Crypto Collateral Solution – A Game Changer In Relationships With Market Makers
June 3, 2025
Today, token treasury managers need to trust market makers when lending assets to them – often with little insight into how tokens are actually used. Empirica partners with Platonic to eliminate the counterparty risk of token loans through a collateral-backed solution. It gives projects the infrastructure to lend tokens securely, monitor collateral in real time, aligning liquidity support with capital protection.
Read the full article about Platonic’s Solution:
Platonic Eliminates Centralized Counterparty Risk with the Launch of its Crypto Collateral Solution, Unleashing the Next Phase of Growth in Decentralized Capital Markets
Press Release
New York City, June 3, 2025 – Platonic, a blockchain infrastructure company, today announced the launch of its Crypto Collateral Solution, bringing decentralized, institutional-grade collateral management to the crypto markets. In collaboration with market maker Empirica and regulated institutional digital asset custodian Palisade, Platonic delivers a production-ready solution that unlocks safer, faster, and more scalable trading.
Crypto markets were built to decentralize finance—yet centralized counterparty risk still dominates. Participants rely on prefunding, opaque intermediaries, and manual settlement processes that expose the ecosystem to systemic failures. The collapse of centralized players like FTX wasn’t an exception—it was a warning that will be repeated without decentralized, scalable infrastructure.
Platonic’s Crypto Collateral Solution eliminates centralized counterparty risk. Built on its proprietary Asset Operating System (aOSTM), Platonic automates real-time collateral posting, dynamic margin management, and atomic settlement—while keeping trading positions fully private. Assets remain under self-custody or with trusted custodians, preserving flexibility without sacrificing decentralization.
“If crypto is going to fulfill its promise, it needs more than liquidity—it needs decentralized, intelligent infrastructure,” said Violet Abtahi, Founder and CEO of Platonic. “We are building the rails for the next phase of the decentralized economy.”
Why This Matters
Today, trading volumes and loan sizes are limited not by demand—but by fear of counterparty exposure. Platonic flips that dynamic, giving market participants the ability to expand capacity, grow allocations, and scale revenue—while reducing risk.
“Platonic’s collateral solution brings projects greater confidence in relationships with market makers,” said Michal Rozanski, Cofounder and CEO of Empricia. “By offering this transparent infrastructure, we’re addressing one of the most pressing needs in crypto today: trust.”
By automating collateral protection through enforceable smart contracts, Platonic ensures risk no longer scales with volume—and revenue can grow without reliance on centralized intermediaries.
Platonic isn’t just improving how crypto trades—it’s delivering the decentralized infrastructure needed for digital asset capital markets to mature, scale, and thrive.
“Every trade, every loan, every swap should be intelligent, private, and self-executing,” Abtahi added. “With Platonic, we move beyond trust—and into a new era of decentralized, autonomous capital markets.”
Key Benefits
- Real-time margin enforcement and collateral management
- Privacy-preserving, trustless smart contract execution
- Support for qualified custody and self-custody
- Linked settlement and automatic collateral return
- Full support for industry-standard agreements (e.g., ISDA, Token Loan Agreements)
- Elimination of manual operational bottlenecks
About Platonic
Platonic builds programmable infrastructure for a new era of capital markets, where financial assets are intelligent, privacy-preserving, and fully automated. Learn more at platonic.io.
About Empirica
Empirica delivers institutional-grade liquidity earning yield across centralized and decentralized exchanges, combining traditional finance expertise with crypto-native execution. Learn more at empirica.io.
About Palisade
Palisade is a Ripple-backed institutional digital asset custodian that provides businesses with a highly secure, compliant, and scalable solution for managing digital assets. Learn more at palisade.co.
Media Contact
Platonic:
Neal Stein
ZCorp PR
321.473.7407
media@platonic.io
Empirica:
Anna Waszak
Marketing, PR
anna.waszak@empirica.io
We can help you build heathy markets for your token, now supported by Platonic’s solution to give you more transparency. Let’s schedule a call to explore this further.
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