Structured products are complex by design. So I called up Yin Shen to help me understand how they work. I am a uh reporter on the equities team.So I cover arbitrage trades and all things complex. Structured products, also known as notes, are designed to combine the rewards of investing in stocks with the security of investing in bonds. It's a hybrid instrument.So it is a bond with an option twist. Part of the product functions a lot like investing in a bond. You're supposed to get fixed returns over time, b ...

RT Ash Crypto (@Ashcryptoreal)🇺🇸 US STOCKS are exploding to new all-time highs. Meanwhile, Bitcoin can’t even break above $117K.This isn’t about “weak demand.” It’s about manipulation by market makers and exchanges. Let’s break it down 👇1/ In the early days, Bitcoin’s price was mostly spot-driven.Buyers purchased coins → supply got absorbed → price went higher.Simple demand vs. supply.Today, things are very different.2/ Enter futures and derivatives.Exchanges realized that creating synthetic BTC (contracts) ...

🇺🇸 US STOCKS are exploding to new all-time highs. Meanwhile, Bitcoin can’t even break above $117K.This isn’t about “weak demand.” It’s about manipulation by market makers and exchanges. Let’s break it down 👇1/ In the early days, Bitcoin’s price was mostly spot-driven.Buyers purchased coins → supply got absorbed → price went higher.Simple demand vs. supply.Today, things are very different.2/ Enter futures and derivatives.Exchanges realized that creating synthetic BTC (contracts) is far more profitable than a ...

Blockchain Adoption by Ford - Ford believes blockchains need to sustain global capital markets demand over the next 5 years [1] - Ford is evaluating whether blockchains can handle the total daily transaction volume of global capital markets [1] Global Capital Market Transaction Volume - Total daily transaction volume in global capital markets ranges from approximately 400 million to 700 million, with peaks near 1 billion [1] - Equities account for 120 million to 150 million trades per day [3] - Bonds account for 8 million to 10 million trades per day [3] - Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) account for over 1 million trades per day [3] - Derivatives account for 60 million to 100 million contracts per day [3] - Foreign exchange (FX) accounts for 250 million to 500 million transactions per day [3] Solana's Capacity - Solana currently handles 65,000 transactions per second (TPS) with sub-second finality [2] - Solana has a capacity of over 56 billion transactions per day [2] - Solana's capacity is sufficient to settle all global capital market flows currently [2]

Core Insights - Coffee Holding Co., Inc. reported net sales of $23.9 million for the fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2025, a 27% increase from $18.8 million in the same period of 2024, but faced a net loss of $1.19 million due to a $2.2 million negative impact from derivative positions [1][2][9] Financial Performance - The company experienced a significant increase in net sales, rising from $18.8 million to $23.9 million, marking a 27% growth year-over-year [1] - Despite the sales growth, the company reported a net loss of $1.19 million, primarily attributed to the negative impact of derivatives [1][9] - The coffee market faced challenges, with prices dropping by $1.25 during the quarter due to tariffs and uncertainties surrounding Brazil's harvest [2] Market Conditions - Coffee prices have recently resumed an upward trend, approaching historic highs, which is expected to secure inventory positions through the end of 2025 [3] - The company anticipates a reversal of unrealized losses on derivatives in the fourth quarter, potentially boosting profits and supporting a previously announced dividend [4] Strategic Initiatives - The acquisition of Second Empire has shown early profitability, and the company expects it to contribute positively to earnings moving forward [5] - The company increased its borrowing to build inventories in anticipation of tariffs, which helped mitigate the impact of declining coffee prices on competitors [6] - Coffee Holding maintained its price increases without passing additional costs from tariffs onto customers, resulting in minimal impact during the quarter [7] Future Outlook - As the company depletes its "tariff-free" inventories, it may need to implement price increases for wholesale and retail customers to maintain margins, a practice that has become normalized in the industry [8] - Despite the disappointing earnings this quarter, the company remains optimistic about future performance, citing a promising outlook for the fourth quarter and beyond [9]

Derivatives Overview - Chinese snowball derivatives are gaining popularity [1] - The report explores the nature of these derivatives [1] - The report analyzes the potential consequences when these derivatives "melt" (experience losses) [1]

Investors with less appetite for outright bets are looking to niche corners of the derivatives space to wager on one market against another https://t.co/ALOEaAKrVH ...

China’s wealthy are once again pouring money into “snowball” derivatives for juicier returns, a year after the regulator curbed the product that was blamed for exacerbating a stock rout https://t.co/BuH4yXkVnj ...

WLFI derivatives volume jumps 400% ahead of World Liberty's first token unlock on Monday https://t.co/V1gQHItCvu ...

While Chinese stocks traded in Hong Kong climbed for a fourth straight month, derivatives wagers show investors are skeptical about the market. https://t.co/aGDdJoOjpB ...