UK-based crypto lending and liquidity supplier B2C2 is teaming up with SFOX, a number one U.S. crypto firm serving institutional traders, in accor
UK-based crypto lending and liquidity supplier B2C2 is teaming up with SFOX, a number one U.S. crypto firm serving institutional traders, in accordance with a Feb. 12 press launch.
This partnership is geared toward letting SFOX purchasers (together with asset managers, household workplaces and excessive internet value people) entry B2C2’s massive liquidity swimming pools and better-priced over-the-counter (OTC) markets although a single level of entry.
Danny Kim, head of development at SFOX, stated:
“We’re delighted to accomplice with B2C2, the most important OTC liquidity supplier whose streaming pricing and digital buying and selling capabilities are relied on by institutional market members globally. SFOX purchasers will now profit from a brand new supply of OTC liquidity coupled with larger worth discovery.”
Max Boonen, founder and CEO of B2C2, stated:
“Our partnership permits a broader set of market members to entry B2C2’s real-time OTC pricing and deep two-way markets. Very similar to the FX markets that are nearly completely OTC, the digital asset class is more and more buying and selling off-exchange, leading to tighter spreads and deeper liquidity.”
B2C2 is the primary OTC buying and selling venue to be added to the SFOX platform. Management at each platforms believe that cryptocurrency OTC markets have gained market share from conventional exchanges over the previous three years. A report by Aite Group1 predicted that OTC exercise would quickly account for almost all of cryptocurrency buying and selling quantity.
Cointelegraph reported that latest information from Tabb Group shows that the share of United States equities traded off-exchange elevated from 34.7% in December 2018 to 38.6% in April 2019. This pattern can be being mirrored in Europe, the place off-exchange buying and selling accounted for 9.6% of all on-exchange exercise for a similar interval.