Regulation of commodity and digital asset derivatives

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What are commodity derivatives?

The global commodities market covers a wide range of products, which are traditionally divided into hard and soft commodities:

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‘soft commodities’—generally refer to harvested products such as wheat, sugar, cocoa, soy beans or corn
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‘hard commodities’—refer to extracted products such as precious or base metals, rubber or energy products such as oil

Global commodities markets work to standard measurements, such as deliverable grades and standard

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