Eventus, a supplier of multi-asset class commerce surveillance and market danger options, introduced in the present day that cryptocurrency derivatives alternate Deribit has chosen the agency’s Validus platform to offer market abuse monitoring on the alternate.
Headquartered in Panama Metropolis, Panama, Deribit is without doubt one of the largest cryptocurrency choices exchanges by quantity and open curiosity, with roughly 90% market share in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) choices. The alternate additionally gives choose futures on cryptocurrencies.
David Dohmen, Deribit’s Chief Authorized, Compliance & Regulatory Officer stated the alternate thought of a number of commerce surveillance programs in anticipation of working beneath the Digital Property Regulatory Authority in Dubai and as Deribit appeared to develop into further jurisdictions whereas sustaining the very best compliance requirements.
He articulated: “As soon as I joined Deribit and our seek for a surveillance vendor was underway, I used to be in a position to share that Eventus’ customer support is great. I’ve checked out and labored with quite a lot of commerce surveillance programs, together with Validus in two of my former roles since 2019. I used to be most impressed with the dedication and diligence of the Eventus workforce to constantly work with its shoppers to assist enhance how the system can meet our wants and resolve any points we encounter alongside the best way. They care about getting issues accomplished; it’s not simply concerning the numbers.”
Further components in Deribit’s choice of Eventus, Dohmen stated, have been the agency’s huge expertise with crypto asset exchanges and aggressive pricing, plus the purpose that Validus is intuitive and straightforward to make use of.
“We’re delighted to assist Deribit obtain heightened surveillance capabilities. Because the alternate continues to develop and develop its enterprise to new regulatory jurisdictions, our Validus platform gives the scalable, agile answer the compliance workforce will want as its volumes improve and regulatory necessities develop into extra advanced.”
– Eventus CEO, Travis Schwab