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Case Study: Cryptix X FinchTrade

Jul 24 2024 |

TL;DR

  • FinchTrade became Cryptix's primary liquidity partner, enabling real-time crypto conversions and improving liquidity, support, and treasury efficiency.
  • FinchTrade aggregated deep external liquidity and restreamed it into Cryptix's flows, delivering better prices and uninterrupted conversion capacity.
  • Capital requirements fell from full pre-funding to 10–20% collateral, but Cryptix still must post collateral and rely on FinchTrade liquidity.
  • Assess FinchTrade's liquidity depth, post-trade settlement terms, 10–20% collateral model, and MarketGuard compliance for operational fit.

Cryptix is a B2B company providing cryptocurrency payment services for merchants. They utilize FinchTrade as their primary liquidity provider to facilitate real-time currency exchanges, converting crypto to other cryptocurrencies or euros.

The problem

Before partnering with FinchTrade, Cryptix faced:

  1. Limited Liquidity Management:

    • Limited liquidity and inefficiencies on centralized exchanges hindered Cryptix's ability to facilitate real-time crypto conversions.

  2. Operational Inefficiency:

    • High IT costs associated with connecting and maintaining connections to multiple exchanges.

    • Poor customer support from mainstream crypto exchanges negatively affected operational efficiency.

  3. Poor Treasury Management:

    • Difficulties managing funds on centralized exchanges and suboptimal capital utilization due to substantial pre-funding requirements and extra transaction costs.

  4. Poor Risk Management:

    • High counterparty risk particularly due to 100% pre-funding requirements.

The Solution

What we offered:

  1. Aggregated Liquidity:

    • FinchTrade provided access to deep liquidity pools at better prices, enabling seamless and efficient crypto conversions.

    • The technology used by FinchTrade allows restreaming of external liquidity even if the internal FinchTrade’s liquidity is unavailable for any reason.

  2. Dedicated Account Manager:

    • Personalized and responsive support ensured that Cryptix's operational issues were addressed promptly and effectively.

  3. Non-Custodial Services:

    • Flexible Settlement: Post-trade settlements improved Cryptix's liquidity management.

    • Reduced Capital Requirements: Cryptix could trade with only 10-20% of funds as collateral, significantly lowering the capital locked in pre-funding.

    • Enhanced Trading Flexibility: Cryptix could maintain funds in preferred locations while trading.

  4. Transparent Pricing:

    • No hidden fees which allow Cryptix to manage trading costs predictably.

  5. Robust Compliance:

    • Our advanced AML/KYC solution, MarketGuard, ensured Cryptix's compliance with regulatory standards, significantly reducing their workload related to AML requests from regulatory authorities.

Results & Feedback

Operational Impact:

  • Cryptix successfully connected to FinchTrade, processing a significant portion of its transactions.

  • Improved transaction speed and accuracy due to better liquidity and support.

Client Satisfaction:

  • Enhanced customer support and transparent pricing led to increased client satisfaction.

"When selecting partners, we prioritize reliability, open communication, and mutual benefits. Ultimately, our decision led us to choose Finchtrade." – Kristina Melamed, the CPO of Cryptix

The partnership has driven Cryptix’s growth, with plans to onboard new clients and expand transaction volumes. Now Cryptix intends to add new tokens on various blockchains and explore further integration opportunities to enhance services.

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Frequently asked questions

FinchTrade acted as Cryptix’s primary liquidity provider, enabling real-time conversions between cryptocurrencies and euros. Services included aggregated liquidity access, non-custodial post-trade settlements, transparent pricing, a dedicated account manager, and compliance support via the MarketGuard AML/KYC solution.

FinchTrade provided access to deeper liquidity pools and restreamed external liquidity when its internal liquidity was unavailable, allowing seamless conversions. Combined with non-custodial post-trade settlement and dedicated support, this reduced delays and improved transaction speed and accuracy for Cryptix.

Cryptix faced limited liquidity, high IT and integration costs, poor exchange support, and heavy pre-funding requirements on centralized exchanges. FinchTrade offered deeper liquidity, lower capital requirements, responsive account management, transparent pricing, and robust compliance, aligning with Cryptix’s priorities for reliability and communication.

No. The partnership materially reduced those risks — for example, lowering pre-funding needs from 100% to about 10–20% collateral and adding restreaming resilience — but the case study describes risk reduction and improved treasury flexibility rather than complete elimination of risk.

Cryptix connected to FinchTrade and began routing a substantial portion of transactions through it, improving speed and accuracy. Operational changes included using post-trade settlements, reducing capital locked for pre-funding, maintaining funds in preferred locations, engaging a dedicated account manager, and planning to add new tokens and clients.

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