
Hidden Road Is Ready for Prime Time
Hidden Road announced the launch of its over-the-counter (OTC) prime brokerage for digital assets for US and international counterparties.
Hidden Road’s credit network facilitates OTC trading between market participants, with trades executed bilaterally between counterparties and intermediated by Hidden Road as the credit counterparty.
For banks or other institutions that can’t hold digital assets directly, the firm allows them to post dollars as collateral in a “tri-party” setup with a custodian and receive profits and losses in dollars. Clients can trade with exchanges as well as liquidity providers including Virtu Financial Inc., Optiver BV and Wintermute Trading Ltd.
Founded in 2018 by Marc Asch, formerly with Steven Cohen’s hedge fund SAC Capital and Point72 Asset Management, Hidden Road completed a $50 million funding round in July that included Citadel Securities, as well as the investment arms of cryptocurrency exchanges FTX Trading Ltd. and Coinbase Global Inc.
The firm has plans to expand its service offering further with the addition of futures and options clearing. The goal is to allow hedge funds and proprietary trading firms to lower borrowing costs for trading strategies by netting credit risk and positions across asset classes.
