Market Cap w/ Tika Lum from KuCoin Institutional

Show Notes

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On this Market Cap episode, our Director of Institutional BD Stefano Sanabria speaks with Tika Lum, Head of Global BD at KuCoin.

KuCoin ranks top 10 among centralized exchanges globally in 24/7 trading volume and serves 40 million users worldwide.

At KuCoin Institutional the exchange serves professional clients, offering tailored access to liquidity, advanced trading infrastructure, and specialized programs such as VIP tiers, broker solutions, and market maker support.

Chapters
0:00 KuCoin’s First Institutional Hire
6:24 The Institutional Stack Beyond Just Market Makers
8:43 “Institution Business Is No BS”
12:21 HFTs Connect To Exchanges, Not Prime Brokers
17:49 Delta Neutral Saturation And No More Arbitrage
21:45 Crypto Needs Holders Instead Of Trading Flows
26:52 Institutional Flows Changed KuCoin’s Strategy
31:41 SMA Model Connecting Capital To Trading Teams
35:18 RWA Took Off Once Wall Street Understood
43:19 KuCoin’s Next Push Into Institutional Wealth

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On Market Cap we feature firms and funds to explore the thinking that guides them, the patterns they observe, and other forces moving the markets.

What is Market Cap?

Market Cap is the show for serious capital in crypto. Stefano hosts allocators, market makers, and institutional operators to unpack the flows, structures, and mechanics shaping the asset class. Conversations focus on market structure, liquidity, the bridge between TradFi and crypto, and the questions allocators are actually asking. Built for professionals who treat crypto as a market, not a meme.