{"id":24522,"date":"2023-06-19T09:55:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/crypto\/crypto-com-internal-trading-teams-prompt-concerns-over-conflicts-of-interest\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T09:55:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:55:07","slug":"crypto-com-internal-trading-teams-prompt-concerns-over-conflicts-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=24522","title":{"rendered":"Crypto.com Internal Trading Teams Prompt Concerns Over Conflicts of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Major cryptocurrency exchange\u00a0Crypto.com<\/strong>\u00a0has come under scrutiny for deploying internal teams to trade tokens for profit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Singapore-based group reportedly operates proprietary trading and market making teams, which has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest, the\u00a0Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the people with direct knowledge about the teams claimed that Crypto.com executives gave other, external trading houses \u201cabsolutely dramatic sworn statements that Crypto.com was in no way involved in trading.”<\/p>\n

Another source reportedly told the FT that employees were asked to \u201csay there is no internal market maker type operation\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, Crypto.com refuted the claim, stating that employees had not been asked to lie to other market participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company added that it had an internal market maker that operates on the Crypto.com exchange and that the market maker is treated exactly the same as third-party market makers that identically facilitate tight spreads and efficient markets on its platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company said that most of its revenue comes from its app for retail traders where Crypto.com is the customers\u2019 counterparty for transactions and runs as a broker model. Its exchange is for institutional traders and \u201coperates as a level playing field trading venue.\u201d<\/p>\n

In most markets, exchanges match buyers with sellers at the most competitive transparent price.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, laws surrounding market making and proprietary trading require that they be conducted by separate private companies in order to avoid conflicts of interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crypto.com’s Proprietary Trading Desk Has Sole Goal of Making Money<\/h2>\n

Crypto.com’s proprietary trading team has the sole goal of making money “and not facilitating an exchange.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The market making desk, however, is tasked with boosting liquidity on the venue, the people familiar with the matter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They added that the proprietary trading desk trades both on the company\u2019s own exchange and other platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crypto.com reportedly told the FT that “all companies operating in the trading industry compare volumes to their competitors.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

It added that the priority was to “continuously improve order book liquidity and lowering spreads as it results in a more efficient market for all participants.”<\/p>\n

The company stated that \u201cparticipants on the platform, including market makers, are treated equally,\u201d and that the company \u201cdoes not rely on proprietary trading as a source of revenue\u201d.<\/p>\n

The new revelations about potential conflicts of interest in Crypto.com come as the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators have long warned users about the dangers of manipulation in the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, the SEC has hit Binance<\/strong>, the world\u2019s biggest crypto exchange,\u00a0with 13 charges\u00a0including using a trading firm owned by CEO Changpeng Zhao to engage in \u201cmanipulative trading that artificially inflated the platform\u2019s trading volume.”<\/p>\n

The commission even requested an asset freeze for Binance.US, claiming that Binance improperly moved billions of dollars of customer funds to a bank account for an entity controlled by Zhao.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the agency and Binance.US have recently\u00a0agreed on a compromise\u00a0that avoids the freezing of the exchange’s assets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Major cryptocurrency exchange\u00a0Crypto.com\u00a0has come under scrutiny for deploying internal teams to trade tokens for profit.\u00a0 The Singapore-based group reportedly operates proprietary trading and market making teams, which has raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest, the\u00a0Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.\u00a0 One of the people with direct knowledge about the teams claimed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-24522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\nCrypto.com Internal Trading Teams Prompt Concerns Over Conflicts of Interest | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Major cryptocurrency 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