped to fifth place on this year's list..
READ MOREExplainer: What are compute futures and how do they work?
Several exchanges are developing futures linked to the cost of computing power as demand from AI continues to grow. MarketVoice looks at what is being developed, how the contracts would work and whether a viable derivatives market can emerge.
From perpetuals to compute futures: four takeaways from the CFTC’s innovation meeting
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Twenty-five years later, we remember
We pause today, 25 years later. We remember the colleagues and friends our industry lost and the families who were left behind whose names FIA memorialized 25 years ago. We remember the first responders who unflinchingly ran toward danger. And we remember the countless acts of courage and kindness that emerged from the devastation.
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Explainer: What are compute futures and how do they work?
Several exchanges are developing futures linked to the cost of computing power as demand from AI continues to grow. MarketVoice looks at what is being developed, how the contracts would work and whether a viable derivatives market can emerge. -
People News – August / September 2026
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Twenty-five years later, we remember
We pause today, 25 years later. We remember the colleagues and friends our industry lost and the families who were left behind whose names FIA memorialized 25 years ago. We remember the first responders who unflinchingly ran toward danger. And we remember the countless acts of courage and kindness that emerged from the devastation. -
From perpetuals to compute futures: four takeaways from the CFTC’s innovation meeting
The inaugural meeting of the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee showed that the debate is shifting from innovation itself to the rules, infrastructure and safeguards needed as new products move deeper into regulated markets. -
Derivatives get smaller, shorter and always on
Derivatives markets are evolving in new ways. Around-the-clock trading through perpetual futures, same-day expiries in options markets and rapid growth in micro contracts are giving market participants more flexibility over when they trade, how long they hold positions and how much exposure they take. -
Commodity fragmentation reshapes derivatives markets
For decades, expanding trade, integrated supply chains and global pricing benchmarks brought commodity markets closer together. Now conflict, tariffs and resource nationalism are pushing them apart.
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