OTC Trading & Derivatives

Caladan offers voice or chat-based over-the-counter (OTC) trading services to token foundations, buy-side funds, venture capital firms, brokers, high-net-worth individuals (HWNI), and family offices seeking customized crypto derivatives solutions. The OTC desk is backed by a team with decades of options experience from blue-chip firms like Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and Tower Research Capital.

Product Offerings

Linear Derivatives: Access digital asset exposure through simple, transparent instruments including forwards, futures, and swaps designed for efficient OTC trading. These products provide straightforward mechanisms for gaining cryptocurrency exposure or hedging existing positions.

Structured Solutions: Caladan crafts tailored, complex options and derivatives strategies designed to meet specific risk, return, and liquidity requirements. Structured products combine bonds, options, and derivatives to create highly customizable investment solutions that can generate yield, strategically accumulate assets, or mitigate risk across various market conditions.

Treasury Management: Specialized solutions for token foundations that enable sustainable yield generation on native tokens. These treasury strategies help blockchain projects optimize their token holdings while maintaining alignment with protocol objectives and governance participation.

API Access for Institutional Trading

Caladan's Linear RFQ (Request-for-Quote) protocol delivers programmatic access to institutional-grade digital asset liquidity via API, designed for funds, high-frequency trading (HFT) firms, OTC desks, and institutional traders who demand tight spreads, predictable execution, and transparent pricing. The service provides seamless integration for automated trading desks seeking top-tier liquidity across spot, perpetual, and alternative markets.

Effortless Connectivity: Seamless integration built for automated trading desks via industry-standard FIX API (supporting versions 4.2, 4.4, and 5.0) or through leading prime broker and execution management system (EMS) partners including Talos, CrossX, Hidden Road, and Finery Markets.

Product Coverage: Executable streaming prices for both spot and linear derivative products across 40+ digital assets. The token list continuously evolves to meet market demand.

24/7 Global Market Access: Quote, trade, and settle around the clock across all time zones and market conditions.

Settlement Flexibility: Multiple settlement options available 24/5 in a range of stablecoins (USDT, USDC, etc.) and fiat currencies, providing flexibility for institutional cash management and reporting requirements.

Service Approach

As crypto becomes an integral part of corporate treasuries and investment portfolios, Caladan's structured products offer flexible approaches for achieving risk-adjusted returns across bull, bear, or sideways markets. The firm collaborates with trading experts to engineer bespoke payoff profiles, whether the goal is capital preservation, income generation, or speculative growth. All strategies can be tailored to suit specific risk and return objectives, with options for yield enhancement, hedging, directional positioning, and more.