Hidden Road, a global credit network for institutional investors, has launched an over-the-counter (OTC) prime brokerage offering for digital assets, for both 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. Hidden Road's OTC prime brokerage will further institutional adoption of digital assets by giving counterparties full ownership and control over their execution technology, liquidity and custodian choice for both fiat and digital assets.

In conjunction with Hidden Road's support for exchange-traded products, the new OTC prime brokerage service enables true spread optimisation for the buy side and brokerage communities, and a quicker, wider distribution channel for institutional market makers. Employing a novel approach that nets positions across all liquidity providers and venues, the offering introduces new operational and capital efficiencies while reducing credit risk, settlement risk and operational risk. 

Additionally, by increasing access to liquidity and expanding distribution, Hidden Road's digital asset prime brokerage eliminates the need to onboard and negotiate multiple bilateral relationships.