Stellar Futures - Product Overview
Understanding Stellar futures
As the digital economy expands, the demand for efficient, low-cost international transactions has grown. Stellar is a blockchain platform engineered to interface between traditional financial systems and cryptocurrencies, with a specific focus on cross-border payments.
We provide a regulated pathway for those seeking exposure to this ecosystem through cash-settled Stellar futures. These contracts offer price discovery and risk management tools within a transparent market environment.
What is Stellar?
Stellar is a payment network designed to facilitate global financial transfers. While traditional cross-border payments may require several days to settle and involve various fees, the Stellar network enables settlement in a significantly shorter timeframe.
At the heart of this network is Lumens (XLM), the native cryptocurrency. Lumens acts as a "bridge currency," facilitating the conversion between different fiat currencies and digital assets. This technology supports various use cases, including individual remittances, enterprise payouts and the underlying infrastructure for regulated stablecoins. Stellar’s utility has led to its integration by various financial institutions and global payment providers.
Scaled exposure: Standard and Micro Stellar futures
To provide flexibility for varying strategy requirements and capital allocations, we offer Stellar futures in two sizes. These regulated contracts allow market participants to manage risk and gain synthetic exposure with capital efficiency.
| Product | Stellar futures | Micro Stellar futures |
| Contract size | 250,000 Lumens | 12,500 Lumens |
| Settlement | Cash settled | Cash settled |
Benefits of Stellar futures
Stellar futures serve as a regulated tool for navigating the digital asset market. By using these contracts, traders can gain exposure to cross-border payment infrastructure or hedge existing positions within the Stellar ecosystem to manage price volatility. Furthermore, these futures allow for the diversification of a cryptocurrency portfolio, offering a pathway to manage the underlying cryptocurrency's risk within a regulated exchange framework while using the standard features of futures contracts.