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Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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Re: Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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Institutional accounts have already existed on Coinbase for a long time. Maybe the splash page is new?

According to their blog, they are adding new tools for institutional traders:

> Over the course of the year we intend to offer lending and margin financing products to qualified clients, high touch and low touch execution services like over-the-counter (OTC) trading and algorithmic orders, and new market data and research products

https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-deea317d23a...

Re: Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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Hyperbitcoinization incoming! In all seriousness, the attention from institutions, growing maturity of custodial solutions and good monetary policy are colliding. Nocoiners, watch out!

Coming soon, CDOs (Coin-Debt-Obligations)!

Re: Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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They're going to give new tools to institutional traders. Co-location, FIX market data, lending & margin financing products, professional crypto secure storage ('coinbase custody') etc. etc. They'll be faster than non-institutions and have trading options unavailable to the rest of us.

Read this https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-deea317d23a...

Right now, the institutions have to play on a level playing field with us one-man teams.

This suite of products will give them their pay-to-win advantages to keep us little guys from being the fastest and best in the market.

I have the fastest bot on GDAX right now, that will only last until these new services are introduced -- since I can't afford to pay $XXk a month for the privilege.

Edit: If you're reading this from your chair at a HFT firm, send me a message if your company is interested in the fastest bot :)

Re: Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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They're going to give new tools to institutional traders. Co-location, FIX market data, lending & margin financing products, professional crypto secure storage ('coinbase custody') etc. etc. They'll be faster than non-institutions and have trading options unavailable to the rest of us. Read this https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-deea317d23a... Right now, the institutions have to play on a level playing…

It’s almost like capital tends to concentrate in the absence of regulated financial markets or something...

Re: Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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Institutional accounts have already existed on Coinbase for a long time. Maybe the splash page is new?

No. Read this https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-deea317d23a...

They are getting lower latency, secure storage and new trading products -- only available to Institutions.

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They're going to give new tools to institutional traders. Co-location, FIX market data, lending & margin financing products, professional crypto secure storage ('coinbase custody') etc. etc. They'll be faster than non-institutions and have trading options unavailable to the rest of us. Read this https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-deea317d23a... Right now, the institutions have to play on a level playing…

It’s almost like capital tends to concentrate in the absence of regulated financial markets or something...

Yes, none of these things the OP described exist in the regulated markets such as equities, bonds, or futures.

Re: Coinbase releases professional trading platform for institutional clients

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They're going to give new tools to institutional traders. Co-location, FIX market data, lending & margin financing products, professional crypto secure storage ('coinbase custody') etc. etc. They'll be faster than non-institutions and have trading options unavailable to the rest of us. Read this https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-deea317d23a... Right now, the institutions have to play on a level playing…

How can I contact you? ;)

Not at hft but also ran a fast bot.

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