Crypto to look more like FX market in 2019, says B2C2

Over-the-counter tipped to gain in importance, but faces funding and credit constraints, says cryptocurrency market-maker

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Maxime Boonen: over time, the crypto market is going to become much like the FX market, so primarily OTC

It is difficult to say with any certainty how big the over-the-counter cryptocurrency market actually is, compared with the few dozen billions traded on-exchange – estimates range from several hundred million to several tens of billions of dollars. But Maxime Boonen, co-founder of cryptocurrency market-maker B2C2, believes 2019 will be the year when OTC crypto makes substantial gains vis-à-vis its exchange counterparts.

The make-up of OTC crypto will fundamentally change as players realise

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