Emerging Technology & Products
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APAC exchange leaders weigh extended trading hours, retail boom sustainability
At FIA's Asia 2025 conference in Singapore, exchange leaders outlined a regional pivot towards after-hours trading, while also examining whether the rapid growth in retail activity can be maintained.
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FIA responds to CFTC on the use of tokenized collateral and on the report of the President's Working Group on digital asset markets
FIA has filed comments with the CFTC on tokenization, stablecoins and digital asset market structure.
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FIA Expo panellists weigh demand, risks and readiness for 24/7 futures trading
24/7 futures trading is gaining momentum – but its reach will likely be shaped asset class by asset class, with crypto leading the way and traditional markets moving much more cautiously.
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Expo: Industry players say crypto markets are maturing
Crypto industry players who spoke on two panel discussions at FIA Expo agreed that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are on their way towards being fully investible by institutional investors, but offered different opinions about when that will happen.
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FIA Expo: Tokenisation efforts gain pace as derivatives industry eyes 2026 for clearinghouse acceptance
Panellists at FIA Expo say technology is proven, but clearinghouses need firm regulatory guidance to treat tokenised assets as equivalent to underlying securities.
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FIA Forum Paris: Industry leaders discuss boosting efficiency in cleared derivatives markets
At FIA’s forum in Paris last month, market participants discussed the innovations, initiatives and challenges shaping efforts to make the trading and clearing of derivatives more resilient and efficient.
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FIA Forum Paris: Experts highlight challenges and opportunities in European derivatives markets
The need for regulatory simplification and a growing trend of product and technology innovation were among the topics discussed during a panel on challenges and opportunities in the European derivatives markets at the FIA Paris Forum on 25 September.
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Explainer: Perpetual futures contracts
A perpetual, or perp in industry speak, has no stated expiry date, allowing a party to hold a position until offsetting it to terminate the exposure. They are cash settled trades that provide leveraged exposure to the spot price of an asset, as opposed to providing exposure to a price in the future.
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Joint trades call for recalibration of cryptoasset prudential standards and highlight DLT’s transformative role in capital markets
The Joint Trades recommend essential revisions of the Basel banking prudential treatment of cryptoassets and pausing implementation of SCO60 ahead of its January 2026 effective date to allow for a targeted consultation and redesign. The letter highlights the excessively conservative and overly punitive capital treatment of cryptoassets that is misaligned with actual risks, in addition to various inconsistencies with current market risk management practices.
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FIA responds to CFTC spot crypto listing initiative
FIA has responded to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s spot crypto listing initiative, which invites stakeholders to work with the Commission “on providing regulatory clarity on how to list spot crypto asset contracts on CFTC-regulated designated contract markets” using the Commission’s “existing authority” under the Commodity Exchange Act.
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