04.23.2025

Nomura’s Laser Digital Partners with GFO-X

04.23.2025
Nomura’s Laser Digital Partners with GFO-X

Laser Digital will offer its extensive client base access to GFO-X’s centrally cleared digital asset futures and options products. Combining TradFi best practices with crypto innovation, Laser Digital, as a regulated Tier 1 financial institution, offers investors the confidence to navigate digital asset markets safely and in a compliant manner. Laser Digital is the reference provider of choice for financing solutions that intersects the crypto ecosystem and traditional finance.

Built for institutions, GFO-X provides a cutting-edge trading platform providing investors with a secure and efficient venue to seamlessly hedge and manage digital asset exposure via a full suite of cash settled Bitcoin index futures and options contracts. With a roster of leading liquidity providers, OMS and EMS integrations, and derivative products cleared by LCH DigitalAssetClear, one of the largest clearing houses in the world, GFO-X and Laser Digital will provide easy access to wholesale trading. With settlement certainty and finality, investors can transact in size on the market or via single or multi-leg futures and options block trades.

Additionally, through this strategic partnership, GFO-X and Laser Digital will work to unlock the operational benefits of the digital asset market for large Tier 1 financial institutions.

Olivier Dang, Head of Ventures at Laser Digital, said, “We are thrilled to partner with GFO-X as they launch the UK’s first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital asset derivatives. This collaboration aligns perfectly with our vision to drive innovation and growth in the digital asset market.”

Arnab Sen, Founder and CEO of GFO-X, said, “We are delighted to announce our strategic partnership with Laser Digital, Nomura’s digital asset subsidiary. This collaboration is a significant building block in our journey of launching the UK’s first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital asset derivatives. Together, we aim to provide a secure and efficient trading environment for large Tier 1 institutions that combine TradFi best practices with crypto innovation. The evolving regulatory landscape and increasing institutional appetite for digital assets is driving this shift, and we are poised to meet the growing demand.”

Source: GFO-X

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