Please find an overview of all risk disclosures here. We encourage all clients to read these disclosures carefully.
Virtual Asset Risk Disclosure
Virtual Assets investments are more volatile than most other investments and carry therefore a high degree of risk. Investing in Virtual Assets means that you should be aware that you can lose your entire investment.
Market Volatility
Markets in crypto assets are usually more volatile than markets in other assets. This means that the value of your assets may fluctuate significantly as a result of the high volatility in the underlying crypto asset markets, including the possibility that your positions will be liquidated as a result of such volatility.
Complex Instruments Disclosure
Deribit offers customers the opportunity to trade in a variety of derivative products on selected crypto assets. These products include options, options on futures, futures and perpetuals and are considered to be complex and may be difficult to understand. Please note that these products are not suitable for all investors and you should familiarise yourself with how these products work as well as the risks associated with it. You should seek independent advice if required.
Leverage Risk Disclosure
Derivative products such as options, options on futures, futures and perpetuals are leveraged instruments. This means that a price move in the underlying asset can lead to significant gains or significant losses of your position. It is possible that you lose all the assets that you have deposited in your account as a result.
Past performance No Guarantee Disclosure
The past performance of any products, including those of Virtual Assets as well as derivatives on Virtual Assets, is not indicative of the future performance of these products. It is not a guarantee and should not be used as guidance for future results.
Investment Risk Disclosures
Investing in the virtual assets market is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. Investments in virtual assets and products derived from virtual assets such as futures, options and perpetuals may lose a substantial portion or all of their value.
Fraud, manipulation and hack disclosure
Virtual assets may be subject to fraud, manipulation, theft, including through hacks and other targeted schemes and clients may not benefit from legal protections.
Virtual Assets Derivative Risk Disclosure
Derivative products such as options, options on futures, futures and perpetuals are leveraged instruments. This means that a price move in the underlying asset can lead to significant gains or significant losses of your position. It is possible that you lose all the assets that you have deposited in your account as a result.
Virtual Assets investments are more volatile than most other investments and carry therefore a high degree of risk. Investing in Virtual Assets means that you should be aware that you can lose your entire investment.
Irreversibility of virtual asset transfers
You may lose your virtual assets if you withdraw your virtual assets to an incorrect or incomplete wallet address.
Liquidity risk
Virtual assets may not be liquid and you might not be able to buy/sell or open/close positions at the prices you want to.
Public disclosure of deposits and withdrawals
Deposits and withdrawals of virtual assets will be recorded on a public blockchain.