# Liquidity and trust in early crypto markets

Alex Gordon-Brander

> Crypto markets have two huge problems — liquidity and trust.

Keegan and Gordon-Brander compare how early crypto market designs approached trade execution, liquidity and custody.

Co-authored essay published 2 November 2017 in ConsenSys Media, opening paragraph

[Who Will Bridge Wall Street and Crypto? by Alan Keegan and Alex Gordon-Brander](https://medium.com/consensys-media/who-will-bridge-wall-street-and-crypto-5db2669ae9eb)

[The co-authored review of market designs](https://agbrander.com/work/wallstreet-crypto/)

[All passages](https://agbrander.com/words.md)

[Web page](https://agbrander.com/words/#liquidity-and-trust)