Gold-i, the UK-headquartered trading technology provider, has integrated digital asset CFD liquidity from Scope Prime into its MatrixNET platform, the companies said Wednesday. The deal extends an existing relationship between the two firms, which previously covered FX liquidity, into cryptocurrency products.

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Scope Prime, the institutional arm of Rostro Group, will supply crypto CFD pricing through MatrixNET's aggregation and routing infrastructure. The firm says its crypto feed starts at 0 basis points for top-of-book pricing, with an average effective spread of roughly 5 basis points on $3 million BTCUSD notional. Gold-i says the connection gives its broker, fund manager, and prop trading firm clients another option when sourcing digital asset liquidity.

Gold-i has been steadily adding to MatrixNET's liquidity pool in recent months. The firm connected Crypto.com Exchange to the platform in March 2026, and earlier this year added Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange, in what the company described as its first DeFi venue integration. Edgewater Markets joined the platform in February 2025 for precious metals and FX. MatrixNET currently connects to more than 80 liquidity providers and 35 crypto exchanges, according to Gold-i.

Crypto CFD Liquidity Becomes a Crowded Race

The integration arrives as competition among crypto CFD liquidity providers continues to intensify. Match-Prime Liquidity, a CySEC-regulated firm, expanded its crypto CFD offering in August 2024 with higher leverage limits and increased net open position thresholds for major digital assets. Crypto market maker Wincent opened its liquidity to CFD platforms through a deal with Wyden in March 2026, bridging crypto-native pricing into the traditional broker world.

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The broader market may also be heading toward a shakeout. A Finery Markets survey published in March found that 60% of OTC market participants expect the number of active crypto liquidity providers to shrink before the end of 2026, with three-quarters of surveyed firms reporting margin compression in 2025. B2Broker and Zodia Markets have both built direct connectivity into Finery's ECN in recent months, reflecting a trend toward tighter integration and fewer intermediaries.

For Gold-i, the Scope Prime addition is part of a broader effort to position MatrixNET as a central hub where brokers can mix FX, crypto, and other asset class liquidity under one roof. Tom Higgins, Gold-i's founder and CEO, has previously told Finance Magnates that "crypto liquidity and FX liquidity are sort of coming together," a view that continues to shape the company's product roadmap.

Scope Prime Pitches "Digi" Instruments and Prime Brokerage Capacity

Scope Prime's integration also brings its newer product line to MatrixNET clients. The firm recently introduced what it calls "digi" symbols, which are CFD instruments built on crypto infrastructure but tracking traditional underlyings such as gold (DigiXAU) and silver (DigiXAG). These products, the company says, allow 24/7 trading on assets that would otherwise follow standard market hours. Scope Prime rolled out its DigiXAU gold CFD to all institutional clients in late March 2026.

Beyond pricing, Scope Prime says it offers margins starting at 2% and large net open position limits through its prime brokerage setup. Daniel Lawrance, CEO of Scope Prime, said the integration gives "brokers and professional clients faster, simpler access to a highly competitive institutional-grade feed."

He added that the MatrixNET connection offers "reduced integration friction for shared clients, and a more efficient route to market for our crypto CFD pricing, deep liquidity and prime-brokerage level risk capacity."

Higgins, for his part, said the addition "further strengthens our offering, providing clients with greater choice and increased capacity." He described Scope Prime's contribution to the platform as including "tight pricing, strong depth of book and institutional-grade risk capacity."

Scope Prime Has Been Building Quickly Under Rostro's Umbrella

Scope Prime has expanded rapidly under Rostro Group's ownership. The firm launched prime services for crypto CFDs in mid-2025, added 77 altcoins with round-the-clock liquidity in August 2025, and expanded into futures and options trading in February 2026 with direct access to the CME, Eurex, ICE, and CBOT.

Rostro Group itself secured a Category 5 license in the UAE in late 2025 and has been on a hiring spree across regions. Scope Prime has appointed regional heads in APAC, Southeast Asia, Africa, and EMEA over the past year and a half, with the broader Rostro headcount exceeding 200 employees by early 2026, according to Group CEO Michael Ayres.

Gold-i's MatrixNET, meanwhile, has also been embedded directly into third-party platforms, with Finalto's ClearVision integration in 2023 among the more notable deployments. More recently, Gold-i's Visual Edge risk management tool was added to Devexperts' DXtrade platform, broadening the firm's distribution beyond MetaTrader environments.