Who is Paradigm for?

Paradigm is built for professional traders and institutions in the OTC digital asset business. We provide liquidity takers and makers a state-of-the-art communications platform to negotiate pricing and settlement terms for OTC transactions.

How is Paradigm different from Skype and Telegram?

Is Paradigm an exchange?

No. Paradigm does not list its own tradable contracts or securities. Furthermore, Paradigm neither maintains an orderbook nor matches multiple bids and offers in an automated and non-discretionary fashion. All price agreement is via a bilateral RFQ process embedded within the Paradigm communications platform.

Is Paradigm a market-maker?

No. Paradigm does not engage in market-making activity in any financial markets. Paradigm is focused on doing what it does best: making communication between counterparties quicker, easier, and more efficient.

Does Paradigm trade for its own account?

Absolutely not! Paradigm does not engage in any proprietary trading activity.

What assets does Paradigm support?

Paradigm currently supports bi-laterally negotiated spot, futures and options products on digital assets. For a full list of supported assets, please contact trading@paradigm.co.

Does Paradigm take custody of my fiat or digital assets?

No. We will never ask for your private keys or seek custody of your fiat or digital assets.

Does Paradigm store my chat and trade data?

Yes. Paradigm stores chat and trade data that users can access and export at anytime.

Does Paradigm sell my personal data?

No. All client information is kept confidential in accordance with Paradigm’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Is Paradigm a native desktop application or does it run in the browser?

Paradigm is built using the latest in web-technology (Electron) and can run as a native desktop application as well as in a web-browser (Chrome) on a PC or a MAC.

All of this sounds awesome, how much does it cost?

As a communication tool, Paradigm is and will always remain free to all users. Our automated workflow solutions are charged on a pay-per-use basis. Please contact trading@paradigm.co for more information.

How do I sign up?

Paradigm is an invitation-only service. You can request access at trading@paradigm.co. For certain cleared products, Paradigm adheres to the same jurisdiction restrictions set by the clearing venue. A complete list of supported products and corresponding jurisdiction restrictions can be found here.