Hercle Expands Accessibility to its Deep, On-Demand Liquidity Through Integration with Talos

MILAN, Italy – May 5, 2025. Hercle, a European digital asset liquidity provider, today announced its integration with Talos, the premier provider of institutional trading and portfolio technology for digital assets. This integration brings Hercle’s institutional-grade liquidity and advanced settlement capabilities to the Talos Provider Network, enhancing execution opportunities for institutions trading digital assets.

HercleX, the firm's electronic single-dealer OTC desk, supports 5 fiat currencies and 50 crypto-assets. Designed for institutional investors, payment services providers and brokers, it offers tight pricing with depth, and enhances capital efficiency with instant settlement capabilities. HercleX was built to deliver seamless access to digital assets while ensuring institutional-grade compliance, and enabling liquidity in the market - anytime, anywhere. 

“Our integration with Talos enables more institutional clients to access Hercle’s liquidity and take advantage of our pricing edge and settlement capabilities,” said Ioannis Kympritis, Head of Growth at Hercle. “We share Talos’s mission to drive institutional adoption of digital assets as a critical step toward a more efficient and accessible financial system, on-chain.”

As a liquidity provider, Hercle differentiates itself through its technology-first approach and its pricing expertise deriving from its native market making experience across centralized exchanges (CEXs). Hercle pairs its pricing edge together with its enhanced settlement set-ups, enabled via its banking orchestration layer and effective liquidity management capabilities, to bring instant liquidity to its clients at the best price, seamlessly and securely. 

“We’re pleased to welcome Hercle to the Talos Provider Network,” said Daniel Packham, VP and Head of EMEA Operations at Talos. “Hercle and Talos share a focus on delivering traditional institutional-grade standards to the digital asset ecosystem, and their robust OTC infrastructure makes them a valuable liquidity source for our institutional clients.”

About Hercle

Hercle is a leading European digital asset liquidity provider focused on providing seamless and secure access to tightly priced, on-demand liquidity. Through its electronic OTC desk, HercleX, the company streams its liquidity to various institutional clients that seek a reliable partner to provide them the ramps between fiat and the digital asset market - anytime, anywhere.  With its expertise in market making and low-latency infrastructure, Hercle delivers efficient digital asset trading solutions tailored to the needs of financial institutions, payment service providers, and brokers. To learn more visit www.hercle.financial.

About Talos

Talos provides institutional-grade technology that supports the full digital asset investment lifecycle, including liquidity sourcing, price discovery, trading, settlement and portfolio management. Engineered by a team with unmatched experience building institutional trading and portfolio systems, the Talos platform connects institutions to key providers in the digital asset ecosystem – exchanges, OTC desks, prime brokers, lenders, custodians, and more – through a single interface. For additional information, visit www.talos.com.

^{‍Talos Disclaimer: Talos offers software-as-a-service products that provide connectivity tools for institutional clients. Talos does not provide clients with any pre-negotiated arrangements with liquidity providers or other parties. Clients are required to independently negotiate arrangements with liquidity providers and other parties bilaterally. Talos is not party to any of these arrangements. Services and venues may not be available in all jurisdictions.}