About Bequant

Eight Years.
One Counterparty.
Zero Compromise.

Bequant is an institutional principal trading and prime services firm built by traders, for traders. We have been deploying our own capital in digital asset markets since 2018 — through every cycle, every crisis, every structural shift.

We are not a
vendor.
We are a counterparty.

Most firms in this space sell tools, platforms or access. Bequant is different. Every product we offer — prime infrastructure, OTC execution, lending, liquidity provision — involves us putting our own capital, credit and reputation alongside yours.

That alignment changes everything. When you win, we win. When your token trades well, we benefit. When your book performs, our credit to you grows. We have structured the entire firm around this principle.

We are regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority under MiCA, operate to institutional compliance standards, and have built our systems to hold up under the kind of pressure that exposes weaker counterparties. Eight years of live markets is the evidence.

What We Stand For
01
Skin in the Game
We co-invest our own capital in every client relationship. Our incentives are structurally aligned with yours — not through contract language but through actual capital commitment.
02
Regulated Counterparty
MFSA authorised under the Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFAA), currently converting to MiCA authorisation under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114. We operate with the compliance infrastructure, capital adequacy and governance frameworks that institutional counterparties require.
03
Cross-Cycle Experience
Active since 2018 through every major market cycle. We have seen what breaks infrastructure, what breaks credit facilities and what breaks relationships — and we have built systems that hold.
04
Institutional Architecture
FIX API, DMA, off-exchange custody, cross-venue collateral management, RiskQuant monitoring. Built for sophisticated market participants who need real infrastructure, not a retail wrapper.
05
Flexible Structures
Every facility is bespoke. Undercollateralised leverage, token-denominated fees, repo structures, portfolio margined loans — we design around your strategy, not a fixed product menu.
06
24/7 Human Service
A person who knows your book answers when you call. Not a ticket system. Not a bot. Your dedicated desk is available at any hour because markets do not keep business hours.
2018
Founded
8 yrs
In Market
$0.5trn+
Volumes Since Inception
27+
CEXes & DEXes
MFSA
Regulated · Malta
Company Timeline
2018
Founded in London with a digital asset exchange product. Malta subsidiary registered in the same year.
2021
Prime brokerage launched — institutional infrastructure, credit and OTC execution for prop traders and quants.
2022
VASP licence granted by the Malta Financial Services Authority. Full regulatory authorisation for digital asset services.
2024
Transition to principal trading model — deploying own capital as counterparty across OTC, lending and liquidity.
2025
VASP licence application filed with the FSA Seychelles. Malta VASP licence conversion to MiCA authorisation under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 initiated.

Regulated.
Accountable.
Institutional.

Bequant operates under the supervision of the Malta Financial Services Authority, one of Europe's most respected financial regulators. Our authorisation under MiCA provides clients with the legal certainty, capital protection and compliance standards they require to transact at institutional scale. A VASP licence application with the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles is currently pending approval.

MFSA — Malta
Authorised Virtual Financial Asset Service Provider under MiCA (Regulation EU 2023/1114). Regulated since 2020. Supervised by the Malta Financial Services Authority.
FSA — Seychelles (Pending)
VASP licence application submitted to the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles. Pending approval.
Incorporated
Bequant Pro Limited · Company No. C 85124 · Registered in Malta · Est. 2018
The Team

TradFi experience.
Fintech DNA. Institutional crypto.

Bequant was built by professionals who have worked across traditional finance, financial technology and digital assets — and who chose to commit their careers to building institutional-grade infrastructure in this space. We are not observers. We are practitioners.

George Zarya — Founder & CEO, Bequant
“

Digital assets needed a counterparty that operates to institutional standards — not just in compliance, but in how it thinks about risk, credit and relationships. That is what we set out to build.

George Zarya
Founder & CEO, Bequant

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