Clearpool Announces New Borrower Pool — Arbelos Markets

Clearpool is pleased to announce that a new borrower pool has been launched by Arbelos Markets, a digital assets trading firm. The new permissionless USDT pool has been launched on the Mantle Market.

Clearpool recently announced its successful launch on the Mantle Network, a Layer 2 rollup that combines Ethereum’s security with cheaper gas fees and higher throughput. Read more details about the new expansion here.

Learn more about Arbelos Markets

For the benefit of the Clearpool community, we interviewed the Arbelos Markets team. Dive into the borrower profile below to learn more.

Can you tell us about Arbelos Markets and its history?

Arbelos Markets is building a durable principal trading business for the next crypto cycle. We are focused on re-establishing the bilateral trust lost in a post-FTX world. We are specialists in derivatives liquidity and market structure, from the high-touch to the programmatic.

We raised equity capital from leading investors such as Dragonfly Capital, Circle, Paxos, FalconX, Polygon, Starkware, Immutable, and other leading firms, as well as debt capital from large strategics.

We are a team of 10 individuals, with our primary places of business in Mexico City, Singapore, and New York. Our founders previously held founding roles (Head of Derivatives at Genesis and Founder/CIO at LedgerPrime) at firms generating hundreds of millions of dollars in trading P&L.

What is Arbelos Markets’s trading strategy?

Market-neutral strategies with a focus on options trading (bilateral and exchange-listed).

Why does Arbelos Markets want to borrow capital right now?

To increase the scope of our market-neutral strategies, which we are confident in being able to scale while maintaining our returns.

Why is Arbelos Markets interested in borrowing from Clearpool’s protocol compared to other options?

The dynamic, real-time, and transparent nature of the Clearpool protocol. Previously, LedgerPrime was a borrowing partner with Clearpool and very much enjoyed the experience.

What size does Arbelos Markets typically borrow and seek to borrow on Clearpool?

We are seeking to borrow ~ $5M in USD-equivalent to start from Clearpool. Given the high turnover of our strategies, we typically won’t require too large of a balance sheet to run them.

Why should our community lend to Arbelos Markets?

We are experts in risk management with a demonstrated history of generating sustained trading profits within digital asset markets. Our team largely comes from traditional financial firms with decades of experience managing risk and developing institutional-grade systems.

What are some of the risk management strategies in place to ensure lenders’ funds are not misused?

We utilize third-party administrators to monitor our accounting, finances, and operations. All of our wallets and IPs are whitelisted with our administrator for live monitoring. Movements of funds between wallets require dual approvals.

We also built a robust internal system to track all of our assets and margin ratios. We regularly monitor for exchange heart beats, which trigger internal alarms and automated actions to make sure we’re not trading on stale quotes or risks.

Furthermore, we utilize leading Prime Brokers such as FalconX and Hidden Road for access to liquidity so there are gated mechanics in place via these platforms as well. Lastly, we implement strict counterparty limit thresholds to minimize exposure to any one platform.

Do you provide other services or have additional business lines besides market-making?

We also work with DeFi protocols to design and scale up their products, with a focus on derivatives markets. We are active on Aevo, Cega, Injective, and numerous other DeFi platforms.

How will you use the funds that are borrowed via Clearpool?

We will use it primarily for market-neutral principal strategies such as market-making and funding rates arbitrage.

What does the future hold for your firm? Where do you see it one-three years from now?

We intend to be the largest bilateral crypto options dealer and trading firm in the world and continue to expand our capabilities of generating alpha from multiple principal strategies. We intend to also launch a technology product that offers greater transparency and risk monitoring for the interdealer community.

How can Poolsiders’ community keep up to date with Arbelos Markets?

Website: https://arbelos.xyz/

Arbelos Markets’s Borrower Rating & Capacity — Provided by Credora

Credora generates dynamic Credit Assessments on borrowers, leveraging privacy-preserving technology for real-time monitoring of borrowers. Robust third-party Credit Assessments facilitate transparency and efficiency in private credit markets. The results of all Credit Assessments are available in the form of summary and detailed reports. Please request access to the Credora Platform if interested in learning more.

At the time of writing, Arbelos Markets has a Borrower Rating of ‘BB’ and a total Borrow Capacity of US$ 2.2M

To learn more about these outputs and the Credora Credit Evaluation Methodology, click here.

Want to Lend to Arbelos Markets?

Click here to visit their pool on the Clearpool app.