Institutional digital asset trading continues to evolve toward the operational standards long established in traditional capital markets — where execution, custody and settlement functions remain clearly separated yet seamlessly integrated. However, within the over-the-counter (OTC) crypto market, fragmented infrastructure and manual post-trade processes have historically constrained scalability and heightened counterparty risk.
Now, Finery Markets has announced a strategic integration with Fireblocks, leveraging Fireblocks’ custody technology to automate off-exchange trading and settlement workflows for institutional clients.
Bridging Execution and Custody
The integration links Finery Markets’ Execution Management System (EMS) directly with Fireblocks’ custody and settlement layers, creating a vertically integrated workflow that preserves structural separation between trade execution and asset safekeeping.
By connecting Finery Markets’ liquidity network with Fireblocks’ infrastructure, the solution enables automated data exchange between trading environments and custody vaults. This alignment facilitates seamless post-trade netting while eliminating manual reconciliation processes that have traditionally slowed OTC operations.
As regulatory scrutiny intensifies and institutional investors demand higher operational standards, automated reconciliation, netted settlements, and clear separation between execution and custody are becoming foundational components of digital asset market structure.
Streamlining Post-Trade Operations
Clients using Fireblocks as their custody provider can now initiate settlements directly within the Finery Markets interface. The integration automates data flow between trading infrastructure and custody vaults, removing the need for manual data entry or switching between platforms to process transfers.
Positions and credit limits are reconciled daily against custody data to ensure operational accuracy and risk mitigation — a key requirement for institutions managing significant digital asset exposure.
Fireblocks’ infrastructure supports secure digital asset transactions across more than 150 blockchains and is trusted by over 2,400 organisations globally, collectively managing more than $10 trillion in digital assets.
Industry Perspective
Konstantin Shulga, CEO and Co-founder at Finery Markets, said:
“The future of institutional trading is on-chain, but within architectures backed by the time-tested principles of independence, capital efficiency, and netted settlements. These are the fundamentals of institutional electronic trading. Together, Finery Markets and Fireblocks deliver the rails to match these principles with the innovations of digital custody.”
The move signals a broader industry shift toward infrastructure models that mirror traditional capital markets — combining automation, risk controls, and operational efficiency — while maintaining the unique advantages of blockchain-based settlement.
As institutional participation in digital assets accelerates, integrations such as this may define the next phase of scalable, compliant OTC crypto trading.
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