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Hedge funds eye compute futures as brokers prepare for AI derivatives market

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Major commodity brokers are preparing to offer derivatives tied to the cost of computing power used in artificial intelligence, opening a potential new market for hedge funds and institutional traders, according to a report by Bloomberg. ADM Investor Services, BGC Group and Nanhua USA are positioning themselves ahead of potential regulatory approval for compute futures trading in the US, as demand grows for instruments to hedge volatile computing costs and trade price differences between electricity, natural gas and data centre capacity. The emerging market could attract hedge funds seeking ar

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