Alameda Research is a cryptocurrency and digital asset quantitative trading firm founded by Sam Bankman-Fried in 2018. The company’s mission is to make financial markets more efficient and accessible for everyone, with an emphasis on decentralized technology. Alameda has offices in San Francisco, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong and London.
The team at Alameda focuses on “building the infrastructure that will bring blockchain into its next phase of development: institutional adoption” according to their website. To this end they are actively involved in several key developments within the industry such as developing algorithms for automated market making (AMM) and providing liquidity solutions via their FTX exchange platform which offers futures contracts & leveraged tokens alongside spot trades across major crypto assets like Bitcoin or Ethereum . Additionally they have launched Serum; a trustless derivatives protocol built using Solana Network’s high performance blockchain layer allowing users to trade crypto derivatives with low latency & low fees compared to other platforms currently available.
In 2020 Alameda was listed amongst Forbes’ Fintech 50 list of most innovative companies driving fintech innovation worldwide along side giants like Square Inc., Robinhood Markets Inc., TransferWise Ltd etc.. This recognition speaks volumes about how far the company has come since it started out just two years ago when Sam Bankman-Fried set out his vision of creating a better future through decentralizing finance systems leveraging modern technologies like blockchains & distributed ledgers .
With over $200 million under management , hundreds of millions traded daily through multiple exchanges around world including Binance , Huobi Global , OKEx , Kraken Exchange etc.. It looks obvious that Alameda Research is here stay making waves throughout the industry while continuing strive towards achieving its goal bringing greater efficiency accessiblity financial markets globally regardless one’s geographic location wealth status all thanks power decentralization!
