While cryptocurrency prices have remained quite steady within the last couple of months, the market is evolving at a relatively rapid pace. In fact, numerous analysts believe that the rising popularity of cryptocurrency derivatives, alongside the variety of compelling crypto and blockchain-based projects are bound to further encourage innovation, drive mass-adoption, and lead to long-term price hikes.

An introduction to crypto derivatives

This specific market sector is still fairly new, yet it has attracted billions of dollars’ worth of investment capital, alongside considerable attention from large-scale investors. Despite this, the derivatives market is still a mystery to most casual users, due to its complexity.