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title: Be Wary of Crypto Derivatives Coming to a Project near You | Arca
description: Financial derivatives allow a person to do something indirectly that a person cannot or does not want to do directly. This is known as synthetic exposure.
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# [Be Wary of Crypto Derivatives Coming to a Project near You | Arca](https://www.ar.ca/blog/be-wary-of-crypto-derivatives-coming-to-a-project-near-you)

 Written by [Phil Liu](https://www.ar.ca/blog/author/phil-liu) | Apr 2, 2019

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