Behind The Scenes: Insights From The Secondary Market
summary
Panelists describe a shift from retail hype to institution-focused plumbing: firms build options OTC clearing and standardized derivatives plumbing, auditors like PwC and custody projects from incumbents prove demand, and teams run OTC desks, quant market making and balance-sheet liquidity. They reveal widespread wash trading and inflated exchange volumes — CoinMarketCap shows ~$32B 24h (≈25% turnover) versus public markets' ~1% — and say real-volume metrics, self-regulatory groups and on‑chain audits are being developed to expose and reduce manipulation.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:30Market Makers
- 7:10Institutional Investors
- 10:30Institutional Adoption
- 15:05Institutional Demand
- 16:35Competition
- 18:20Token Manipulation
- 20:10Exchange Behavior
- 21:50The Role Of Exchanges
- 23:30Regulation
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