Digital asset trading infrastructure

A $30bn digital asset fund needed trading infrastructure that could sit across DeFi, CeFi and traditional markets, with compliance reporting attached to the same data as the desk. Smart order routing only works if coin management, treasury and control functions share one model.

GRT led the regulatory alignment and infrastructure build. We defined standardised data models for trade data, coin management, treasury connectivity and compliance reporting, and identified where order management, risk, collateral and compliance workflows could be automated without weakening control.

GRT delivered a trading and data architecture the fund could scale: DeFi, CeFi and TradFi processes on one routing and reporting stack, with downstream control and risk fed from the same trade data as the front office.

From fragmented venue ownership and spreadsheets to one enriched trade spine — control teams consume the same events as the desk.

BEFORE — Fragmented CeFi & spreadsheets
Individuals · venue logins · Excel as system of record Binance sub Coinbase OKX / Bybit 20+ CeFi DeFi Recon.xlsx Trader inbox PnL_v47.xls OTC chats Accounting ? Audit ? Regulatory ? Tax ? No shared data model · control teams guessing Trade dots bounce between people and files
AFTER — Unified trade spine
Crypto multi-asset trading stack Loans DeFi CeFi stack · 20+ venues Deriv · lend · trade · sub-accts OTC Wallets Custody Events confirmed + enriched Inter / intra-company transaction engine Market data Static data Client data Treasury Central transaction ledger Company enrichment · DeFi · CeFi · TradFi Reporting engine Future technology & services providers Accounting Audit Regulatory Tax MI Same events → desk, recon and control Teal dots follow a clear path down the stack

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