DeLive sees record-high options trading… Alea Research: "Amid growth, fee rates and valuation remain challenges"
Original headline디라이브, 사상 최대 옵션 거래…알레아 리서치 “성장세 속 수수료율·가치평가 과제”
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Derive (DRV) posted record options volume in Q3 2026, with notional trading value reaching $7.45 billion, 6.3 times the year-earlier level and up 89% quarter over quarter, surpassing its full-year 2025 volume of $5.43 billion. The protocol expanded its Ethereum-based settlement system and token buybacks, and its volume ratio versus Deribit rose to 3.9% from 0.3% a year earlier. Alea Research's October 28 report flags a declining fee rate per dollar of volume and a token price that has outpaced fundamentals as key concerns for growth durability and valuation. Watch whether fee monetization stabilizes as volumes scale and whether DRV's valuation converges with operating performance.
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