Coinbase's GDAX Links Up With Trading Software

GDAX, the cryptocurrency exchange run by startup Coinbase, has partnered with trading software provider Trading Technologies.

The integration allows those using TT's platform to access spot bitcoin trading alongside futures for the cryptocurrency, the two firms announced Thursday.

Trading Technologies CEO Rick Lane also announced efforts to develop "asset-class-specific functionality on the TT platform for cryptocurrency trading". Lane attributed the decision to partner with Coinbase to demand from the institutional trading community.

Customers will have access to market data, charts and automated trading tools with which to submit orders and trade cryptocurrencies on GDAX. It will also enable spread trades, in which two assets are bought and sold concurrently. Trading Technologies boasts access to 45 markets worldwide including Deutsche Boerse, Intercontinental Exchange and Nasdaq, as well as CME group and Cboe Global Markets Inc., which both started bitcoin futures trading late last year.