Bitcoin / Crypto OTC Trading Desks

6 min readAug 25, 2018

There are a number of firms that now provide over-the-counter (OTC) exchange or liquidity services in Bitcoin and other digital assets for their customers.

This is simply a list of links. Last update was on 18 June 2023. Feedback welcome. As always, do YOUR OWN due diligence.

[Update: Many market makers and OTC desks were negatively impacted by the Luna/3AC/FTX/??? scams of 2022. There are several in this list that may no longer be operating. Your additions and corrections are welcome!]

OTC Desks / Prime Brokers / Block Liquidity Providers

Kraken ←Acquired Circle Trade (San Francisco, CA, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #5]
Watchdog HODL, from Watchdog Capital (Alpharetta, GA, US) [Announcement, FINRA/SIPC]
DRW / Cumberland (Chicago, IL, US)
Galaxy Digital (New York, NY, US, and other locations)
Genesis Block (Hong Kong, HK)
QCP Capital (Singapore, SG)
Unchained Capital (Austin, TX, US, Offers multisig custody)
Genesis Global Trading (New York, NY, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #1, Nomics Prime Rank #2]
Swan Private (Calabasas, CA, US)
itBit by Paxos (New York, NY, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #6]
DV Chain / DV Trading (Chicago, IL, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #8]
Koi Trading (Nomics OTC Rank #10)
Athena Investor Services (Chicago, IL, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #13]
Amber Pro (Hong Kong, HK)
Digital Mint (Chicago, IL, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #16]
Wyre (San Francisco, CA, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #18]
RockitCoin (Chicago, IL, US) [Nomics OTC RanFTX OTC (San Francisco, CA, US, OTC Guide)k #20]
Gemini Clearing, Gemini Institutions ← Access to daily cross auction as well (New York, NY, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #21]
Yellow Card OTC (Atlanta, GA) [Nomics OTC Rank #23]
BlockFills (Chicago, IL, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #29]
XBTO Trading (New York, NY, US) [Nomics OTC Rank #25]
XBTO International (Bermuda) [Nomics OTC Rank #25]
Coinchange (Canada) [Nomics OTC Rank #24]
B2C2 (London, UK) [Nomics OTC Rank #3]
Enigma Securities (London, UK) [Nomics OTC Rank #27]
HiveEx.com (Sydney, NSW, Australia) [Nomics OTC Rank #4]
DAM/Digital Asset Management (Gibralter, Service Info, Currencies Supported) [Nomics OTC Rank #28]
Altonomy (Singapore, SG) [Nomics OTC Rank #28]
HitBTC (Hong Kong, HK) [Nomics OTC Rank #11]
Kaiserex (Vilnius, Lithuania) [Nomics OTC Rank #7]
Coinhako (Singapore, SG) [Nomics OTC Rank #18]
Bitstamp (London, UK) [Nomics OTC Rank #19]
KoinBros (Hong Kong, HK) [Nomics OTC Rank #32]
Huobi OTC (Seychelles) [Nomics OTC Rank #20]
Huobi OTC DMCC [Announcement]
Huobi Institution
BitBay (Tallinn, Estonia) [Nomics OTC Rank #14]
BitPanda Plus (Vienna, Austria) [Nomics OTC Rank #12]
Bity (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) [Nomics OTC Rank #17]
GSR Markets (Hong Kong, HK) [Nomics OTC Rank #25]
TrigonX (Varsity Lakes, QLD, Australia) [Nomics OTC Rank #25]
LGO Markets (France) [Nomics OTC Rank #28]
Binance OTC (Malta, OTC Basics) [Nomics OTC Rank #9]
Binance.US OTC (San Francisco, CA, US)
Coinbase Prime (San Francisco, CA, US) [Nomics OTC Rank#2]
BitGo Prime [Nomics Prime Rank #1]
BEQUANT Pro (London, UK) [Nomics Prime Rank #3]
Coinbase Tagomi (Article) [Nomics Prime Rank #4]
Troy Trade [Nomics Prime Rank #5]
FalconX (San Mateo, CA, US) [Nomics Prime Rank #6]
BCB Group (London, UK) [Nomics Prime Rank #7]
Quantreq [Nomics Prime Rank #8]
Covario [Nomics Prime Rank #9]
Jump Trading (Chicago, IL, US)
Akuna Capital (Chicago, IL, US)
SFOX (El Segundo, CA, US)
BlockFi (Jersey City, NJ, US)
CrossTower (Jersey City, NJ, US)
CrossTower Global
RoundBlock Capital (US)
Shift Markets (New York, NY, US)
Bittrex (Las Vegas, NV, US)
Hehmeyer (Chicago, IL, US)
CMT Digital (Chicago, IL, US)
CoinFlip Trade Desk (Chicago, IL, US)
National Bitcoin ATM (US)
Bitcoin Depot (Atlanta, GA, US)
Neutral ATM (Houston, TX, US, Announcement)
CoinhubATM (Santa Monica, CA, US)
Bull Bitcoin (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Bitcoin Well Infinite (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
ValeoX (Canada)
SatStreet (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Bitbuy (Toronto, ON, Canada)
VirgoCX (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Secure Digital Markets (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Bitvo (Calgary, AB, Canada)
PayTrie (Calgary, AB, Canada)
xSats (London, UK)
Trusted Volumes OTC (London, UK)
BitQuoine OTC (UK)
Baanx (London, UK)
CCOTC (London, UK)
Coindirect (UK, and South Africa)
L2B Global (Tallinn, Estonia)
Bitvalex (Tallinn, Estonia)
CoinField (Estonia)
Bit2ME OTC (Alicante, Spain)
Relai Private (Zurich, Switzerland)
Bitcoin Suisse (Zug, Switzerland)
Mt Pelerin (Genève, Switzerland)
Nexo (Zug, Switzerland, Announcement)
BitMEX Link (Zug, Switzerland)
ZBX (Malta)
Tilde (Singapore, SG)
BloomX (Singapore, SG)
CGCX (Singapore, SG, Announcement)
OSL (Hong Kong, HK)
CoinCola (Hong Kong, HK)
CoinUnited.io (Hong Kong, HK)
Bering Waters (Hong Kong, HK)
Luno Indonesia (Indonesia, Announcement)
The Jing Trading
CoinCheck (Japan)
Chain Partners (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
GDAC (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
OVEX (Cape Town, South Africa)
Muda Deal Room (Uganda) [Announcement]
BitcoinVN (Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam) (up to $20K on ⚡)
Caleb and Brown (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Independent Reserve (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
ZebPay (Docklands, VIC, Australia)
Bitaroo (Australia)
Rain (Manama, Bahrain)
IBC Group (Dubai, UAE)
StratumX OTC (Brazil)
BitcoinToYou (Brazil)
SJMX Blocks / San Juan Mercantile Exchange (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
14 Bitcoin OTC brokers you need to know by SFOX
Paradigm (New York, NY, US, list of liquidity providers)
Additional brokers and block liquidity providers by CME Group

Physical Stores and Trading spaces — (In-person buy/sell)

BitKonan’s Bitcoin Store Split and Zagreb, Croatia
House of Nakamoto Vienna, Austria
IBEX / BuyBitcoin.London London, U.K.
Crypto Plug Inglewood, CA [Trading Space]
And many more throughout the world.

Publicly Traded — ETF/Futures/Options/Swaps/etc. (regulated)

CME Bitcoin Futures
Bakkt (ICE Futures USA)
LedgerX
Grayscale/Bitcoin Investment Trust: $GBTC
XBT Provider
Bitcoin Tracker One (Nasdaq Stockholm) ETN: $CXBTF (trades in USA on Fidelity)
3iQ: Global Cryptoasset Fund
Amun Crypto (Swiss SIX) ETP $HODL5
Hanetf BTCE (BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto) ← Choose Ireland, for example. then paste the URL again for details on BTCE.