Market Cap w/ Tika Lum from KuCoin Institutional

🎥 Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4JzDIxp3T8 On this Market Cap episode, our Director of Institutional BD Stefano Sanabria speaks with Tika Lum, Head of Global BD at KuCoin. KuCoin ranks top 10 among centralized exchanges globally in 24/7 trading volume and serves 40 million users worldwide. At KuCoin Institutional the exchange serves professional clients, offering tailored access to liquidity, advanced trading infrastructure, and specialized programs such as VIP tiers, broker solutions, and market maker support. Chapters0:00 KuCoin’s First Institutional Hire6:24 The Institutional Stack Beyond Just Market Makers8:43 “Institution Business Is No BS”12:21 HFTs Connect To Exchanges, Not Prime Brokers17:49 Delta Neutral Saturation And No More Arbitrage21:45 Crypto Needs Holders Instead Of Trading Flows26:52 Institutional Flows Changed KuCoin’s Strategy31:41 SMA Model Connecting Capital To Trading Teams35:18 RWA Took Off Once Wall Street Understood43:19 KuCoin’s Next Push Into Institutional Wealth — On Market Cap we feature firms and funds to explore the thinking that guides them, the patterns they observe, and other forces moving the markets.