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Built for the tails of digital asset markets.

Spot and derivatives trading, bilateral financing, and asset management for institutional digital-asset programmes. A counterparty when others step back.

By the numbers
$0B
Notional handled
since launch
0+
Venues integrated
CEX, DEX, institutional
0
Institutional
counterparties
0
Qualified
custody partners
0/7
Trading desk
Asia-led coverage
[ 01 ]Capabilities

Capabilities.

Practice areas under one engagement. Principal on OTC and financing, investment manager on mandates.

Block-size execution across hundreds of digital assets, by chat, FIX API, or third-party EMS. The firm operates as principal counterparty, settling bilaterally to the addresses agreed in each confirmation.

  • Spot and dated futures across BTC, ETH, majors, and a curated altcoin list
  • Listed and OTC options, including bespoke structures
  • Pre-funded, tri-party, and standard settlement

Bespoke separately managed accounts and a discretionary multi-strategy programme. Client capital sits with a qualified institutional custodian in a client-named, segregated account; the firm’s trading authority is bounded by the Investment Management Agreement.

  • Basis, spot/perp arbitrage, statistical arbitrage, onchain credit
  • Custody at Anchorage, Fireblocks, BitGo, or Copper
  • Periodic statements direct from the custody partner

Collateralised credit extended to and accepted from institutional counterparties, documented under master loan agreements with documented collateral schedules and tenor.

  • Borrowing against crypto collateral · BTC, ETH, majors
  • Spot and term facilities · open-ended or fixed-tenor
  • GMSLA and Master Loan Agreement standards

Policy authorship, custody selection, risk overlay design, and quarterly committee briefings for corporate and operating-treasury holders of digital assets.

  • Investment policy statement and limits framework
  • Custody architecture · multi-partner, segregated
  • Quarterly review with the client’s investment or finance committee
[ 02 ]Who we serve

Who we serve.

Engagements are bilateral and confidential.
[ Asset managers ]

Hedge funds and multi-strategy.

Counterparty for OTC execution; mandate manager for discrete sleeves.

[ Family offices ]

Single- and multi-family.

Long-horizon mandates with custody at qualified institutional partners.

[ Corporate treasuries ]

Balance-sheet holders.

Policy, custody architecture, and ongoing oversight for operating-treasury holders.

[ Foundations & banks ]

Endowments and regulated counterparties.

Bilateral credit, custody, and reporting to institutional standards.

[ 03 ]Asset Management

Two ways to engage. Independently reported.

Mandates run as separately managed accounts at qualified institutional custodians.

Bespoke mandate

Client-defined investment guidelines.

Custom allocation across the firm's strategies, with parameters set in the engagement letter.

Discretionary programme

A multi-strategy mandate, run by the firm.

Actively managed allocation across core yield, basis, and lending strategies, rebalanced within stated bands.

Reporting
  • Portfolio overview

Illustrative reporting layout.
Live client reporting reflects the custodian’s statement.

Q4 2025
All segregated accounts
NAV (USD) 214.6M +4.6% qtd
Return, gross +17.4% 12-month rolling
Volatility, ann. 8.7% 12-month rolling
Sharpe 1.42 12-month rolling
Strategy allocation As of 31 Dec 2025
  • Basis & spot/perp arb45%
  • Onchain credit25%
  • Stat-arb & market making20%
  • Treasury & cash10%
Monthly attribution, bps 12-month rolling
+1740 ytd, gross 2 negative months
Positions, top 6 Source: Anchorage statement · reconciled 31 Dec 2025
AssetStrategyNotional, USDNAV %Custody
BTC perp / spotBasis42.1M19.6%Anchorage
ETH perp / spotBasis28.4M13.2%Anchorage
Maple direct lendingOnchain credit22.0M10.3%Anchorage
SOL stat-arb bookStat-arb14.6M6.8%Fireblocks
Goldfinch seniorOnchain credit11.2M5.2%Anchorage
USDC, T-bill MMFTreasury21.0M9.8%BNY / segregated

Illustrative reporting layout. The system of record for any mandate is the qualified custodian’s statement.

[ 04 ]Ventures

Backing teams building the rails the firm uses every day.

Pre-seed and seed investments in onchain credit, stablecoin rails, and institutional trading infrastructure.
[ 05 ]Insights

Selected research.

Ten Sigma publishes occasional notes on market structure, strategy construction, and operational matters relevant to institutional digital-asset programmes.
[ 06 ]Contact

Get in touch.

For trading enquiries, asset-management mandates, or treasury advisory engagements, please send a brief introduction. A member of the team will respond within five business days.

For existing clients with operational matters, please contact your relationship manager directly.