SGCSServices

What the desk does.

Six trading capabilities and a principal-investment arm. One engine, one risk framework, one reporting standard — every engagement below is scoped in writing and measured against it.

01Designated
market making

Markets that hold their shape.

A designated mandate means the market's quality is our contractual obligation, not our best effort. Spread, depth and uptime targets are agreed in writing before the first order; we quote both sides continuously through every session; our compensation is conditioned on hitting the benchmarks.

Delivery is measured from reconciled order and trade records — not asserted in a slide. The monthly pack shows exactly what was quoted, what filled, and how it compared to the numbers we signed.

Written targetsKPI-conditioned feesMonthly data packOperator in your session
02Issuer liquidity
tokenized RWA

Anchored to NAV. Reported daily.

Tokenized treasuries, funds and equities fail in one specific way: the market drifts from the NAV and nobody is obliged to pull it back. Our issuer programs make that obligation explicit. Quotes are generated from the official NAV feed, depth is committed at defined distances from it, and tracking error is reported — average, worst case, and how fast it was corrected.

Where creation and redemption exist, we use them: the secondary market should never be the only way home.

NAV-feed quotingTracking error reportedPrimary-market awareIssuer-grade reporting
03Tokenized-equity
derivatives

Perpetuals, carried properly.

We quote two-sided markets in perpetuals on tokenized single-name equities and carry the risk the way it should be carried: delta-hedged against the underlying through regulated US brokerage connectivity during cash hours, with risk tiers that tighten the book automatically when the primary market is closed.

Funding, basis and inventory are managed as one book — not three surprises.

Cash-market hedgeSession-tiered riskFunding & basis managed
04Token project
market making

Aligned by structure, not by promise.

For token issuers and foundations: the project makes inventory available under a loan agreement, SGCS builds and maintains the market, and compensation includes options on the token. The market maker is paid in the project's success — the cleanest alignment this industry has produced.

The book runs under hard, pre-agreed risk limits, and the loan's terms, limits and return conditions are contractual from day one.

Loan + option structureHard risk limitsContractual inventory terms
05Listing & launch
liquidity

Order books, from the first print.

The first weeks of a listing decide its reputation. We build the book from the open — opening liquidity, spread discipline through price discovery, and depth that doesn't vanish on the first red candle — on new listings or new pairs at established ones.

TGE & new pairsDiscovery disciplineCommitted early depth
06OTC &
execution

Size, without the footprint.

Blocks. Bilateral, principal-to-principal execution of size that shouldn't touch a public book — price agreed against a transparent reference, settlement rails agreed up front, no information leaving the trade.

Programmatic sell-down. Treasuries and vesting unlocks worked across exchanges over an agreed schedule, with participation caps, price floors where instructed, and daily reporting of executed volume against the agreed benchmark.

Treasury execution. Token treasuries diversifying into majors or stables — or the reverse — executed to your plan. We execute; we do not advise on what the plan should be, and client-account work runs on trade-only API access.

Principal blocksBenchmarked sell-downDaily execution reports
07Principal
investments

Capital that trades its own conviction.

SGCS invests from its own balance sheet in the assets, projects and market infrastructure it trades: direct token positions, loan-plus-option structures, and pre-listing commitments paired with the liquidity to make the market real on day one.

Most positions sit alongside a mandate — deliberately. The desk that holds the option has every incentive to keep the market orderly, and the project gets one counterparty instead of three. What we look for: real usage or a credible, dated path to it; tokenomics that survive a market maker's spreadsheet; teams that want an aligned counterparty for years, not a mercenary for a listing week.

SGCS is not a fund. We manage no outside capital, advise no one, and custody nothing. This is our own balance sheet, invested where we also do the work.

Own balance sheetLoan + optionPre-listing commitmentsNot a fund
Engagement

How a mandate runs.

Step 1

Scope

Pairs, venues, depth and spread targets, inventory structure and risk limits — agreed in writing before anything trades.

Step 2

Stage

Strategy configured against live market data and run through the full risk and deployment review before capital is committed.

Step 3

Go live, limited

The book opens inside hard limits with automatic de-risk thresholds; size scales only as delivery against targets is demonstrated.

Step 4

Report & review

The six-metric pack lands on a fixed cadence; a standing review adjusts targets as the mandate matures.

Questions

Asked before every mandate.

Do you trade on our exchange account or yours?
Both models exist. Mandates on client venue accounts run on trade-only API keys with no withdrawal permissions. Designated and issuer programs typically run on SGCS accounts, funded by our balance sheet or by inventory made available under a documented loan.
How is performance measured?
Against the six-metric standard: quoted spread, effective spread, NAV tracking error, two-sided presence with depth, operational uptime, and a full P&L decomposition. Every figure is computed from order and trade records reconciled to the venue's own identifiers, and the targets sit in the agreement itself.
Do you ever custody client assets?
No. We never hold withdrawal rights on client accounts, and where inventory is loaned to SGCS the terms, limits and return conditions are contractual. We are a trading counterparty, not a custodian.
How are you compensated?
Designated mandates run on retainers conditioned on the measured KPIs. Token project structures combine an inventory loan with options on the token. Execution work is priced as principal against a disclosed benchmark. In every case the P&L decomposition in the monthly pack shows exactly where the desk's result came from.
What do we need to provide to start?
The pairs and venues, what a good market looks like to you, and either trade-only API keys or agreed inventory terms. For NAV-anchored programs, access to the official NAV feed. And one person on your side for the standing review.
How long is a typical engagement?
An initial fixed term is agreed at scoping, with a monthly KPI review. Scope and size scale with delivered performance — we would rather grow a mandate on evidence than open on promises.
Which venues do you cover?
25+ live integrations across major and specialist spot venues, derivatives venues, and regulated US equity brokerage for hedging. New venue integrations are scoped as part of the mandate when needed.
What happens when markets break?
Hard limits and automatic de-risk thresholds are enforced in code, session tiers tighten the book when hedges are unavailable, and every incident is logged with cause, response and resolution. The log is part of your report, not our secret.

Tell us the pair.
We'll bring the targets.

A scoped proposal with explicit spread, depth and uptime commitments — and the reporting to hold us to them.

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