AKJ Crypto provides all components necessary for the set up and day-to-day operation of a regulated, tier-one hedge fund trading digital assets:

• A legal and regulatory solution with an infrastructure designed to appeal to institutional-grade investors
• Secure, multi-exchange trading and settlement allowing efficient management of digital assets
• An in-house capital allocation program - AKJ Digital Assets FoF - investing in qualifying funds on the platform
• A dedicated and installed team of hedge fund specialists as your support and backoffice staff
• Aggregated platform pricing from tier-one providers
• Discretionary participation in the ecosystem for additional platform utilities

Together, these components allow a front-to-back, tier-one solution for hedge fund managers trading in digital assets.

HFM Awards

AKJ has won the HFM Best Hedge Fund Platform award six times out of the past seven years.

Fund Structure

We believe many regulators understand that digital assets have the potential to deliver rapid innovation, transparency and fairer markets, and we are working with them to help determine appropriate levels of regulatory oversight, under the following default legal and regulatory infrastructure:

Benefits

A front-to-back hedge fund infrastructure

• Award-winning, flexible and compliant platform, serviced by tier-one providers
• Coordination of your legal and market advisory relationships
• Sponsorship of your regulatory licenses
• In-house capital allocation programs to help you develop your fund
• Flexible and integrated trading infrastructure
• Human support for trading, systems and operations
  

A licensed fund for your investors’ convenience

• Client Dealing Function license with the FCA (UK) allowing you to act in the capacity of a fund manager
• EU Passport allowing you to conduct regulated activity throughout the EEA
• EU-based fund licensed by the Maltese Financial Services Authority for an onshore solution, or a fund registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority for an offshore solution
• Complete legal segregation through an Incorporated Cell under a RICC umbrella structure in Malta, or as a stand alone fund in Cayman
  

Access global markets through an institutional technology platform

• Secure trading, management and storage tailorable to specific requirements
• Institutional-grade environment, providing a unified interface and connections to all major exchanges, your wallets and cold storage, with a consolidated ledger of all assets
• Setup, service and maintenance of all connections and accounts
• Algorithmic execution, smart order router and fix APIs to connect your custom-made bots
• Complete built-in compliance and risk management with a team of specialists as your staff
• Full support on all systems
  

One integrated back office

• Single, integrated back office for all markets.
• Tailored reports and confirmations
• Personalised back office support
  

A cost-sharing infrastructure

• All-in formation costs for full visibility
• Pre-defined legal and regulatory infrastructure costs
• Aggregated audit and fund administration costs
• Institutional rates for transaction and brokerage services, regardless of fund size