Better Plumbing for Crypto Derivatives – Kaiko
Crypto derivatives have scaled on narrow product sets and brittle post-trade processes. Perpetuals dominate activity while options grow, but liquidity thins during stress. The ultimate challenge lies in the plumbing: unsecured exposure between trade and settlement, slow collateral movements, and limited portability across venues create shaky foundations.
Atomic Settlement Changes Everything
By removing unsecured windows and tying position creation to margin transfer in a single, deterministic outcome. On-chain collateral management codifies eligibility, haircuts, and substitutions so collateral moves at the speed of price with auditability and selective disclosure.
