Alexia Theodorou, Kraken Futures Product Lead, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the role of derivatives in the crypto markets and futures in particular.

Here is what they covered:

• Why join Kraken Futures?

• What’s the problem you are solving at Kraken Futures, and why is it worth solving? What’s your focus?

• Who are your key clients?

• How secure is trading at Kraken Futures?

• Why are derivatives traded so much? Why are they so important to the centralized market and why are they relevant/used to crypto?

• How big is the crypto derivatives market vs. underlying and how it compares to traditional markets

• Who are the key crypto derivates players? Do you need ‘market makers’ or their equivalent?

• You launched MCFs (multi-collateral futures) – what’s their benefit vs. other derivatives on crypto?

• How do you see the crypto markets this year? Why we have seen such a correlation with traditional public markets this year?

• What’s your technology angle, or do you have more brilliant engineers than other players?

• Recommended reading list: see below

• The best way to reach out and find out more about Kraken Futures

Alexia's reading list:

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin

• https://twitter.com/cobie

• https://twitter.com/hsakatrades

• https://twitter.com/jespow

• https://twitter.com/sbf_ftx

• https://twitter.com/AlamedaTrabucco

• https://twitter.com/barrysilbert

and a few good internet articles/videos:

• Why Decentralization Matters

• The Meaning of Decentralization

• But how does bitcoin actually work?

• An Introduction to Crypto

• Decrypting Crypto: From Bitcoin and Blockchain to ICOs