Crypto Finance, part of Deutsche Börse Group, is enhancing institutional access to digital asset markets through an integration with Talos, the provider of institutional trading and portfolio technology for digital assets.
This collaboration allows banks, brokers, and other financial institutions to seamlessly connect to Crypto Finance’s robust liquidity “via the Talos platform, helping to ensure best execution and regulatory alignment.”
In January 2025, Crypto Finance became one of the “first” companies in Europe to receive a MiCAR license, “reinforcing its commitment to delivering regulatory security and efficiency to institutional investors.”
As a partner for institutional clients, Crypto Finance AG now provides Talos users with pricing across a range of digital assets.
Talos offers institutional clients trading solutions, including “smart order routing, algorithmic execution, and access to various liquidity venues for spot and derivatives, including DeFi exchanges, OTC desks, and derivatives exchanges.”
This integration strengthens the connection between traditional finance (TradFi) and digital assets by offering institutions “access to a growing market in compliance with regulatory standards.”
Daniel Packham, VP and Head of EMEA Operations said:
“Our integration with Crypto Finance enhances our capacity to offer Talos’s clients access to liquidity sources that are compliant with local regulations such as MiCA in Europe. By connecting Crypto Finance’s liquidity to the Talos platform, we are further empowering our clients to meet their best execution obligations.”
Mike Schwitalla, Head of Clients and Market Access at Crypto Finance AG said:
“By integrating with Talos, we are enhancing our ability to provide institutional clients with superior liquidity, competitive pricing, and a fully regulated environment, ensuring both security and compliance within the rapidly evolving digital asset market.”
This integration sets a benchmark for professional digital asset trading, offering institutional market participants “a regulated, cost-efficient, and high-performance trading solution.”
With the MiCAR license granted to Crypto Finance AG in January 2025, institutional investors are “assured of regulatory security and operational efficiency, paving the way for a secure and transparent market infrastructure for digital assets.”
As noted in the update, Crypto Finance Group, part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides “professional digital asset solutions to institutional clients.”
The Group comprises Crypto Finance AG, “regulated by FINMA in Switzerland, which offers trading, custody, and wallet services, as well as Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, regulated by BaFin in Germany, which offers trading and custody.”
As of 25 January 2025 Crypto Finance secured a MiCAR License for the European Market as one of the “first Providers in the EU.”
Crypto Finance AG is a SIX approved “crypto custodian for ETP issuers.”
As mentioned in the announcement, Talos provides institutional-grade technology that supports the full “digital asset investment lifecycle, including liquidity sourcing, price discovery, trading, settlement and portfolio management.”
Engineered by a team with experience building institutional trading and portfolio systems, the Talos platform connects institutions t”o key providers in the digital asset ecosystem – exchanges, OTC desks, prime brokers, lenders, custodians, and more – through a single interface.”
Talos offers software-as-a-service products that “provide connectivity tools for institutional clients.”
As clarified in the update, Talos does not provide clients “with any pre-negotiated arrangements with liquidity providers or other parties.”
Clients are required to independently “negotiate arrangements with liquidity providers and other parties bilaterally.”
Talos is not party to any of these arrangements.
Services and venues may “not be available in all jurisdictions.”