Spotware's cBridge has added STARPRIME as a liquidity provider, giving brokers that use the bridge access to the firm's multi-asset CFD pricing across foreign exchange, metals, indices, commodities and crypto. A liquidity bridge is the layer connecting a broker's trading platforms to the firms that supply prices, handling aggregation, order routing, exposure monitoring and reporting. Spotware, known mainly for its cTrader platform, launched cBridge as a standalone product priced on infrastructure rather than trading volume, and has been adding partners to it since.Alexis Droussiotis, co-general manager at cBridge, said "liquidity and technology need to work together for brokers to get the best results."Building Out the Bridge, One Partner at a TimeSTARPRIME is the latest name Spotware has attached to the bridge. In an earlier move, cBridge integrated risk analytics from Tapaas to give brokers a view of their trade flow, part of an effort to turn a connectivity tool into a fuller broker back end.The pricing model is the part Spotware leans on. Instead of billing per trade, cBridge charges for the infrastructure, an approach its chief executive framed when he said charging brokers extra for bridge access "does not feel fair." Adding providers like STARPRIME gives that flat-fee bridge more for brokers to route through.[#highlighted-links#] STARPRIME contributes the pricing and execution, while cBridge supplies the aggregation, routing rules and monitoring that manage it. Its feed enters the same aggregation layer as other providers, letting desks set routing rules and track exposure from one view, the companies said.A Crowded Market for Broker BridgesThe flat-fee pitch places cBridge against a bridge market that has mostly billed on volume. MetaQuotes moved onto the same ground with its Ultency model priced at $1 per $1 million of volume, while established vendors keep signing brokers to their own aggregation stacks.Adding a liquidity provider is routine work in that market. Your Bourse recently added Advanced Markets to its provider roster on the same premium-liquidity framing STARPRIME uses.Centroid brought on X Securities to widen multi-asset liquidity access for connected brokers, one of several vendors running the play cBridge is now running with STARPRIME.Jay Mawji, STARPRIME's chief executive, said "performance is the key driver to business success and client value."STARPRIME Spreads Across AggregatorsFor STARPRIME, cBridge is one more distribution point rather than a single home. The firm, the institutional arm of retail broker STARTRADER, joined Your Bourse's provider roster on a similar pitch, positioning itself between tier-one institutional desks and everyday brokerages.STARTRADER has spent on brand visibility, including an NBA sponsorship, while its institutional division builds liquidity relationships. STARPRIME says it holds regulation in five jurisdictions, listing ASIC, the FSA, the FSC, the FSCA and the SCA, and offers access to multiple liquidity pools through one connection.The practical effect for brokers is more choice of where to source STARPRIME's prices, not a new source of them. The same liquidity reaches trading desks through more than one aggregator, and cBridge's case for carrying it rests on how it is priced and managed, not on holding it exclusively.The companies announced the integration without disclosing commercial terms, a go-live date or how many brokers had signed on. This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.

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