An economic derivative is a financial contract where payouts depend on future economic indicators. It helps manage risk and speculate on economic forecasts.

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Financial derivatives are a form of secondary investment, involving a derivative of an underlying security to provide contracts with specific terms including fixed values or fixed time periods.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration has proposed exerting new government authority over derivatives, a largely unregulated multi-trillion-dollar market whose excessive risk-taking and poor ...

Decentralized derivatives are financial contracts that are exchanged on decentralized platforms, often based on blockchain technology, and derive their value from an underlying asset, such as a ...

Crypto derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from underlying crypto assets. Traders place their bet based on speculation of the price movements of crypto tokens, and can choose ...