Knowledge Base
Institutional Digital Asset Trading Resources
Comprehensive Guides
Each guide is a deep dive into a critical area of institutional digital asset infrastructure, written for professional trading teams and technology decision-makers.
Smart Order Routing for Digital Assets
How smart order routing works across 50+ digital asset venues to reduce slippage and achieve best execution for institutional crypto trades.
Crypto Market Making: The Definitive Institutional Guide
Comprehensive guide to crypto market making: strategies, technology, risk management, and how Mercury Pro automates market making across 50+ venues.
Crypto Prime Brokerage: The Institutional Guide to Full-Service Digital Asset Infrastructure
Guide to crypto prime brokerage for institutions: how execution, custody, settlement, risk, and compliance converge on one platform.
RWA Tokenization: The Definitive Guide to Tokenized Real-World Assets
Guide to RWA tokenization: the $10T opportunity, asset classes, technology stack, regulatory frameworks, and secondary-market infrastructure.
The Institutional Guide to OTC Crypto Trading
How institutional OTC crypto trading works: RFQ workflows, block trades, risk controls, settlement, and the shift from voice to electronic platforms.
Alternative Trading Systems: The Definitive Guide to ATS Trading, Regulation, and Digital Asset Market Structure
What an alternative trading system is, how ATS trading works, SEC Regulation ATS rules, and how tokenized securities reshape market structure.
The Institutional Trading Stack for Digital Assets
What separates a professional institutional digital asset trading stack from a retail-grade skin. A guide for trading, compliance, and engineering teams.
Article Library
All Articles
Supporting articles and deep dives on specific topics within each pillar.
Smart Order Routing for Digital Assets
How smart order routing works across 50+ digital asset venues to reduce slippage and achieve best execution for institutional crypto trades.
3 articles
Smart Order Routing for Digital Assets
How smart order routing works across 50+ digital asset venues to reduce slippage and achieve best execution for institutional crypto trades.
Smart Order Routing in Crypto vs. Traditional Finance
A detailed comparison of how SOR differs in digital asset markets versus equities, fixed income, and FX.
Read articleBest Execution in Crypto: Obligations, Practices, and Technology
How institutional firms can meet emerging best execution obligations in digital asset markets.
Read articleCrypto Execution Algorithms: A Practical Guide
An in-depth look at TWAP, Sweep, Chase, and other execution algorithms used in institutional crypto trading.
Read articleCrypto Market Making: The Definitive Institutional Guide
Comprehensive guide to crypto market making: strategies, technology, risk management, and how Mercury Pro automates market making across 50+ venues.
3 articles
Crypto Market Making: The Definitive Institutional Guide
Comprehensive guide to crypto market making: strategies, technology, risk management, and how Mercury Pro automates market making across 50+ venues.
AMMs vs. Traditional Market Making in Crypto
How automated market makers on DeFi protocols compare to traditional order book market making, and where each approach excels.
Read articleHow Institutional Crypto Liquidity Provision Works
A deep dive into the infrastructure, capital requirements, and operational workflows behind institutional liquidity provision in digital asset markets.
Read articleHow to Become a Crypto Market Maker
An educational guide covering the skills, technology, capital, and regulatory knowledge required to operate as a market maker in digital assets.
Read articleCrypto Prime Brokerage: The Institutional Guide to Full-Service Digital Asset Infrastructure
Guide to crypto prime brokerage for institutions: how execution, custody, settlement, risk, and compliance converge on one platform.
3 articles
Crypto Prime Brokerage: The Institutional Guide to Full-Service Digital Asset Infrastructure
Guide to crypto prime brokerage for institutions: how execution, custody, settlement, risk, and compliance converge on one platform.
Institutional Crypto Trading Infrastructure: Key Components for Trading Desks
A detailed breakdown of the technology components institutional desks need for digital asset trading, from connectivity and order management to risk controls.
Read articleCrypto Custody Solutions: An Institutional Guide
How institutional custody works in digital assets, comparing BitGo, Fireblocks, Gemini Custody, and other qualified custodians across security, compliance, and integration.
Read articleDigital Asset Prime Services: The Landscape in 2026
An overview of the prime services landscape in crypto, covering how execution, custody, financing, and reporting are converging into unified institutional platforms.
Read articleRWA Tokenization: The Definitive Guide to Tokenized Real-World Assets
Guide to RWA tokenization: the $10T opportunity, asset classes, technology stack, regulatory frameworks, and secondary-market infrastructure.
3 articles
RWA Tokenization: The Definitive Guide to Tokenized Real-World Assets
Guide to RWA tokenization: the $10T opportunity, asset classes, technology stack, regulatory frameworks, and secondary-market infrastructure.
RWA Tokenization Companies: Landscape of Key Players in 2026
Comprehensive overview of the companies driving RWA tokenization, from infrastructure providers to issuers and marketplaces.
Read articleWhat Is RWA Tokenization? A Beginner's Guide
Clear, accessible explanation of how real-world asset tokenization works and why it matters for investors and asset owners.
Read articleTokenized Securities Marketplace: How Secondary Markets Work
Deep dive into the infrastructure, mechanics, and participants that make secondary markets for tokenized securities function.
Read articleThe Institutional Guide to OTC Crypto Trading
How institutional OTC crypto trading works: RFQ workflows, block trades, risk controls, settlement, and the shift from voice to electronic platforms.
3 articles
The Institutional Guide to OTC Crypto Trading
How institutional OTC crypto trading works: RFQ workflows, block trades, risk controls, settlement, and the shift from voice to electronic platforms.
A Guide to Crypto Block Trading
How block trades work in crypto markets, why they matter for institutional execution, and how electronic platforms are transforming block trading workflows.
Read articleWhat Is OTC Trading in Crypto?
A beginner-friendly explainer covering the fundamentals of OTC crypto trading, who uses it, and how it compares to exchange-based execution.
Read articleCrypto OTC Desk Software: What to Look For
A buyer's guide to evaluating OTC desk technology, from liquidity networks and risk controls to white-label capabilities and settlement automation.
Read articleAlternative Trading Systems: The Definitive Guide to ATS Trading, Regulation, and Digital Asset Market Structure
What an alternative trading system is, how ATS trading works, SEC Regulation ATS rules, and how tokenized securities reshape market structure.
3 articles
Alternative Trading Systems: The Definitive Guide to ATS Trading, Regulation, and Digital Asset Market Structure
What an alternative trading system is, how ATS trading works, SEC Regulation ATS rules, and how tokenized securities reshape market structure.
Digital Asset Market Structure: Exchanges, OTC, ATS, and DeFi
A comprehensive breakdown of how digital asset markets are structured, from centralized exchanges to OTC desks, alternative trading systems, and decentralized protocols.
Read articleBuilding Secondary Markets for Tokenized Securities
How issuers and platforms create liquid secondary markets for tokenized securities using ATS infrastructure, compliance automation, and institutional custody.
Read articleATS vs. Exchange: Understanding the Key Differences
A detailed comparison of alternative trading systems and national securities exchanges, covering regulation, functionality, costs, and use cases.
Read articleThe Institutional Trading Stack for Digital Assets
What separates a professional institutional digital asset trading stack from a retail-grade skin. A guide for trading, compliance, and engineering teams.
3 articles
The Institutional Trading Stack for Digital Assets
What separates a professional institutional digital asset trading stack from a retail-grade skin. A guide for trading, compliance, and engineering teams.
How to Evaluate a Crypto OMS: The 12-Criterion Buyer's Guide
Twelve-criterion procurement framework specifically for the OMS layer. Drill-down companion to the category-definition guide above.
Read articleBest Execution in Crypto
MiCA, SEC, SFC, and MAS expectations for best execution, and the TCA framework institutional firms need to document compliance.
Read articleCrypto Execution Algorithms
Sweep, TWAP, Chase, Spreader, and Market Making. Algorithm selection criteria for institutional digital asset workflows.
Read articleNew research stream
Monthly market intelligence for institutional digital assets
The research archive brings together monthly market notes, cited data, and the latest Liquid Mercury report in one place.
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