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      Institutional Market Insights: Liquidity

      Access institutional insights, expert interviews, company spotlights and deep-dive analysis on market structures.

      Image for: The Definitive Guide to Token Listing & Liquidity Generation

      Generating and sustaining liquidity requires a strategic approach across centralized exchanges, decentralized pools, and market-making relationships. This guide covers every stage of the process for crypto projects.

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      Image for: Talking B2B Liquidity and Crypto With Andrey Stoychev, CEO of VS Capital

      In this conversation with Andrey Stoychev, CEO of VS Capital, we discuss why broker crypto often fails in real markets and how VS Capital has built award winning crypto liquidity that holds up under pressure. It breaks down multi-source pricing across exchanges, market makers and OTC desks, access to stronger exchange tiers, dedicated CFD redistribution streams, and a risk managed layer designed to plug gaps and keep top of book depth stable through volatility and weekends. Ideal reading for brokers and liquidity teams comparing crypto CFD liquidity providers and trying to understand the true all in cost, execution quality, and the role of regulated brokers versus unregulated perpetual futures venues.

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      Image for: How Tier 1 Providers Shape Institutional Forex Liquidity

      At the top of the FX liquidity hierarchy sit Tier 1 banks, the institutions that set interbank rates and define the depth of the global forex market. This article explains how they operate, how their pricing flows down to retail brokers, and what it means for execution quality at every level.

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      Image for: What Exchanges Must Do to Win Institutional Crypto – Insights from Gold-i’s Tom Higgins

      Gold-i CEO Tom Higgins explains why most crypto exchanges are still retail-first and what must change to win institutional flow — including FIX support, independent custody, predictable liquidity, and pricing models that reward aggregator-driven volume.

      BySam Low

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      Image for: How Sika's New FX Platform Simplifies Emerging Market FX Order Matching

      Discover how SIKA’s CCP-based FX platform streamlines EM FX order matching and settlement, reduces credit risk and prepares banks and brokers for stablecoin rails.

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      Image for: Tokenised Money Market Funds

      Why buy-side and sell-side firms are turning to tokenised collateral for efficient liquidity management.

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      Image for: Inside GCC Brokers: How Youssef Bouz Built a 100% A-Book Brokerage on Trust, Technology and Client Alignment

      Discover how GCC Brokers built a 100% A-Book brokerage model focused on trust, transparency, and technology. Inside their execution, regulation strategy and client alignment.

      BySam Low

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      Image for: Innovation In Money Markets

      Money Markets are a cornerstone of day-to-day cash aka liquidity management for both financial institutions and corporate treasuries; we need those instruments to fine tune what we do. And things are changing post the “run-on-the-bank 21st century version” which hit Silicon Valley Bank & Credit Suisse. So, understanding what is changing helps us make the most out of the necessity of optimising what we do around cash management. To gain some insight on the latest market developments, I spoke to Hugh MacMillen from iIxNotes. Hugh is a long-time Money Markets guy who has a passion for developing new products and marketplaces.

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      Image for: Understanding Liquidity Traps

      How zero interest rates and economic stagnation create liquidity traps in financial markets.

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      Image for: Best Crypto Derivatives Exchanges

      A curated list of the top exchanges for trading crypto futures, options, and perpetual swaps.

      ByGeri Mileva

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      Image for: Who Uses LiquidityFinder?

      We thought it would be of interest to the members of LiquidityFinder to let our users know what company they keep, and the analysis of our user base has revealed some interesting insights into the community we've built together.

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      Image for: Managing Liquidity - Olaf Ransome

      Whether you are in FX, equities, or even crypto, you have to settle trades and make payments. That world is complex and fragmented. And the complexity keeps growing as we add new forms of future money: Stablecoins, tokenised deposits, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and e-money. All of those are niches which we have to manage. This article focuses on how you can fine tune your processes to best manage the scarce resource that is intraday liquidity.

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      Image for: How to choose a liquidity provider

      Choosing a liquidity provider can be difficult - there is a lot of choice these days! LiquidityFinder is your tool to ensure that you are matched with the best possible liquidity provider to help your trading business succeed.

      BySam Low

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      Image for: What are the best DEXs in 2024?

      There are multiple DEXs available, but which one is the best in 2024? Here are six of the best DEXs available and the benefits of each one.

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      Image for: Balancer (BAL) Protocol Guide

      A deep dive into the Balancer protocol, automated portfolio management, and liquidity provision.

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      Image for: Liquidity and Interoperability - Olaf Ransome

      Recently, something of real note happened. Berlin Hyp issued a native digital bond and settled it with “old fashioned” money in Target 2, the Euro Systems payment platform. Interoperability was the magic ingredient in this transaction. Wonderful progress. I like to say that interoperability enables connectivity between the three key parts of tomorrow’s infrastructure, which I have dubbed the Holy Trinity: Marketplaces, Asset Custody and the Means of Payment.

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      Image for: What is Bancor and how does it work?

      Bancor is a blockchain protocol which acts as a decentralised liquidity network, supporting other protocols such as CarbonDeFi. Here’s how the platform works.

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      Image for: Understanding the Concept of Slippage in Trading

      Slippage is an issue for large parts of the FX markets, and is often exacerbated by last look trading practices. But what can traders do to avoid it?

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      Retail futures trading leader NinjaTrader Group has appointed Mark Omens as Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy, bringing a 25-year veteran of derivatives marketplace CME Group into a newly created role focused on exchange partnerships and enterprise growth.

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      BitDelta Securities Financial Services LLC (“BitDelta Securities”) today announced that it has received full regulatory approval from the Capital Market Authority (“CMA”) of the United Arab Emirates under the Category 5 — Arrangement and Advice license framework (License No. 20200000439). The approval follows the firm's receipt of In-Principal Approval earlier this year and represents the successful conclusion of the CMA's full licensing process, including the satisfaction of capital requirements, governance appointments, and operational setup.

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      Crypto.com has received a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities, valuing the firm at $20 billion. It marks the first institutional funding round in the company's history, aimed at accelerating its expansion into tokenised securities, derivatives and other asset classes.

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      WTI’s pullback into $79–82 is the first major test of the bullish Elliott Wave count, with buyers targeting a renewed break above $85.

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      BitDelta Securities has secured a full CMA Category 5 licence in the UAE and opened a regulated office in Business Bay, Dubai. The firm operates as an introducing broker, connecting investors with licensed international brokers across multiple asset classes, with CEO Dr. Demetrios Zamboglou commenting on the milestone.

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      Index volatility is asleep while single stocks fight it out underneath, credit refuses to confirm the equity rally, and a bare macro calendar hands next week to oil.

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      Digital assets and FX brokerage GC Exchange FZE (GCEX) has appointed Mohammed A. Mulla as a Board Member of its Dubai-based entity, part of the wider GCEX Group.

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