AD Derivs: Insights from Crypto Option Traders

Simran is the co-founder and CEO of Monaco. Simran has a background trading volatility products at Goldman Sachs and GSR.About Monaco Building The Global Trading NetworkMonaco is a global trading network with programmatic revenue sharing at its core. Apps build on Monaco to access deep liquidity, a global network of traders, and a share of network revenue collected. The programmatic revenue share redistributes infrastructure trading fees back to front ends, traders, and market makers. This produces a unified layer of trust which aligns incentives across parties.https://www.0xmonaco.com/

Originally from New Zealand, Euan Sinclair is an option trader with twenty five years of professional trading experience and holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Bristol.He is the author of "Positional Trading", "Options Trading" and "Volatility Trading". This interview discusses his latest work "The Thetapig Letters"

In this episode, we sit down with Greg Guttas, Head of OTC, and Simon Nursey, Head of Derivatives at Flowdesk, to explore the evolution from traditional finance to crypto trading at one of the most sophisticated OTC desks in the space.Greg and Simon bring deep experience from major French banks—Greg specializing in ETF creation/redemption flow, and Simon having spent 17 years as Global Head of FX Options at BNP Paribas. They share war stories from the trading floor, explain complex mechanisms like in-kind vs cash redemptions, and unpack how FX vol surfaces were traded during pivotal global moments.For more information about Flowdesk visit: https://www.flowdesk.co/otc-trading/

Titan provides users with the best swap price by searching through Solana’s on-chain liquidity through trusted sources. It then deploys revolutionary routing algorithms based on cutting-edge mathematics to determine the best price a user can get when trading any token. Contact: [email protected]: https://titandex.io/App: https://app.titandex.io/welcome

Panoptic integrates with Uniswap v3 and v4, offering perpetual options on all assets available on one of the world's largest decentralized exchanges.Panoptic's Ethereum launch opens the platform to the public, unlocking new opportunities for LPs and traders to create calls, puts, perps, and advanced risk hedging positions on any digital asset on Uniswap.Panoptic is backed by Uniswap Labs Ventures and other industry leaders, including Greenfield Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Jane Street, and gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC).Links: https://linktr.ee/panopticxyz

Bulat Kaliev is the Chief Product Officer at BABB and ReDeFi. Bulat has an extensive background in crypto and follows the crypto AI space very closely. We chat about his views on the AI space as well as his roles as Chief Product Officer at both BABB and ReDeFi. BABB aims to deliver accessible, secure, convenient and cost-effective peer-to-peer mobile banking services.Regulated Decentralised Finance is an FCA-registered startup based in the UK, ReDeFi aims to disrupt the existing operational framework of moving assets by enhancing velocity, veracity of transactions, and security within a thoughtfully designed regulatory structure.ReDeFi is designed to be more accessible and affordable than traditional financial systems. Designed to be more transparent and accountable.

A pioneering cryptocurrency exchange known for its advanced trading features, BitMEX specializes in derivatives trading with up to 100x leverage through the creation of Perpetual contracts. Catering to professional traders, the platform offers perpetual swaps, futures contracts, and a robust API for high-frequency trading. Renowned for its liquidity and deep order books, BitMEX has become a key player in the crypto derivatives space.Stephan Lutz is the CEO and CFO of BitMEX. He initially joined the company in 2021 as the CFO and was appointed as the group's CEO during late 2022 - one of crypto's most colourful periods. Stephan has been instrumental in driving the exchange's position as one of the crypto derivatives market leaders. It is under his direction that the decision was made for BitMEX to pivot back to its successful origins, with an emphasis placed upon providing professional and institutional traders with a derivatives trading platform that caters to their key needs of liquidity, performance and reliability.Before BitMEX, he was a Senior Partner at PwC for close to a decade, where he advised many of the world's largest financial institutions. Prior to PwC, he held senior positions with Deutsche Börse. His career began in corporate finance and equities trading at Dresdner Bank AG (now Commerzbank AG). Stephan is married with twin boys and enjoys competing in dance in his leisure time.

The Pyth Network is an oracle solution built on Solana designed to provide real-time, high-quality financial market data to blockchain applications. Pyth aims to bring accurate pricing information, especially for fast-moving markets like crypto, equities, forex, and commodities, to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on Solana and other blockchains via cross-chain protocols.Website: https://www.pyth.network/

Abra is a financial services and technology company that operates a cryptocurrency wallet service including a trading service for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, a service for earning interest on cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, and a lending services for borrowing against cryptocurrency collateral.Before heading the OTC options trading desk at Abra, Bohan spent years trading FX options at Goldman Sachs. We discuss Bohan's background as well as the various volatility trading insights he learned throughout the years. Today Bohan trades crypto options on a principle basis for Abra. Facilitating customer flow and warehousing risk on a proprietary basis. For more information about Abra visit: https://www.abra.com/

Brent Kochuba is the Founder of SpotGamma, a financial insights company, which applies its proprietary methodology toward modeling index and equity options.Prior to SpotGamma, Brent was most recently a portfolio manager with Seven North Capital Management where he focused on creating options-based investment strategies. Prior to that, he spent time as a derivatives broker at Wolverine Execution, Credit Suisse and Bank of America.Learn more about SpotGamma: https://spotgamma.com/Register for Trace Webinar: https://spotgamma.com/trace-the-market-amberdata-io/?aff=Amberdata

Jake Ostrovskis is a principal on Wintermute’s over-the-counter (OTC) Desk.Jake executes trades for a range of counterparties in digital assets and advising on products like spot, options, tailored products, CFDs, and NDFs. Before joining Wintermute, Jake worked at a hedge fund within a global macro pod, concentrating on chasing volatility in equity, rates, FX, and commodity derivatives. His position there eventually led him to crypto. He then transitioned from directional trading to OTC, executing with third parties at Wintermute.For more about Wintermute visit: https://www.wintermute.com/

ex-GSR OTC trader and exotic derivatives specialist, Neoman007 explores discussions about his career, crypto volatility and pricing insights for trading exotic derivs. To get more market insights, follow Neoman's Telegram channel: https://t.me/itscorrekt

Bitnomial was founded in 2014 to create a marketplace connecting native digital asset hedgers with institutional traders. Bitnomial offers improved derivatives exchange technology coupled with new digital asset settlement systems.NFA Approval: Bitnomial Clearing, LLC was approved as a futures commission merchant (FCM) by the National Futures Association (NFA) to operate a clearing firm for margined and deliverable digital asset futures and options.CFTC Approval: Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC was registered as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate a clearinghouse for margined and deliverable digital asset futures and options, becoming the first crypto-native exchange to be granted the full set of CFTC derivatives licenses.We discuss Michael's background as a bond market-maker at Allston Trading in Chicago. We also discuss the unique value Bitnomial presents to crypto miners and speculators. Including physically settled futures contracts.

SynFutures is a decentralized derivatives exchange platform that allows users to trade futures contracts based on various assets, including cryptocurrencies, altcoins, indices, NFTs, and real-world assets. The platform offers features such as 30-second asset listings, single-token liquidity provision and trading, and rigid risk management. SynFutures has strategic investors and aims to provide accessible DeFi services to retail investors.

Cannon Trading Company has been based in the Beverly Hills financial district since 1988. They are a member of the National Futures Association, the Better Business Bureau, the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and are registered with the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission). Cannon Trading has been mentioned in several publications, including the Online Broker's Review in Futures magazine and the Reader's Choice Award in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine.

Bernd Sischka is the chief commercial officer at PowerTrade. Today we discuss the novel offering of altcoin options trading at PowerTrade and the various tools that PowerTrade offers to their traders. PowerTrade is transforming professional trading with innovative, accessible, and secure solutions for institutions and expert traders. Their dedication to excellence and continuous improvement fuels our pursuit of outstanding customer experiences and lasting partnerships. Website: https://power.trade/

About RhoRho provides efficient markets for crypto-native rates such as funding rates, lending-borrowing rates, and staking rewards. The platform enables users to hedge and profit from shifts in these crypto-native rates, offering tools to develop sophisticated trading strategies. With the traditional finance (TradFi) interest rate derivatives market totaling over $500 trillion in outstanding interest, Rho Protocol is poised to unlock new and exciting trading opportunities. Docs: https://docs.rho.trading/Platform: https://www.rho.trading/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rho_xyz

Today we interview Bret Kenwell, U.S. Investment & Options Analyst at eToro.We discuss Bret's background, the increased adoption of options trading by retail investors since the COVID-19 pandemic and the overlap between crypto investors and options traders.Finally we conclude the episode with insights around the future of crypto and options trading. For more information about eToro visit: https://www.etoro.com/en-us/

BitMEX has officially launched options. We discuss the recent launch and the collaboration with Power Trade.We explore the AltCoin offering from BitMEX and other unique option trading insights. To learn more about BitMEX options visit here: https://www.bitmex.com/options

Vertex is a cross-margined decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol offering spot, perpetuals, and an integrated money market bundled into one vertically integrated application on Arbitrum.Vertex is powered by a hybrid unified central limit order book (CLOB) and integrated automated market maker (AMM), whose liquidity is augmented as positions from pairwise LP markets populate the orderbook. Gas fees and MEV are minimized on Vertex due to the batched transaction and optimistic rollup model of the underlying Arbitrum layer two (L2), where Vertex’s smart contracts control the risk engine and core products.