Binance Introduces Indication of Interest (IOI) Feature to Boost Large-Scale Institutional Crypto Trades

• Binance addresses major issues with carrying out large trades without interfering with the market by enabling eligible users to discreetly announce their intentions to buy, sell, borrow, and lend.
• By offering a confidential, non-binding indication of interest for large spot and loan orders, Binance’s IOI technology fills this need in the cryptocurrency market.

Binance Spot and Loan Indication of Interest (IOI), which are intended to improve the way institutional traders handle big and complicated deals, were introduced today by Binance OTC & Execution Services. As the first cryptocurrency exchange to provide an IOI function, Binance addresses major issues with carrying out large trades without interfering with the market by enabling eligible users to discreetly announce their intentions to buy, sell, borrow, and lend.

Executing large orders on public order books may cause price slippage and expand spreads in all markets, including FX, fixed income, and stocks. Blind request-for-quote procedures also run the danger of disclosing sensitive trading information. Minimizing disruption to the cryptocurrency market promotes the maturation of the nascent sector and may be particularly important for tokens with lower liquidity, such as mid-cap and small-cap.

By offering a confidential, non-binding indication of interest for large spot and loan orders, Binance’s IOI technology fills this need in the cryptocurrency market. While Loan IOI integrates with Binance’s Fixed Rate Loan infrastructure, allowing users to customize loan terms to meet their unique capital requirements, Spot IOI allows traders to express their interest in purchasing or selling sizable quantities of cryptocurrency assets at specific price levels without being bound by any obligations.

Institutional customers may interact confidentially with counterparties and get early liquidity insights by submitting IOIs using Binance’s OTC & Execution Services. This lowers the possibility of unfavorable price changes and makes it possible to negotiate terms with confidence.

Catherine Chen, Head of VIP & Institutional at Binance, commented:

In an effort to enhance spread, pricing performance, and execution speed, Binance has updated its OTC & Execution Desk to receive quotations from many top liquidity providers and venues. As institutional investment in digital assets continues to grow, Binance’s IOI function is another advancement in meeting the complex demands of over-the-counter traders.

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