Institutional access to Africa’s crypto markets is getting a major upgrade. Wyden has integrated the African exchange VALR into its global liquidity network, giving banks, brokers, and institutional traders direct access to one of the deepest digital asset markets on the continent.
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The partnership connects VALR’s liquidity pools — including the world’s deepest South African rand (ZAR) crypto markets — to Wyden’s institutional trading platform, expanding opportunities for firms looking to access African crypto liquidity.
Connecting Global Institutions to African Liquidity
With the integration, Wyden’s institutional clients can now trade more than 100 digital assets available on VALR, including emerging products such as tokenized stocks, private credit instruments, and crypto bundles.
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VALR’s markets will now be accessible through Wyden’s trading infrastructure, which provides features such as Smart Order Routing (SOR), automated trade lifecycle management, and best execution capabilities.
The goal is to simplify large-scale institutional trading while reducing operational complexity and risk.
By combining Wyden’s institutional trading technology with VALR’s liquidity infrastructure — including spot, margin, perpetual futures, and OTC services — financial institutions gain a more efficient gateway into both South African and global digital asset markets.
Institutional Infrastructure Meets Regional Growth
For Wyden, the partnership represents a strategic expansion into one of the fastest-growing crypto markets globally.
“South Africa represents a strategically vital market as we continue to expand our global institutional footprint,” said Andy Flury, Founder and President of the Board at Wyden. “By integrating VALR, we are providing our clients with unparalleled access to the deepest liquidity in the region and a broad range of innovative assets.”
The integration also maintains compliance with regulatory frameworks required by European regulators and South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), where VALR is licensed.
A Gateway Between Global Capital and African Markets
VALR sees the collaboration as a way to connect international institutional demand with Africa’s growing digital asset economy.
“This integration with Wyden represents a major step forward in bridging global institutional demand with Africa’s deepest crypto liquidity,” said Farzam Ehsani, Co-Founder and CEO of VALR.
The partnership strengthens VALR’s role as both an exchange and infrastructure provider supporting institutions, businesses, and individual traders.
As South Africa continues developing a more sophisticated regulatory framework for digital assets, collaborations like this are helping position the country as a regional hub for institutional crypto trading.
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The Companies Behind the Integration
Wyden, headquartered in Zurich, provides institutional trading infrastructure covering the entire trade lifecycle, including custody integrations, portfolio management connectivity, and automated execution tools.
VALR, founded in 2018 and based in Johannesburg, serves more than 1.7 million users and over 1,800 institutional clients worldwide. The exchange offers a wide range of services including spot trading, derivatives, staking, lending, OTC trading, and crypto investment products.
Backed by investors such as Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, GSR, and Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital, VALR has grown into the largest crypto exchange in Africa by trading volume.
