Research
Demystifying the Crypto Derivatives Landscape and Its Opportunities
San Francisco • September 1, 2022
In June 2022, derivatives trading represented 66% of the overall crypto market, with $2.75 trillion of crypto derivatives trading volume vs. $1.4 trillion of spot volume.
In this report, Active PM Jeff Park outlines the rapidly evolving crypto derivatives landscape and the rise of novel market structures. The paper explores multiple unique trading strategies, examining why the potential profit opportunities exist, and the critical due diligence required to assess their risks.
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Based in San Francisco, Bitwise is one of the largest and fastest-growing crypto asset managers, offering both index and active strategies across a wide array of investment vehicles. The firm is known for creating the world’s largest crypto index fund (OTCQX: BITW), a suite of crypto-focused equity and futures ETFs, and investment products that span Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, NFTs, and the Metaverse. Bitwise focuses on partnering with financial advisors and investment professionals to provide quality education and research. The team at Bitwise combines expertise in technology with decades of experience in traditional asset management and indexing, coming from firms including BlackRock, Blackstone, Meta, and Google, as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Bitwise is backed by leading institutional investors and asset management executives, and has been profiled in Institutional Investor, CNBC, Barron’s, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal.
