🔍 What Crypto Still Doesn’t Get About TradFi
There’s a lot of talk in crypto about “disrupting” traditional markets. But here’s the hard truth: We can’t disrupt what we don’t understand.
In this Insights powered by @FEX_GLOBAL Episode 2, @NumbersDeFi and I zoomed in on something that gets glossed over far too often ... the complexity and intentional design of financial infrastructure.
Take this example from the episode:
“Without derivatives, you just don’t get the same level of liquidity… The depth of markets like S&P options exists because big players need to hedge, to roll exposure, to transfer risk in structured ways.”
This does not mean crypto copying TradFi 1:1, but it does need to understand why that space evolved the way it did:
• Derivatives didn’t appear for fun they emerged from institutional necessity
• Execution systems aren’t bloated, they’re layered for a reason
• Full rewrites of financial plumbing? Not feasible, but integration wins over overhaul
The opportunity isn’t to rebuild Wall Street in Solidity or Rust. The opportunity is to learn what makes capital markets work, and then build smarter, interoperable layers with blockchain where they matter most.
This is what we’re unpacking in our deep dive segments, not just hype or headlines, but the systems, standards, and incentives that actually shape real markets.
🎙️ Dive into the discussion in FEX Insights Ep 2: https://t.co/nQaVPjWtbM
Learn more about our work at @NotCentralised and @AusDeFi
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Interesting article from #DavidRoss writing for the given the pending submissions for ASIC CP 381 . #DanielCrennan KC refers to how the government back in 2011 fit ACCU's efficiently into the Australian regulatory framework as financial products. https://t.co/doASdi8Dgv
👏 We are moving forward: FEX Global has announced to launch FEX Global Mysteel (SEADEX) 62 Iron Ore (AUD) Futures and Options contracts on September 11, marking the debut of the first global iron ore derivative contract based on a Chinese price index.
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