Aquarius Financial Technologies Teams up with CQG

Aquarius Financial Technologies Ltd. (Aquarius) yesterday announced its strategic partnership with CQG, a high-performance market data and electronic trading application for traders. The partnership will support Aquarius’ vision to launch an institutional-grade global cryptocurrency exchange with CQG’s proprietary technology.

With the partnership, CQG will provide Aquarius with its trading interfaces, infrastructure, and API connectivity, as well as access to more than 45 tradable, global exchanges and more than 85 market data sources. The exchange is scheduled to launch in the third quarter.

​Richard Lane, co-founder of Aquarius, commented: “We are delighted to welcome CQG as a key go-to-market partner. We are soon to close our series A investment round at the end of March 2021, and this agreement marks another important milestone for Aquarius, enabling us to realise our ambition to launch and grow a fairer trading environment of institutional-grade standard for all customer types. We are excited to align our unique trade matching technology with CQG’s market-leading technical and operational excellence.”

CQG President Ryan Moroney added: “We are excited about the opportunity to play a role in supporting this innovative new exchange. We look forward to contributing to the future success of Aquarius with our broad network and deep technological and market expertise.”