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Every press release, blog post, and education article — in chronological order, newest first.
Intercommodity Spreads, From Crack to Compute
As AI Exchange prepares to list GPU rental price futures, spreads between compute and related commodities become tradeable. A tour of intercommodity spreads — crack, crush, spark — and why compute is the natural next link in the chain.
ReadRegulated entities in the U.S. futures markets
A quick tour of the four regulated pillars of the U.S. futures markets — the Introducing Broker, Futures Commission Merchant, Designated Contract Market, and Derivatives Clearing Organization — how they fit together, and where Architect's AI Exchange fits in.
ReadWhat GPU Compute Price Data is Revealing
Compute Desk's daily GPU rental data shows Nvidia H100, H200, B200, and B300 chips all bottomed out within a two-to-three-month window in late 2025 — and have rallied since. A look at what the market-wide swing reveals about AI compute pricing.
ReadArchitect Financial Technologies' Perpetual Futures Exchange Expands Access to Individual Investors and Omnibus Brokerage Accounts Following Regulatory Approval
The Bermuda Monetary Authority approved Architect Bermuda Ltd to broaden access to AX's regulated 23/7 perpetual futures on traditional asset classes to eligible individual investors and omnibus brokerage accounts.
ReadHow AI Labs Can Leverage Futures Contracts for Risk Management and Price Discovery
AI labs face volatile GPU rental prices. Here's how U.S. regulated futures can lock in compute costs, provide transparent price discovery, and free up cash for R&D — and how AI Exchange's new market fits in.
ReadCompute Options: The Next Frontier for the AI Industry
How compute buyers and sellers can use options — covered calls and cash-secured puts — to manage GPU price volatility, generate income, and hedge exposure in the emerging compute derivatives market.
ReadCash-Settled Compute Futures: Mechanics of a Neocloud Short Hedge
A fully-worked numerical example of a neocloud operator using cash-settled H100 compute futures to hedge forward GPU capacity — from position sizing through daily mark-to-market to final cash settlement.
ReadArchitect Financial Technologies Partners with Compute Desk to Launch Exchange-for-Physical Market for GPU Compute
A partnership with Compute Desk to launch ComputeConnect — the US financial industry's first compute exchange-for-physical (EFP) network, linking CFTC-regulated compute derivatives to physical GPU capacity delivery.
ReadThe Race to List Compute Futures ETFs
Six issuers have filed to launch ETFs tracking GPU compute futures — before the underlying contracts even trade. How these funds work, the five ways to build a compute basket, and who they're for.
ReadHow to turn compute into a financial asset
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ReadAccessing Perpetual Futures Markets: On-Chain vs Off-Chain Solutions
The two structurally distinct ways to access perpetual futures markets — and how custody, transparency, latency, and regulation differ between each.
ReadUnderstanding Derivatives: Futures, Options, Swaps & Perpetuals
The key features and differences between the four core derivatives instruments — and which is most appropriate for you.
ReadAccessing Compute Markets: Perpetuals vs Futures
The two structures for accessing the new compute markets — traditional futures and perpetual futures — and who each is for.
ReadThe New Power Markets: Compute Futures
How Compute Futures turn GPU hours into a hedgeable commodity, built on the same market infrastructure as oil, gas, and electricity.
ReadArchitect to Launch U.S. Futures Exchange for Compute and AI Commodities Following DCM Acquisition
After acquiring a U.S. Designated Contract Market, Architect will launch the American Innovation Exchange — the first CFTC-regulated venue for futures and options on compute costs and other AI supply-chain inputs.
ReadArchitect Set to Launch US-Listed Compute Futures in Challenge to CME
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ReadThe future of AI is an AI futures market
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ReadWhy Perps Won — and Why They Belong Onshore
Perpetual futures became the default way the world trades crypto. Here's the product design that got them there, and why the next chapter is regulated.
ReadArchitect Partners with MarketVector Indexes to Launch Interest Rate Perpetual Futures on AX
A partnership with MarketVector Indexes to launch the financial industry's first exchange-traded perpetual futures on interest rate benchmarks, listed on AX.
ReadArchitect Partners with Compute Index Provider Ornn to Launch Exchange-Traded Futures on GPU and RAM Prices
In partnership with index provider Ornn, AX will launch the industry's first exchange-traded futures on compute — tracking daily GPU rental and DRAM prices, pending regulatory approval.
ReadFormer FTX US president Brett Harrison's Architect expands crypto-style perpetual futures into AI compute markets
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ReadArchitect Financial Technologies Reports $35M Series A To Scale Perpetual Futures Exchange AX
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ReadFormer FTX US Head Raises $35 Million for New Exchange
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ReadArchitect Financial Technologies Raises $35M in Series A Round to Scale Perpetual Futures Exchange AX
A $35M strategic Series A anchored by Miami International Holdings and Tioga Capital — with Galaxy Ventures, ARK Invest, VanEck, and others — to scale the AX perpetual futures exchange.
ReadFormer FTX US president raises $35 million for traditional-asset perpetuals exchange: The Information
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ReadFormer FTX US president Brett Harrison's Architect launches regulated exchange to bring crypto-style perpetual futures to traditional assets
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ReadArchitect Financial Technologies Launches AX, Global Regulated Exchange for Perpetual Futures on Traditional Financial Assets
AX launches as the first regulated exchange for perpetual futures on traditional assets — currencies, rates, equities, metals, energy, and more — operated under Bermuda Monetary Authority licensure.
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