what's Arkis?
Arkis is a CeDeFi prime broker that combines DeFi transparency with CeFi execution to provide institutional-grade credit solutions. It enables true portfolio margining across chains, allowing users to access undercollateralized leverage while maintaining capital efficiency. The platform supports multichain operations and accelerates DeFi maturity by offering advanced risk management features like portfolio-based margining for traders and financial institutions.
Arkis received a $4M investment from Spark protocol's treasury in Q4 2025.
Powers Spark Prime's margin technology for CeDeFi margin lending, institutional prime brokerage, delta-neutral yield strategies, and cross-venue liquidity access.
Participated in panel discussion with Spark on February 11, 2026, regarding institutional DeFi services and financial convergence, moderated by Henri Arslanian.
Received a $4 million investment from Spark protocol's treasury in Q4 2025.
Arkis partners with MORE Markets to bring prime brokerage-level strategies to retail users on the MORE platform.
Entities associated with Spark/Maker/Sky acquire approximately 10% equity stake in the prime broker, with criticism raised about potential conflicts of interest involving "Other People's Money."
Third-party trader identifies the project as having "solid coverage" and "growing fast" in the DeFi prime broker space, highlighting margin account functionality for buying Pendle PTs as particularly interesting.
BitGo integration enables custodian-managed collateral for institutional tri-party crypto credit structures.
Security audit reveals 20 issues in protocol, findings now public.