Our marketplace is globally accessible, promotes price discovery and will offer participants the opportunity to trade a variety of Digital Asset products. Our key products include contracts based on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Our derivative products will provide participants with a means for managing risks associated with changes in the prices of these assets, asset allocation, ensuring physical delivery of select Digital Asset products, speculation and arbitrage. Due to the fact that both long and short positions are mostly closed prior to delivery date, the majority of our trading volume will be financially settled, meaning that settlement is made through cash payments based on the value of the underlying digital asset, rather than through physical delivery of the asset itself.

We will initially operate our business in two distinct markets: futures markets and market data markets. As ADE position in the market matures, exchange technology will open another revenue stream for ADE through SaaS platform offering. Futures markets offer trading in standardized derivative contracts on a regulated exchange including contracts that provide for the physical delivery of an underlying commodity and contracts that provide for financial settlement based on the prices of underlying assets. All futures contracts are cleared through a decentralised clearing mechanism Clear Chain. ADE will never take proprietary positions in digital asset derivatives or other financial instruments.

By using ADEs trading venue, in contrast to alternate means of execution, market participants will be able to trade larger size and achieve cost efficiencies through greater transparency and process integration.

In addition to trade execution, ADEs electronic platform offers a comprehensive suite of trading-related services, including electronic trade confirmation, access to clearing services and risk management functionality. ADE trading-related services are designed to support the trading operations of participants. Through ADEs electronic platform, we are able to facilitate straight-through processing of trades, and to provide seamless integration of front-, back- and mid-office trading activities. We also offer a variety of market data services for distributors and end users.