This document discusses Vega, a next generation DeFi derivatives protocol. It summarizes that derivatives markets currently have issues like high fees, lack of liquidity for smaller clients/assets, and underdevelopment in emerging markets. Vega aims to decentralize derivatives trading through a blockchain-based protocol to provide benefits like low-cost, capital efficient trading without gas fees or front-running. It plans to launch a cross-chain derivatives exchange and provide tools for community members to create and manage new markets for underserved industries/risks. The goal is to use decentralized incentives to develop liquidity and reclaim/extend derivatives markets to more people globally.
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MARKETS
AREN’T
WORKING
$50
BILLION5
annually, in
unnecessary
exchange fees
85%6
of actively traded
assets have no
derivatives market.
SMALL CLIENTS PAY UP TO 25X MORE ON
FOREX DERIVATIVES3
EXCHANGES CHARGE IN EXCESS OF 10X THE
COST OF PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE4
DERIVATIVES USAGE AS A % OF GDP IS
OVER 40X HIGHER IN DEVELOPED VS
EMERGING COUNTRIES1
ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG, LACK OF
MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE, COST OF
TECHNOLOGY, INADEQUATE RISK
MANAGEMENT AND LOW LIQUIDITY ARE
MAJOR OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT
OF DERIVATIVES MARKETS IN AFRICA2
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Vega research using OECD data, accessed June 2020
The Development of Commodity Derivatives Markets in Africa, Bloomberg, July 2016
Discriminatory Pricing of Over the Counter Derivatives; ECB paper, June 2019
Vega research of CME, ICE, Deutsche Börse 2019 annual reports
World Federation of Exchanges and Vega research of 2019 annual reports
Bank for International Settlements
14. VEGA.XYZ
NEW MARKET IDEAS
EMERGING OR
UNDERSERVED
INDUSTRIES
LEGACY MARKETS TYPICALLY LAG EMERGING INDUSTRIES
Ethereum gas futures
Pandemic index options
Sharing economy index futures
Altcoin or low cap equity futures
Data breach options
Battery power futures
EXTEND
DERIVATIVES TO
EXCLUDED
PEOPLE
LEGACY MARKETS HAVE NOT ADAPTED QUICKLY TO GLOBALISATION
OR STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC CHANGES
Equity futures for cross border exposure
Adjusted market sizes to suit SMEs
Carbon futures for retail/SME
Electricity futures for POW miners
Emerging market index futures
Weather derivatives for SMEs
REPACKAGING
RISK
MARKETS ARE EXPENSIVE FOR TARGETED RISK
Balance sheet futures
Altcoin options
Localised pollution markets
Ephemeral markets
Corporate revenue options
RFQ markets for bespoke risks