Finery Markets Leverages Fireblocks Infrastructure to Streamline Trading Settlement Operations

WHY THIS MATTERS:

Institutional digital asset trading is steadily converging toward the operational standards of traditional capital markets — where execution, custody and settlement are clearly separated but tightly integrated. In the OTC crypto market, operational fragmentation and manual post-trade processes have long limited scalability and increased counterparty risk. Integrating execution management systems with institutional-grade custody infrastructure addresses one of the sector’s core challenges: how to enable off-exchange trading while preserving asset security and capital efficiency. As regulators and institutional investors demand stronger controls, automated reconciliation, netted settlements and clear separation of execution and safekeeping are becoming non-negotiable pillars of digital asset market structure.

Finery Markets, a leading ICT solutions provider for institutional digital asset trading, has integrated Fireblocks’ custody technology to automate off-exchange trading and settlement workflows.

The integration links Finery Markets’ Execution Management System (EMS) with Fireblocks’ custody and settlement layers. This provides institutional clients with a vertically integrated workflow that maintains a structural separation between trade execution and asset safety.

The technical alignment is designed to optimize digital asset operations for financial institutions in the over-the-counter (OTC) market. By integrating Finery Markets’ liquidity network with Fireblocks’ infrastructure, the solution enables automated data exchange between trading environments and custody vaults to facilitate seamless post-trade netting.

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 integration allows clients utilizing Fireblocks as their custody technology provider to initiate settlements directly within the Finery Markets interface. Data flow between the trading infrastructure and custody vaults is automated, removing manual data entry and the requirement to switch between systems to initiate transfers. Positions and credit limits are reconciled against custody data on a daily basis to ensure accuracy.

Finery Markets utilizes Fireblocks’ infrastructure to secure digital asset transactions across more than 150 blockchains, leveraging a platform trusted by over 2,400 organizations globally to manage more than $10 trillion in digital assets.

FF NEWS TAKE:

This integration reflects a broader maturation of crypto market infrastructure. Institutions don’t just want liquidity — they want workflows that mirror traditional electronic trading environments. By linking execution and custody without compromising structural independence, Finery Markets and Fireblocks are aligning digital asset trading more closely with established institutional principles. The winners in this space will be those who make crypto feel operationally familiar to risk-conscious institutions while retaining the efficiency of on-chain settlement.