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Lead Sponsor

LMAX Group is a global financial technology company and the leading independent operator of multiple institutional execution venues for FX and crypto currency trading. With offices in 9 countries and a global client base, the Group builds and runs its own high performance, ultra-low latency exchange infrastructure, which includes matching engines in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.

LMAX Group has a solid presence in all the major FX markets around the world, including Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Our rapidly expanding global institutional and professional client base is a testament to our distinctive business model that delivers efficient market structure and transparent, precise, consistent execution to all market participants.

The LMAX Group portfolio includes LMAX Exchange, LMAX Global and LMAX Digital.

To find out more, visit www.lmax.com

Associate sponsor

The Arbitrum Foundation, founded in March 2023, is an organization that is tasked with developing and nurturing the Arbitrum ecosystem. Arbitrum One—a leading Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution initially developed by Offchain Labs—offers ultra-fast, low-cost transactions with security derived from Ethereum through Optimistic Rollup technology. Launched in August 2021, the Arbitrum One mainnet beta is EVM-compatible to the bytecode level and has 45%+ TVL in the L2 segment. 2000+ DeFi and NFT projects are live in the ecosystem to date.

To find out more, visit arbitrum.io

Associate sponsor

GSR has over ten years of digital asset market expertise as a liquidity provider and active, multi-stage investor. GSR is embedded in every major sector of the digital asset ecosystem, working with token issuers, institutional investors, miners, and leading trading venues. GSR Markets Pte. Ltd. has received a Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

To find out more, visit www.gsr.io

Associate sponsor

Lunu Pay offers a Web3 payment solution that allows businesses to accept digital currencies both in-store and online, as well as buy and sell cryptocurrency. Its innovative mobile payment terminal seamlessly integrates with traditional systems, combining alternative and established payment methods in one solution.

It is compatible with major CMS platforms such as Shopify, Salesforce, WooCommerce etc as well as Ingenico and Pax terminals, making it easy for businesses to incorporate digital currency payments into their existing workflows. Designed for simplicity and efficiency, Lunu helps businesses adapt to the growing use of digital currencies, enabling smooth transactions in an increasingly connected and digital world.

To find out more, visit lunu.io

Associate sponsor

NEAR is a highly performant, scalable L1 blockchain and ecosystem with 20 million monthly active users leading Web3 in consumer app adoption, Chain Abstraction, and User-Owned AI.

To find out more, visit near.foundation

Associate sponsor

Talos provides an institutional-grade technology infrastructure that supports the full lifecycle of digital assets trading and procurement including liquidity sourcing, price discovery, trade execution, settlement, lending, and borrowing. Engineered by a team with unmatched experience building institutional trading systems, the Talos platform connects the diverse group of participants involved in today’s crypto-asset market structure – institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians – through a single point of entry. This streamlines the entire trading process, eliminates unnecessary intermediary risk, and provides institutions a clear path to best execution.

To find out more, visit www.talos.com

Exhibitor sponsor

Founded in 2018, Block Odyssey is one of South Korea's largest blockchain solution startups. Its flagship, 'Odyssey Trading,' is an integrated crypto order solution offering quant-based simulation and trade automation.

To find out more, visit Block Odyssey

Exhibitor sponsor

Zodia Custody is the leading institution-first digital asset custodian by Standard Chartered, in association with Northern Trust, SBI Holdings, and National Australia Bank. It enables institutional investors around the globe to realise the full potential of the digital asset future – simply, safely, and without compromise. It is a global custodian with registrations with the FCA in the UK, the CBI in Ireland, the CSSF in Luxembourg and the Registry for Trust and Company Service Providers. Through the combination of leading technology, custody, governance and compliance, Zodia Custody satisfies the complex needs of institutional investors.

To find out more, visit zodia-custody.com

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