BitMart and , a digital assets custody, collateral management, and prime services provider, have announced the completion of their technical integration, enabling institutional clients to access off-exchange settlement through Copper’s ClearLoop network
This milestone marks the official go-live of “a partnership first announced in 2023, when BitMart joined ClearLoop subject to integration.”
With the spot integration now completed and futures integration underway, BitMart’s institutional clients can now “trade on the exchange while assets remain securely held in Copper’s custody—minimizing counterparty risk and enhancing operational efficiency.”
Victor Wei, Vice President of Institutional Clients at BitMart:
“Institutional investors continue to demand safer and more efficient ways to access crypto markets. Copper’s ClearLoop meets that need.”
Adam Groom, Head of Revenue EMEA & Exchanges:
“Our collaboration with Bitmart enhances institutional access to fast, secure off-exchange trading and settlement. … This marks our continued commitment to shaping a mature digital assets ecosystem.”
ClearLoop is Copper’s off-exchange “settlement infrastructure that enables instant asset delegation, capital efficiency, and real-time settlement without requiring funds to leave secure custody.”
The platform connects a growing list of “centralized exchanges, providing over $50 billion in monthly notional trading volume.”
With insolvency protection via a dedicated trust structure and comprehensive collateral arrangements, ClearLoop aims to set “a new standard for secure institutional crypto trading.”
Since being founded in 2018, Copper.co has “been building the standard for institutional digital asset infrastructure with a focus on custody and collateral management.”
Underpinned by its technology, Copper has “built a comprehensive and secure suite of products and services required to safely custody and trade digital assets.”
At the core of Copper’s infrastructure is ClearLoop, which “enables clients to manage collateral and settle trades across multiple exchanges, while mitigating counterparty risk and increasing capital efficiency.”
As noted in the update, BitMart is the “global digital asset trading platform.”
With users worldwide and reportedly ranked among the top crypto exchanges on CoinGecko, it currently “offers 1,700+ trading pairs with competitive trading fees.”
Constantly evolving and growing, BitMart is interested “in crypto’s potential to promote financial inclusion.”
