BlockRiver | API Connectivity

Explore in-depth research and position papers.

Omnibus risk structures were effective in an environment of limited scale and homogeneous counterparties. As institutional OTC markets have expanded, those same structures have become sources of hidden concentration and balance-sheet fragility.

Segregation represents a structural response to this shift. By localising exposure and enforcing attribution, it transforms systemic risk into manageable, unit-level risk. The decline of omnibus risk is therefore not a regulatory artefact, but a consequence of how institutional markets now operate.

The implication is clear: resilience in modern OTC markets depends less on monitoring pooled exposure and more on designing systems where exposure cannot silently aggregate in the first place.

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Integration Models

Embedded OTC Desk

Use the complete BlockRiver stack as the back-end for pricing, trading, settlement and reporting.
‍Pricing & quoting endpoints,
trade lifecycle,
account / wallet / IBAN management,
settlement and reconciliation.

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Unified Banking

Expose multi-currency accounts and named IBANs inside your own product.
‍Account and IBAN issuance,
incoming and outgoing payments,
FX conversion,
statements and reporting.

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Execution-Only Liquidity

Integrate only the execution layer for large tickets while keeping existing banking relationships.
‍Indicative and firm pricing,
RFQ / RFS flows,
trade execution,
post-trade reporting.

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Digital Asset Custody

Use BlockRiver as your regulated digital-asset custodian while retaining client-facing systems.
‍Wallet provisioning,
balance and position APIs,
cold / warm policy controls,
movement initiation and approval workflows.

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Capabilities

Clear, deterministic infrastructure built for enterprise settlement workflows.

Deterministic Latency

Sub-50ms pricing responses, predictable execution times, and pre-funded settlement paths that remove queueing and minimise variance.

High Availability

Redundant, self-healing services with continuous health checks and automatic failover across pricing, execution, accounts and custody.

Standards-Driven

REST for primary operations, WebSocket for real-time events, and FIX support for standardised financial-grade messaging.

Observability & Controls

Idempotent endpoints, full audit trails, structured error surfaces, event sequencing, role-based controls and supervised movement policies.

Support

Reliable access, clear escalation paths, and real-time visibility for mission-critical settlement operations. Continuity protected by disciplined escalation.

24/7 Engineering Support

Direct access to senior engineers for production issues, operations guidance, and incident resolution.

Public GitHub

Open specification trackers, example integrations, sandbox tools, and versioned API releases.

GitHub

Developer Community

Ongoing discussion channels for integration help, best practices, and early access features.

Discord

Weekly Settlement
Conditions Report

Reporting Week Summary

Settlement Friction:

STABLE

Cost & Spreads:

MODERATELY ELEVATED

Rail Reliability:

STABLE

Risk & Compliancel:

STABLE

The Death of Omnibus Risk in OTC Markets

API Connectivity

Weekly SettlementConditions Report

Reporting Week Summary

Settlement Friction:

STABLE

Cost & Spreads:

MODERATELY ELEVATED

Rail Reliability:

STABLE

Risk & Compliancel:

STABLE

The Death of Omnibus Risk in OTC Markets

API Connectivity

Weekly Settlement
Conditions Report