clearmatics

Clearmatics is a London-based blockchain R&D firm focused on building decentralized financial market infrastructure. Its core offering is Autonity, a Layer-1 blockchain, and the Autonomous Futures Protocol (AFP), a DeFi primitive for creating and trading futures contracts tied to any publicly observable time-series data—such as crypto indices, inflation rates, or even temperature readings.

AFP separates trading from settlement: trading can occur on any venue, while settlement is enforced on-chain via smart contracts that manage collateral and margin. This design addresses a key pain point in existing DeFi derivatives—liquidity fragmentation across isolated platforms. By allowing permissionless listing of futures on arbitrary data feeds and enabling cross-platform trading, AFP aims to create a more open and composable derivatives market.

Regarding the past six months (March–September 2026), no reliable public information is available from the provided sources. The most recent documented activity is from July 2025, when Clearmatics announced AFP and its planned Forecastathon event. No significant negative developments within the last two years were found in the supplied material.