Lugano, 24 August 2026 — Gravity Team, a global liquidity infrastructure provider responsible for more than US$500 billion in cumulative spot trading volume, today announced the launch of its dedicated institutional OTC desk that combines deep digital asset liquidity with direct local banking relationships in over 20 markets, designed to deliver T+0 fiat settlement across emerging-market corridors where correspondent banking chains create structural delays.
Replacing traditional correspondent routing with direct local banking
Gravity Team's OTC desk is designed around direct banking relationships and local payment rails, enabling faster and more predictable settlement. The firm has built direct banking relationships in major emerging-market corridors that allow the desk to settle in destination markets rather than route through the correspondent chain. Stablecoin settlement completes in under 60 seconds, while T+0 fiat settlement is available where regional banking conditions permit, with execution and conversion handled across stablecoins, major digital assets and global fiat currencies.
This serves payment service providers, fintechs and brokers moving capital into emerging markets, where correspondent banking chains create delays and returned wires that affect inbound flow in some corridors.
Gravity Team’s OTC launch arrives as emerging markets have become the fastest-growing segment of global crypto adoption, with transaction volume across Asia-Pacific growing 69 per cent year on year to US$2.36 trillion in 2025 and Latin America following closely at 63 per cent growth, according to Chainalysis (2025 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report).
Correspondingly, global stablecoin transactions hit $33 trillion in 2025 (Bloomberg, 2026), and while real-world payments only accounted for roughly $390 billion, that is expected to grow to up to $4 trillion by 2030, according to Citi’s data. Business-to-business stablecoin payments have also grown seven-fold year on year in 2025 (McKinsey and Artemis, 2025), dwarfing every other real-economy use case.
Gravity Team’s OTC removes anonymous order-book exposure and gives counterparties execution certainty for large positions, acting as principal counterparty on every OTC transaction within pre-agreed size, price and volatility parameters, with quotes confirmed in advance and defined validity windows.
"Most institutions can find liquidity. The harder challenge is moving money quickly and across the right jurisdictions. We have spent years building direct banking relationships in the markets where correspondent banking chains break down, alongside deep liquidity on local crypto-fiat exchanges. Our OTC desk brings those capabilities together in a single solution," said Mārtiņš Beņķītis, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gravity Team. "We believe this is a peek into the future of cross-border money movement and are very excited for what comes next."
From market making to liquidity infrastructure
Since 2017, Gravity Team has been building the infrastructure that makes large-scale digital asset movement possible – quantitative trading infrastructure, exchange connectivity, banking relationships and the operational depth to execute at institutional scale across global and emerging markets. The company facilitates more than US$500 billion in cumulative spot trading volume across its entities with connectivity to over 40 exchanges across more than 45 countries, accounting for 1% of global crypto spot volume.
The launch of its OTC desk marks the moment that infrastructure becomes available to external counterparties for the first time, signalling the next stage in Gravity Team's evolution from balancing crypto markets to enabling the movement of value across digital finance.
About Gravity Team
Gravity Team is a global liquidity and settlement infrastructure provider founded in 2017. The firm combines deep multi-asset liquidity with fiat and stablecoin settlement across global and emerging markets, offering a more reliable alternative to traditional rails for global capital movement. With more than US$500 billion in cumulative spot trading volume, connectivity to over 40 exchanges and deep settlement networks spanning more than 45 key markets, and a boutique institutional OTC desk designed for stablecoin cross-border settlement, Gravity Team provides institutions, payment providers, and fintechs with the infrastructure to move capital at the speed required in modern digital finance. Find out more at www.gravityteam.co.
For OTC enquiries, reach out to otc@gravityteam.co.
Gravity Trade Partners SA (the “Company”) is a Swiss company that provides financial intermediary services within the meaning of Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA). Accordingly, the Company is affiliated with SO-FIT (Organisme de Surveillance pour Intermédiaires Financiers & Trustees) as financial intermediary in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 3 of AMLA. SO-FIT is a self-regulatory organization (SRO) authorized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
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