Rebuilding market liquidity by offering the next generation digital asset platform that solves for capital efficiency, access, and security.
Background
After the downfall of major centralized lenders, the digital asset market lost access to fundamental infrastructure required to facilitate lending.
As more participants have become sensitive to counterparty risk, the ability and willingness to lend and trade has dropped. While demand remains robust, the market lacks the appropriate structure to offer both capital efficiency and security over assets.
There is little investor appetite for unsecured lending, demand for over-collateralized borrowing, or independent infrastructure available in order to facilitate bilateral undercollateralized lending on multiple platforms.
RWAs Current Landscape
The demand for Real World Assets (RWAs) on-chain is growing. Current offerings provide limited access while introducing unnecessary costs and risk.
Global regulatory and tax regimes are inconsistent and unclear, which results in reduced adoption of both blockchain technology and efficient use of digital assets.
The benefit of stablecoins is no longer debatable, but governments have been slow to create proper standards. This has created uneven adoption and has held back some high quality stablecoins from reaching scale while allowing others to grow unchecked.
Trident has three main objectives
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Create financial structures that solve constraints, on- and off-chain, to grow the ecosystem safely and compliantly.
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Rebuild market liquidity by offering a platform that minimizes counterparty exposure, provides additional security to lenders, and addresses capital constraints of borrowers.
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Fill the gap created by inconsistencies in tax and regulatory regimes and help good projects achieve the full benefits of digital assets and blockchain technologies.
Our Services
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Lending Conduit
A platform that allows lenders and borrowers to connect transparently without relying on a central counterparty
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Secured Yield
A high-yield product that is secured with US Treasuries held in a segregated account and linked to the risk-free rate
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Stablecoin Adoption
Advisory for stablecoin adoption and growth across DeFi, and incentives for holding Paxos stable PYUSD
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Solution Services
Bespoke solutions for structured staking, liquidity, tax, regulation and scaling issues around digital assets
The team is made up of a diverse group of experienced Wall Street and digital asset professionals.
The Trident team has global expertise in lending, credit, risk management, tax, and capital markets as well as the crypto space.
Our solutions address current market challenges and adjust for future landscape shifts.
Meet the team
Anthony DeMartino
CEO
Amir Sadr
Chief Risk Officer & Head of Product
Julia Moiseeva
COO
Toby Norfolk-Thompson
Chief Commercial Officer
Our investors
Research
The Banks are Building in Crypto
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
The FDIC Insurance Fund: A Safety Net in Jeopardy
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The stability of the FDIC insurance fund, a keystone in the U.S. banking system, is under unprecedented strain.
Is TradFi an Existential Risk to Crypto?
OCTOBER 28, 2023
As a founder of a fintech company that straddles the Digital Asset and Traditional Asset world, I am starting to understand the risks now inherent in both fully.
Press & Media
NOVEMBER 13, 2023 CASTLE ISLAND
On the Brink with Castle Island: Anthony DeMartino on Lending Markets and the Banking industry
MARCH 06, 2024 COINMARKETCAP
Trident Digital Group, in Partnership with Membrane Labs, Successfully Executes Next Generation AVAX Loan on Behalf of Electric Capital
MARCH 22, 2024 NASDAQ
Maximizing Returns and Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Crypto Lending with Anthony DeMartino, Co-Founder and CEO of Trident Digital
