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13 Years of Innovation in Digital Asset Infrastructure
June 11th marks 13 years since Alphapoint was founded.
In digital assets, 13 years represents continuity in a market defined by constant change.
When Alphapoint began in 2013, the industry was still in its earliest stages. Exchanges were the center of the market. Infrastructure was fragmented. Institutions were watching, but few had begun to participate at scale.
Today, the market looks very different.
Digital asset markets now represent trillions in market value. Centralized exchange activity regularly reaches trillions in monthly trading volume across spot and derivatives. DeFi has grown into a multichain ecosystem with tens of billions of dollars in value locked. Stablecoins have become one of the clearest examples of real-world blockchain utility, with supply now above $300 billion and annual transfer volumes measured in the tens of trillions.
Regulation has also moved forward. Europe’s MiCA framework has introduced uniform rules for crypto-assets across the EU, while the United States established a federal payment stablecoin framework through the GENIUS Act. At the same time, major asset managers and financial institutions are moving deeper into tokenized finance, from BlackRock’s BUIDL fund and Franklin Templeton’s Benji platform to newer collateral and settlement models connecting tokenized Treasuries with institutional trading and payments infrastructure.
What began as a market centered largely on trading has expanded into a broader operating layer for how institutions move, manage, and settle value.
Alphapoint has evolved with that market.
Our foundation was built in exchange infrastructure: matching engines, wallets, admin controls, liquidity connectivity, and the systems required to run digital asset markets in production. That foundation now extends beyond trading into the operating layer institutions need to support digital asset activity across real financial workflows.
Alphapoint’s focus remains on building infrastructure that is reliable enough for live markets, configurable enough for regulated institutions, and flexible enough to support how digital asset use cases continue to evolve.
This year, we introduced a new brand identity and website designed to better reflect where the company, our platform, and the market are heading. The new Alphapoint identity is not a departure from our history. It is a clearer expression of what 13 years of building has prepared us to do next.
“Over the past 13 years, Alphapoint has helped institutions around the world bring digital asset infrastructure into production, supporting more than $1T in activity across our platform. We have seen this industry move from early exchange launches to global markets, stablecoin networks, and powering financial operations at scale. I'm proud of our team, our customers and industry’s continued commitment to provide financial innovation and freedom globally.” - Igor Telyatnikov, Co-Founder & CEO of Alphapoint
Thank you to our clients, partners, and team members who have been part of Alphapoint’s journey over the past 13 years.
The market has changed significantly since 2013.
We are proud to keep building the infrastructure behind what comes next.
