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Post-October 2025 crypto crash, erasing $19B in value amid leverage cascades , hedging tool demand spiked as investors rushed to derivatives for volatility protection
Hedera's enterprise-grade aBFT consensus—delivering 10,000+ TPS, sub-second finality, and $0.001 fees —fuels DeFi hedging apps for real-time options, futures, and RWA tokenization , enabling institutional-scale risk mitigation.
TPS analysis: Hedera sustained no degradation during the crash , averaging ~75 TPS (6.5M daily txns) but peaking >10k, supporting surge in hedging volumes without congestion.