Diginex, the Singapore-based operator of the EQUOS cryptocurrency exchange, has entered into a strategic partnership with GSR Markets aimed at enhancing liquidity for its perpetual futures products and spot pairs. Notably, the partnership seeks to promote EQUOS' mandate of delivering a regulated trading feel that is free from market manipulation risks.

Under the new partnership, GSR will become a shareholder of Diginex and 1 of the principal liquidity providers for EQUOS. GSR will provide liquidity for the recently launched Bitcoin perpetual futures product too every bit several spot pairs. In the future, GSR's liquidity provision volition extend to options and other structured products.

Founded in 2013, GSR is a Singapore-based market maker for digital avails. The company claims to work with more than 30 cryptocurrency exchanges globally.

The Diginex–GSR partnership is intended to strengthen EQUOS' and then-chosen "white hat" regulatory focus and ensure its markets accept aplenty liquidity without the conflicts of interest that belie many other exchanges.

"One of the biggest challenges the crypto industry is currently facing is reputation," Richard Byworth, CEO of Diginex, told Cointelegraph. "There take been numerous reports of exchanges providing fake volume figures, liquidity drying up during times of volatility, and market manipulation often past exchanges against their own clients."

He explained:

"The goal of the market maker is to provide liquidity, tighten the spread beyond trading pairs, and encourage order book volume. The utilise of reputable market makers, such as GSR, allows EQUOS to pace back and ensure the integrity of the market and trading on its platform."

Byworth claimed that EQUOS is "one of only a scattering of exchanges" that don't brand markets on its platform. This commitment avoids "the conflict of essentially trading against its own clients."

Diginex became a publicly traded visitor concluding year following a $l meg raise and reverse merger. The stock trades on the technology-rich Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol EQOS.