Key Takeaways
- • Arqitech, Inc. will embed Talos's institutional digital-asset execution, settlement, and liquidity technology into its orchestration platform for broker-dealers, according to a GlobeNewswire announcement dated October 13, 2026.
- • ThinkEquity LLC, an NYSE member firm, is the first announced user, enabling digital-asset trading in the same account as its stocks and bonds.
- • The Talos platform embed is slated to be complete by the end of 2026, with the production embed effective November 1, 2026, per the release's forward-looking statement.
- • Arqitech does not hold customer assets; custody remains with the clearing firm or qualified custodian under Rule 15c3-3.
- • The integration targets small and mid-sized firms that would otherwise need to build connectivity, pricing, and dealer workflows in-house.
Summary
Arqitech, Inc., which describes itself as the orchestration layer for independent broker-dealers, and Talos, a provider of institutional technology and data for the digital-asset investment lifecycle, announced an agreement under which Arqitech will embed Talos's technology to support digital-asset execution and settlement within its platform. According to the release, the first user is ThinkEquity LLC, a boutique investment bank and NYSE member firm, which will use the integration to trade digital assets alongside stocks and bonds in a single account, with institutional pricing and liquidity behind the orders.
The companies frame the arrangement as a response to client expectations that brokerage accounts present cash, securities, and digital assets together. Under the structure described, Arqitech handles onboarding, compliance, and reporting mapped to the introducing firm's written supervisory procedures, and the firm offers markets under its own name. Digital-asset pricing, routing, and execution run through the Talos platform, while stocks and bonds remain on the firm's existing order-management and clearing systems. By the end of 2026, Arqitech will embed Talos's dealer and API connectivity for liquidity access, pricing, execution, post-trade analytics, and treasury management.
Arqitech's platform is also intended to offer tokenized securities and regulated prediction markets. Arqitech CEO Brian Wasserman described Talos as a leader in institutional-grade digital-asset technology. Talos CEO and Co-Founder Anton Katz said broker-dealers of every size are being asked to offer digital assets alongside traditional assets, and that the arrangement gives smaller firms access to the execution infrastructure large institutional desks use. ThinkEquity CEO Ramnarain "Joe" Jaigobind said the Arqitech stack gives the firm a competitive advantage.
The release includes caveats. Talos states that it does not provide pre-negotiated arrangements with liquidity providers, and clients must negotiate those bilaterally. The forward-looking statements note that naming ThinkEquity as the first firm is a statement of intended adoption, and that digital-asset activation requires the firm's election and any required registrations. Arqitech operates a validator on the Canton Network and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
The companies frame the arrangement as a response to client expectations that brokerage accounts present cash, securities, and digital assets together. Under the structure described, Arqitech handles onboarding, compliance, and reporting mapped to the introducing firm's written supervisory procedures, and the firm offers markets under its own name. Digital-asset pricing, routing, and execution run through the Talos platform, while stocks and bonds remain on the firm's existing order-management and clearing systems. By the end of 2026, Arqitech will embed Talos's dealer and API connectivity for liquidity access, pricing, execution, post-trade analytics, and treasury management.
Arqitech's platform is also intended to offer tokenized securities and regulated prediction markets. Arqitech CEO Brian Wasserman described Talos as a leader in institutional-grade digital-asset technology. Talos CEO and Co-Founder Anton Katz said broker-dealers of every size are being asked to offer digital assets alongside traditional assets, and that the arrangement gives smaller firms access to the execution infrastructure large institutional desks use. ThinkEquity CEO Ramnarain "Joe" Jaigobind said the Arqitech stack gives the firm a competitive advantage.
The release includes caveats. Talos states that it does not provide pre-negotiated arrangements with liquidity providers, and clients must negotiate those bilaterally. The forward-looking statements note that naming ThinkEquity as the first firm is a statement of intended adoption, and that digital-asset activation requires the firm's election and any required registrations. Arqitech operates a validator on the Canton Network and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
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