Why Wall Street Suddenly Needs Perpetual Futures

FalconX Head of Derivatives Griffin Sears joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to break down the evolution of perpetual futures. He explains why billions flowed into oil perps on a weekend during the Middle East conflict, what institutional players are actually asking for, and why crypto infrastructure may be winning the 24/7 trading race against traditional exchanges. - Timecodes: 00:00 - FalconX's Griffin Sears Joins CoinDesk 00:26 - What Are Perpetual Futures? 01:59 - How a Weekend Oil Trade Put Wall Street on Notice 03:51 - What Institutional Players Are Asking For 04:38 - Turf War: Crypto Exchanges vs. Incumbents 05:41 - Biggest Friction Ahead: Regulations and Banking Rails - For more of CoinDesk’s Perps Week coverage, visit: https://www.coindesk.com/focus/perps-week-2026. - Watch the full episode of Public Keys: https://youtu.be/6QdWtENU014 #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coindesk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Public Keys: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rqYzRV10nfKfoTpFXZhTE Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE The Policy Protocol: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fh8ffulAWcCqMu0uVuwoj