Hidden Road

Hidden Road today announced that its Netherlands entity, Hidden Road Partners CIV NL B.V., has been granted a license by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under the new Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR). “Our licenses and registrations around the world demonstrate our commitment to serve our counterparties across traditional and digital assets in a transparent, regulated manner,” said Michael Higgins, International CEO and Global Head of Corporate Development for Hidden Road. “We welcome the new MiCAR license and embrace the clarity it provides our European clients.” https://lnkd.in/ejZUQvBv

Several months after launching our FCM business, Michael Higgins, Global Head of Business Development and International CEO at Hidden Road, spoke with Luke Jeffs of FOW about the firm's expansion into listed derivatives clearing, starting with CME Group. FOW subscribers can click below to read the full article. https://lnkd.in/egX4E7UY

Michael Higgins, Global Head of Business Development and International CEO at Hidden Road, spoke with CoinDesk's Ian Allison last week about the growth of our institutional credit network. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/emDHwwxF Read the full update on our website: https://lnkd.in/e-FHH7X5

Hidden Road is proud to have been recognized at Hedgeweek’s Global Digital Asset Awards as Prime Broker of the Year: EMEA. This is a reflection of the efforts of our global team, several of whom were on-hand last week to receive the award.

Hidden Road today announced that it has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, attesting to both AICPA and ISAE3000 standards. Laine Litman, President of Hidden Road, comments: “Achieving SOC 2 Type 2 compliance reinforces the trust that Hidden Road has built among institutional market participants for strong security and controls, and validates our modern technology stack and workflows.” https://lnkd.in/gUHjVcBH

For anyone who is interested in reading the article below and does not have a subscription to Risk.net, we are pleased to offer this public link to unlock the article: https://lnkd.in/evgk2Wrh #primebrokerage #clearing #tradfi #digitalassets #FCM

Hidden Road's Global Head of Business Development and International CEO Michael Higgins recently spoke with Lukas Becker of Risk.net about our FCM approval, the launch of Route28 and how our growing suite of regulated products enables operational and capital efficiencies. Click here to read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eya6tiXp An excerpt: The FCM licence means Hidden Road can now consolidate all of this activity within a single account – allowing PTFs to run the spot-versus-futures basis trade in FX and crypto on a regulated exchange through that single prime brokerage and clearing account.  “They can trade multiple products,” says Higgins. “But they have a single account at Hidden Road and the positions are cross-margined and the margin is financed.” #primebrokerage #clearing #tradfi #digitalassets #FCM