Tag: digital assets

The proprietary multi-asset class digital platform went live with EIB’s second digital bond issuance this week on its private blockchain.  

The solution from MaxxTrader offers OTC FX execution for digital assets and is designed to offer traders a deeper liquidity pool and extended trading hours, reflecting SGX’s ambitions to extend its global FX offering.  

Learn more about the five firms shortlisted for our Editors’ Choice Award for Best Challenger Exchange, a new category for this year: including Archax, FTX, IEX, MEMX and MIAX. 

The TRADE sits down with Toby Norfolk-Thompson, chief investment officer (US & UK) and Omid Zadeh, head of prime sales at digital asset prime broker Matrixport, to discuss the future of institutional crypto trading – where are we now, where are we headed, and what needs to change?  

The regulation details provisions on the supervision, consumer protection and trading of the burgeoning asset type.  

Digital assets are a key theme for this year’s TradeTech FX – and while opinions diverge on their current adoption rate, most believe that convergence with conventional finance is inevitable.  

The latest launches show that the market for institutional crypto trading is expanding – with some players predicting 1,000% growth over the coming year.  

A new survey finds that although institutional crypto trading is on the rise, the fragmented nature of available venues remains a challenge. 

The new hire will hold the position of global head of regulatory affairs and integrity.  

The two firms will work together to create a market structure for digital assets, with the deal coming on the back of President Biden’s recent strategy announcement on crypto regulation.