Institutions, Funds & Market Makers

5.1 Overview

Institutions require privacy to protect strategies, liquidity operations, and risk exposure.

ZKGate offers institutional-grade private settlement.

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5.2 What Institutions Can Do

- Private OTC Trades

• Off-chain price negotiation.

• On-chain settlement inside ZK Pools.

• No public exposure of:

  • deal size

  • counterparties

  • timing

- Private Fund Management

• Hold positions privately.

• Rebalance using private swaps.

• Compute NAV via ZK proofs:

  • "Proof of NAV correctness"

  • without exposing portfolio composition.

- Private Liquidity Provision

• Market makers can provide liquidity without revealing:

  • inventory

  • rebalancing strategy

  • position rotation

- Compliance-Friendly Mode

Institutions can opt into:

• ZK-KYC

• zero-knowledge sanction checks

• disclosure-on-demand audits

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5.3 Benefits for Institutions

• No front-running from public transparency.

• Cleaner and safer execution for large orders.

• Regulatory compliance without breaking privacy requirements.

• Ability to participate in DeFi safely and anonymously.