Tagged: prime brokerage

Clear Street Expands its Asset Class Capabilities to Include Fixed-Income Securities

At Clear Street, they’re enabling a technology-first experience for prime brokerage via their  cloud-based platform. In 2019, Clear Street began servicing prime brokerage clients in U.S. equities and options “on their proprietary clearing, settlement, and custody platform.” Since then, Clear Street have reportedly “added execution,… Read More

Digital Assets: FalconX, CF Benchmarks to Create Institutional-Grade Derivatives Contracts

FalconX, which claims to be the most reliable digital assets prime brokerage for the world’s leading institutions, is releasing the only crypto derivatives offered by a CFTC-regulated swaps dealer. These contracts are settled “against indices administered by CF Benchmarks, the FCA regulated cryptocurrency index provider.”… Read More

Digital Assets Platform FalconX Expands Business Operations to Singapore

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FalconX, which claims to be the “most reliable” digital assets prime brokerage for the world’s leading institutions, announced expansion of its services into Singapore. Matt Long has “joined FalconX as General Manager and Ave King as Chief Compliance Officer, both based in Singapore.” Alongside these… Read More

Prime Broker Hidden Road Gains FCA Registration as Digital Asset Firm

Hidden Road is reporting that it has been granted registration as a digital asset firm in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This enables Hidden Road to offer products in spot and derivatives of FX and digital assets. Hidden Road says it is… Read More

Digital Asset Prime Broker Floating Point Group Hires Former JPMorgan Exec

Floating Point Group (FPG), a cryptocurrency prime brokerage with an institutional trading desk and settlement platform, has appointed Peter Eliades, former J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo banking executive “as Head of Distribution.” Eliades joins “a predominately technical and crypto-native leadership team.” With over two decades… Read More

Genesis Q2: Crypto Lending Drops 9%, OTC Trading Jumps 51%

Digital asset prime brokerage Genesis has published its Q2 report sharing some interesting insight into crypto markets. According to Genesis, crypto lending declined while OTC trading rocketed higher. Genesis shares: The lending desk originated $40.4 billion in new loans, a decline of 9% from the… Read More

BEQUANT Introduces DeFi Platform for Institutional Clients

BEQUANT, the digital asset prime brokerage and exchange, is pleased to announce DeFi access for institutional clients, “realized through its recent integration with Fireblocks.” Clients will be able “to cross-margin between centralized and decentralized exchanges, making arbitrage trading more efficient.” DeFi marketplaces will be “fully… Read More

Genesis Publishes Q4 Report on Digital Assets: Crypto Lending Tops $50 Billion

Digital asset prime brokerage Genesis published a report on Q4 operations this week. Genesis serves institutional investors and select accredited investors with assets of $10 million or more. According to Genesis, Q4 2021 was its stronger quarter ever with approximately $102 billion in transactional volume…. Read More

Bosonic Tackles Counterparty Credit, Settlement Risk in Digital Asset Markets

  Bosonic’s layer 2 blockchain infrastructure will be a clear player in digital asset markets because it addresses the key issues of counterparty credit and settlement risk, founder and CEO Rosario Ingargiola said. The company draws from Ingargiola’s two decades of experience with building algorithmic,… Read More

UK Digital Asset Solution BeQuant Teams Up With OKEx to Launch Prime Brokerage Platform

BeQuant, a UK-based retail and institutional multi-exchange trading platform, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with cryptocurrency platform to launch its prime brokerage platform. Founded in 2007, BeQuant reported that its products include prime brokerage, custody, fund administration enhanced by an institutional trading… Read More

NGC Ventures Invests in Troy Network, a Protocol for Crypto Trading and Settlement

NGC Ventures, a crypto fund of one of a leading blockchain investment firm, has announced a strategic investment in crypto brokerage Troy Network. In a release, NGC said it led the multimillion-dollar investment with BlockVC. Troy Trade, part of the Troy Network, is a global… Read More

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