Consolidated Tape Feeds

Architecture

Consolidated Tape Feeds function as the central mechanism for aggregating disparate price and volume data across multiple fragmented trading venues into a single, cohesive stream. By normalizing disparate exchange protocols into a standardized format, these systems provide market participants with a unified view of asset liquidity and valuation. This infrastructure is essential for establishing a reliable global reference price for financial derivatives and cryptocurrency markets, where cross-venue fragmentation would otherwise obscure genuine price discovery.