Derive.xyz(@DeriveXYZ):Sept 14, @nickforster joined @Bankless to explain the thesis behind Derive and onchain options. The conversation covered how options could become deeply integrated across the industry, from neobanks offering structured yield products to serving as the industry's risk-absorption engine for hedging flows.

2026.09.18 04:12

Sept 14, @nickforster joined @Bankless to explain the thesis behind Derive and onchain options. The conversation covered how options could become deeply integrated across the industry, from neobanks offering structured yield products to serving as the industry's risk-absorption engine for hedging flows.

Bankless@Bankless

2026.09.15 16:35

Crypto options could become much more than another trading product. @nickforster sees them becoming part of the industry’s risk infrastructure: “When our options markets become liquid, volatility actually generally comes down.” “You can have hedges embedded via the options to protect against massive downsides and big wicks.” The endgame: “become the risk absorption engine for a lot of those different hedging flows.”