Ceffu's Institutional Custody and MirrorX Solutions Powers the CeFi Execution Layer of Neutral Trade's Vault Strategy

2026-03-06  •  2 min read

Ceffu’s institutional custody and MirrorX solutions power the CeFi execution layer of Neutral Trade’s vault strategy, bringing centralized exchange liquidity into the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. This collaboration represents a meaningful step in merging institutional-grade infrastructure with DeFi, unlocking new possibilities for institutional allocators seeking to deploy capital efficiently across on-chain quant strategies.

Bringing Institutional-Grade Infrastructure to CeDeFi Strategy Vaults

Neutral Trade operates a CeDeFi strategy vault platform, offering capital allocators access to a curated range of asset management strategies. As Neutral Trade scales its CeFi execution strategies, securing a robust, trusted custody and settlement layer is critical to its vault operations.

Neutral Trade has deployed over $10 million in assets on Binance with Ceffu via MirrorX since July 2025, running a suite of four quantitative strategies spanning directional and market-neutral approaches.

By partnering with Ceffu as custodian, all assets within its vault infrastructure are held under institutional-grade custody — independently from the exchanges where strategies are executed. Through MirrorX, Neutral Trade's strategy executors are able to access liquidity across major centralized exchanges while assets remain securely held with Ceffu, eliminating direct exchange counterparty risk for vault participants.

MirrorX: Enabling Secure, Seamless Off-Exchange Settlement

Ceffu's MirrorX solution is designed for institutions to execute trades across centralized venues while mitigating exchange risk exposure. This structure allows strategy executors, who deploy capital from the Neutral Vault to operate with full trading functionality in real time while ensuring continuous protection of user assets.

Looking Ahead

The frameworks reflect the evolving institutional architecture of the digital asset ecosystem.

Institutions increasingly require:

  • Secure third-party custody

  • Off-exchange settlement layer

  • Transparent governance controls

  • Improved capital efficiency across execution venues

Ceffu’s integrated custody and off exchange settlement solutions enable strategy platforms to operate within a secure, scalable, and institution-ready framework.

To learn more about how Ceffu’s custody and liquidity solutions can help drive your business forward, contact us here.

About Neutral Trade

Neutral Trade is an on-chain quant strategy marketplace, built by experienced quants and traders. The platform enables allocators to access professionally managed, systematic quant strategies directly on-chain — spanning directional CTA, delta-neutral arbitrage, and index strategies — with on-chain transparency and non-custodial vault architecture. For more information, please visit: www.neutral.trade

About Ceffu
Ceffu is a compliant, institutional-grade custody platform offering custody and liquidity solutions that are ISO 27001 & 27701 certified and SOC2 Type 2 attested. Our multi-party computation (MPC) technology, combined with a customizable multi-approval scheme, provides bespoke solutions allowing institutional clients to safely store and manage their digital assets. Institutions may also benefit from Ceffu’s secure gateway to a wide range of liquidity products within other exchanges’ ecosystems.

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