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on June 27, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER </I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Virtu Financial, Inc.</B></P>

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</B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt"><B>Delaware</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt">of Incorporation or Organization)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>32-0420206</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt"><B>1633 Broadway</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt"><B>New York, NY</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt">(Address of Principal
    Executive Offices)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated
2015 Management Incentive Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Douglas A. Cifu</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 418-0100</B></P>

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service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>With copies to</I>:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>John C. Kennedy, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>David A.P. Marshall, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1285 Avenue of the Americas </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10019-6064</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of &nbsp;&#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging
growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Gothic, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">Accelerated filer</TD>
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    <TD>Non-accelerated filer</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Smaller reporting company</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Gothic, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Emerging growth company</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Gothic, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol,sans-serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Virtu Financial, Inc. (the &#8220;<U>Company</U>&#8221;)
has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E (Registration of Additional Securities)
on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<U>Securities Act</U>&#8221;), to register an additional 7,500,000
shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, which is referred to as the Class A Common Stock, that are reserved
for issuance upon exercise of options granted or in respect of awards to be granted under the Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and
Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan. The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-203478, 333-219110,
333-248537 and 333-266473), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<U>Commission</U>&#8221;) on April 17, 2015,
June 30, 2017, September 1, 2020 and August 2, 2022, respectively, and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-248537), filed with the Commission on November 6, 2020, are hereby incorporated by reference and made a
part hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25in 0 0"><B>Item&nbsp;3. <I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed with the Commission by
the Company are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of the Class A Common Stock set forth in the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000095014225001603/eh250639881_8a12b.htm">Form 8-A</A> filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#8221;) on June 12, 2025, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000055/virt-20241231.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2025;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000080/virt-20250331.htm">Form 10-Q</A> for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2025;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000063/virt-20250226.htm">February 28, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000086/virt-20250529.htm">May 29, 2025</A> (Item 3.01 only) and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000091/virt-20250602.htm">June 3, 2025</A>; and </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000110465925037735/tm252433-1_def14a.htm">Schedule 14A</A> for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Commission on April 23, 2025, that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238625000055/virt-20241231.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the year ended December 31, 2024.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 10pt 0pt 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition, all reports and documents filed by us
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></P>

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No.</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238623000053/exhibit31q223.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Virtu Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of Virtu Financial, Inc.&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 28, 2023).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000110465915042100/a15-8228_1ex3d2.htm">Amended and Restated By-laws of Virtu Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of Virtu Financial, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 29, 2015).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000110465925037735/tm252433-1_def14a.htm">Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Annex A to Virtu Financial, Inc.&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2025).</A></FONT></P>
</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1592386/000159238621000005/exhbit104q420.htm">Form of Restricted Stock Unit and Common Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2021).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="eh250646717_ex0501.htm">Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP as to legality of the Class A Common Stock.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="eh250646717_ex2301.htm">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.3*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="eh250646717_ex0501.htm">Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">107*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="eh250646717_ex107.htm">Filing Fee Table.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, Virtu Financial, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of New York, State of New York, on June 27, 2025.</P>

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  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 30%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>By:</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Douglas A. Cifu</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Name:</TD>
  <TD>Douglas A. Cifu</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>Title:</TD>
  <TD>Chief Executive Officer</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001" TITLE="Power of Attorney"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Douglas A. Cifu, Cindy Lee, Joseph A. Molluso and Brett
Fairclough, acting singly, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto
and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all
schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary
or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement
or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate
to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that
such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed on June 27, 2025, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; width: 65%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Douglas A. Cifu</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer (Principal</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Douglas A. Cifu</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Officer) and Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Cindy Lee</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer (Principal</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Cindy Lee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Michael T. Viola</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael T. Viola</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Vincent Viola</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman Emeritus and Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vincent Viola</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William F. Cruger, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">William F. Cruger, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 30%">/s/ Virginia Gambale</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; width: 65%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Virginia Gambale</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Joseph J. Grano, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joseph J. Grano, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Joanne M. Minieri</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joanne M. Minieri</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ John D. Nixon</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">John D. Nixon</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">/s/ Christopher C. Quick</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christopher C. Quick</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">/s/ David Urban</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">David Urban</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 27, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Virtu Financial, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
32-0420206
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1633 Broadway
New York, NY
(Address of Principal
    Executive Offices)
10019
(Zip Code)
Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated
2015 Management Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Douglas A. Cifu
Chief Executive Officer
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 418-0100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent of
service)
With copies to
:
John C. Kennedy, Esq.
David A.P. Marshall, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Virtu Financial, Inc. (the "
Company
")
has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E (Registration of Additional Securities)
on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), to register an additional 7,500,000
shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, which is referred to as the Class A Common Stock, that are reserved
for issuance upon exercise of options granted or in respect of awards to be granted under the Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and
Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan. The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-203478, 333-219110,
333-248537 and 333-266473), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") on April 17, 2015,
June 30, 2017, September 1, 2020 and August 2, 2022, respectively, and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-248537), filed with the Commission on November 6, 2020, are hereby incorporated by reference and made a
part hereof.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by
the Company are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
•
The description of the Class A Common Stock set forth in the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A
filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
") on June 12, 2025, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description;
•
The Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2025;
•
The Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2025;
•
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
February 28, 2025
,
May 29, 2025
(Item 3.01 only) and
June 3, 2025
; and
•
The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A
for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Commission on April 23, 2025, that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2024.
In addition, all reports and documents filed by us
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Virtu Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of Virtu Financial, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 28, 2023).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of Virtu Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of Virtu Financial, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 29, 2015).
4.3
Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Annex A to Virtu Financial, Inc.'s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2025).
4.4
Form of Restricted Stock Unit and Common Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2021).
5.1*
Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as to legality of the Class A Common Stock.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3*
Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)
107*
Filing Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, Virtu Financial, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of New York, State of New York, on June 27, 2025.
VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Douglas A. Cifu
Name:
Douglas A. Cifu
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Douglas A. Cifu, Cindy Lee, Joseph A. Molluso and Brett
Fairclough, acting singly, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto
and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all
schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary
or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement
or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate
to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that
such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed on June 27, 2025, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ Douglas A. Cifu
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Douglas A. Cifu
Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ Cindy Lee
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Cindy Lee
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
    Michael T. Viola
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michael T. Viola
/s/ Vincent Viola
Chairman Emeritus and Director
Vincent Viola
/s/ William F. Cruger, Jr.
Director
William F. Cruger, Jr.
/s/ Virginia Gambale
Director
Virginia Gambale
/s/ Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
Director
Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
/s/ Joanne M. Minieri
Director
Joanne M. Minieri
/s/ John D. Nixon
Director
John D. Nixon
/s/ Christopher C. Quick
Director
Christopher C. Quick
/s/ David Urban
Director
David Urban