In the age of bitcoin, buy side braces for 24/7 risk management

Investors forced to rethink “nine to five” mentality, as crypto exchange FTX proposes auto-liquidation model

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FTX’s proposed 24-hour auto-liquidation of cleared crypto derivatives is a “very scary notion” for traditional asset managers, and would require firms to change their usual risk management approaches if they were to trade the emerging asset class, a DRW executive says.

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has proposed a direct clearing model for crypto futures whereby retail traders would bypass futures commission merchants (FCMs) and post margin directly to the exchange. The US Commodity Futures

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