Finery Markets, Sage Capital Management, Gold-i Unite for OTC Crypto “Liquidity Highway”
Finery Markets, a leading provider of non-custodial ECN and SaaS trading answers, has expanded its collaboration with Sage Capital Management and Gold-i to create a unified institutional infrastructure for over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading. The three-way partnership consolidates fragmented markets into a seamless “liquidity highway,” enabling institutions to access deep, regulated crypto liquidity and advanced prime broker services across more than 200 assets.
Through this partnership, institutional clients—including OTC desks, brokers, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms—gain access to a multi-layered, end-to-end ecosystem combining Finery Markets’ ECN infrastructure, Sage Capital’s prime brokerage capabilities, and Gold-i’s connectivity answers. The integrated framework delivers a fully compliant, high-performance network for institutional crypto trading—offering reduced operational complexity and near-instant access to global liquidity.
“Through this collaborative effort, we achieve three major goals: improving liquidity access, reducing operational complexity, and adhering to regulatory compliance,” said Konstantin Shulga, CEO of Finery Markets. “Our unified, always-on institutional infrastructure removes the engineering burden from institutions, allowing them to focus entirely on efficiency.”
Takeaway
Under the new framework, Finery Markets’ clients gain direct access to Sage Capital Management’s digital prime brokerage services through a single API. This integration includes cross-venue margining, lending up to 10x leverage, and and real-time pricing across 200+ assets. Meanwhile, Gold-i enhances the ecosystem with its flexible connectivity layer, seamlessly integrating its MatrixNET platform—renowned for connecting over 80 liquidity providers and 35 crypto platforms.
By combining these technologies, the partnership eliminates the need for institutions to juggle multiple vendor relationships or manage complex point-to-point integrations. The resulting environment delivers millisecond-level execution precision, 24/7 uptime, and enhanced capital efficiency—key requirements for today’s professional digital asset traders.
“Institutions need more than access; they need depth, reliability, and secureguards,” said Nathan Sage, CEO and Founder of Sage Capital Management. “Through this partnership, we’re providing Finery Markets clients deep liquidity, competitive spreads, and prime broker services within a regulated and insured framework, ensuring consistent execution and institutional-grade protection.”
Takeaway
Tom Higgins, Founder and CEO of Gold-i, emphasized the strategic value of the partnership: “This collaboration strengthens Gold-i’s role in digital asset infrastructure. Connecting Finery Markets and Sage Capital Management creates a robust bridge for institutional access to crypto liquidity and enhances our clients’ ability to manage risk and execution.”
The joint answer delivers quote-stream execution, request-for-quote (RFQ) functionality, and order book trading through a unified orchestration layer. Clients benefit from 24/7 regulated counterparties and an operationally light model that reduces friction across trading, settlement, and connectivity. For financial institutions viewking compliant, scalable entry points into digital assets, the network provides a single, high-performance gateway.
The partnership also reinforces Finery Markets’ broader mission to drive institutional adoption through technology standardization. As one of the first SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 certified crypto ECNs, Finery Markets continues to set benchmarks for transparency and operational resilience in the institutional crypto ecosystem.
Takeaway
This three-way collaboration comes amid surging institutional demand for reliable, integrated . As traditional and crypto-native markets converge, the need for modular, regulated, and scalable infrastructure has never been more pressing. The combined expertise of Finery Markets, Sage Capital Management, and Gold-i addresses this challenge—ushering in a new era of efficient, compliant liquidity management for the .
By consolidating access to liquidity, prime brokerage, and connectivity within a single framework, the “institutional liquidity highway” sets a precedent for how infrastructure providers can work together to modernize at scale.
