Crypto markets need big bank financing and credit

Acquiring backing of a bank with a sizeable balance is more important than custodial services at this stage, says crypto market-maker

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Maxime Boonen: in cryptocurrency markets it’s all about bringing your own financing

The cryptocurrency market needs the backing and financing of a well-established bank to bring the type of funding the burgeoning asset class needs to attract a wider set of institutional players and come into its own, the two chief executives taking part in a fireside chat said at the 17th annual FX Week Europe conference in London.

Maxime Boonen, director and founder of B2C2, a digital asset market-maker, pointed out that the colossal infrastructure that underpins most asset classes in

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