This special issue accompanies the 2025 Derivative Markets Conference, an established academic event held in Queenstown, New Zealand. The issue seeks high-quality research papers that address cutting-edge developments in quantitative finance, particularly those presented at the conference.
The special issue aims to publish innovative research on emerging topics including digital currencies, decentralized finance, and machine learning applications in financial modeling. The editors welcome contributions spanning derivatives modeling, high-frequency trading, cryptocurrency markets, and advanced mathematical finance methods from scholars working in quantitative finance research.