The demand for digital assets continues to grow. In order for financial institutions to keep pace with their offerings, they need a reliable partner for tailor-made infrastructure solutions. Boerse Stuttgart Digital enables its institutional clients to do just that – thanks to the partnership with Elwood trading will become even easier and more intuitive in the future. 

More and more demand for cryptocurrencies and other crypto assets 

Developments in the crypto market, such as Bitcoin exceeding the $100,000 mark for the first time and the implementation of the EU-wide crypto regulation MiCAR, are contributing to the fact that more institutional financial institutions such as banks, asset managers and brokers want to give their customers access to crypto assets. 

This is also underlined by a recent study by Landesbank Baden-Württemberg from October 2024, which sees crypto assets on the same level as other asset classes such as bonds, shares or real estate in five years. 

Dr. Ulli Spankowski, Chief Digital & Product Officer of Boerse Stuttgart Digital, takes the same line: “We are seeing the demand for digital assets grow exponentially across European markets.” 

For this reason, Boerse Stuttgart Digital, as the leading infrastructure partner for integrated solutions along the value chain of cryptocurrencies and digital assets in Europe, will be working with Elwood in the future. 

Partnership with Elwood marks a milestone 

Elwood is a fintech company that provides its partners with comprehensive trading infrastructure solutions for digital assets. 

One of the reasons why Boerse Stuttgart Digital decided to work with the fintech is due to its powerful and high-quality risk management functions and a strong focus on compliance regulations. "We share with Elwood a culture of compliance, safety, and regulatory readiness," explains Dr. Ulli Spankowski, "and are confident that this partnership will provide our clients with the technology they need to scale and adapt as this asset class continues to grow." 

Chris Lawn, CEO of Elwood, assesses the situation similarly and sees increasing potential for institutional clients who want to enter digital asset trading. 

Here, Boerse Stuttgart Digital offers exactly the right solution with its one-stop-shop solution, which is fully regulated in Germany: "Working with Elwood allows Boerse Stuttgart Digital to offer the strongest digital asset trading technology available in the market today. This better technology will help meet this demand and will support the growth of digital assets as more institutional players seek to gain exposure to the asset class." 

Offer for institutional clients to be expanded 

The use of Elwood's infrastructure solution will further expand Boerse Stuttgart Digital's range of infrastructure solutions in the areas of trading, portfolio and risk management. In addition to the more than 200 existing institutional clients, financial institutions across Europe will benefit from the Elwood partnership in the future – after all, the collaboration will provide all banks, brokers and asset managers with streamlined access to digital asset markets.  

Chris Lawn is looking forward to working together and is positive about the future: “We pride ourselves on providing a market-leading digital asset trading and portfolio management solution to our clients and are excited to partner with Boerse Stuttgart Digital. We look forward to helping them provide their institutional clients with intuitive and efficient ways to pursue digital asset trading, portfolio management and investing.” 

Secure and user-friendly market access 

Elwood's powerful trading solution, which are geared towards full compliance and regulatory requirements, are fully integrated into Boerse Stuttgart Digital's holistic infrastructure offering. The new partnership will provide institutional clients with secure and user-friendly access to the market of the most important exchanges and trading venues. 

Are you interested in Boerse Stuttgart Digital's one-stop-shop solution? Take advantage of the current increase in investor interest in cryptocurrencies and digital assets and offer your customers easy, secure and fully regulated access to these markets as well. 

We would be happy to discuss how you can benefit from our infrastructure solution. We look forward to hearing from you!