DCN - Derivatives Clearing Network worked through a third clearing default over the past two weeks.
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For fifteen years, a clearing default had two endings: spread the loss across the survivors, or let it cascade. Over the past two weeks, the founders worked through a th…
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DCN - Derivatives Clearing Network
Institutional-grade clearing infrastructure for digital asset derivatives. TradFi protection for crypto markets.
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- George Town, KY
- Company size
- 2–10 employees
About DCN - Derivatives Clearing Network
Every major derivatives market in the world has a clearinghouse. Except crypto. When the October 10th, 2025 crash wiped out $2B+ in hours, there was no safety net — no central counterparty to absorb losses, no margin framework to contain risk, no netting to reduce exposure. Winners paid for losers' mistakes, and the entire market felt the impact. DCN is building the clearing infrastructure that crypto is missing. We're the first institutional-grade clearinghouse purpose-built for digital asset derivatives, starting with crypto futures and expanding into OTC/FX, interest rate swaps, and exchange-traded derivatives. Our technology includes a next-generation risk engine, multi-asset collateral layer, and a securitization framework that transforms counterparty risk into tradeable, rated notes — the same principle that protects trillions in traditional markets. Our team brings decades of experience from the institutions that built modern clearing: → A former CFTC Chairman serves as our regulatory advisor → Our co-founder created the global collateral standard used across major clearinghouses → Our technical co-founder holds clearing patents and has 25+ years in derivatives infrastructure → Active pilots underway with Top 5 global banks DCN is headquartered in the Cayman Islands with regulatory strategy overseen by Milbank and Allen & Overy Shearman.
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