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    Home » Nomura hires three Galaxy derivatives traders to accelerate its institutional crypto push

    Nomura hires three Galaxy derivatives traders to accelerate its institutional crypto push

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    By olivia on October 6, 2025 Market
    Institutional trader in front of screens showing crypto options and futures, Nomura Laser Digital branding.
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    Nomura has added three Galaxy derivatives traders to its crypto desk to speed up growth in institutional crypto services. The trio brings day-to-day skills in options, futures and quote-driven trading, adding hands to build products and tighten rivalry among platforms. Laser Digital, Nomura’s crypto arm, gains depth and may change how liquidity moves through derivatives books.

    Laser Digital, Nomura’s crypto arm, keeps stacking blocks for institutional clients, covering spot and derivative trading, asset management and venture allocations. The Galaxy hires add staff who know how to price options, futures as well as perpetual swaps, how to run risk books and how to post two way prices. The shift gives Nomura more hands to build products and tightens rivalry among platforms.

    Japan’s onshore book totals roughly USD 230 billion and that clearer tax rules and licensing paths favour regulated vehicles. Nomura now sits between legacy finance and institutional crypto flows. A perpetual swap is a future with no expiry — long and short sides exchange cash every few hours to keep the contract in line with the spot price.

    What the hires bring and market context

    Binance, Bitget besides OKX sit on one side, while CME Group plus similar venues sit on the other. Nomura must win mandates through audit grade reporting, segregated custody and regulated credit lines.

    Key points include a broader institutional menu with more tools for professional buyers, a risk stack where leverage and price jumps stay large, a market share fight as native exchanges lead while banks join, and a rule book in which licence clarity will decide scale.

    The hire as a planned brick in Nomura’s institutional wall. If the bank controls risk, meets each rule and offers custody as well as reporting that offshore venues skip, the desk may deepen liquidity and lift product variety — if not, volume will stay with the incumbents.

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