AlphaPoint Announces Support for Tezos Token (XTZ)

New York, October 28, 2019  – ­­ AlphaPoint, a leading blockchain company focused on enabling institutions to launch, scale, and operate digital asset exchanges globally, today announced that AlphaPoint now supports tez (XTZ), the native asset of the Tezos network, for its clients, including depositing, withdrawal, and trading.

AlphaPoint supports over a dozen protocols and hundreds of assets. This integration enables more than 40 AlphaPoint­ software-powered exchanges to support tez for deposits, withdrawals, and trading with fiat and cryptocurrency pairings. Several exchanges in AlphaPoint’s growing network have piloted support for tez, and already list it for trading. Additionally, AlphaPoint will be delivering sub-token support to power STO exchanges focused on Tezos based security token offerings as a follow-on project.

Tezos is a public blockchain and smart contract platform for assets and decentralized applications (dApps), with features including liquid proof of stake consensus, formal verification to enable developers to verify the accuracy of their contracts, and the ability to let stakeholders vote on changes to the protocol. Tez, the native cryptocurrency of Tezos, facilitates transactions and incentivizes participation in the network.

“Our goal is to enable our clients to provide access to digital assets globally and we are enthusiastic to support XTZ,” said Igor Telyatnikov, co­founder and CEO, AlphaPoint. “AlphaPoint believes in Tezos as a long-term solution for digital transactions including smart contracts and STOs, and we are also excited by the many projects happening in the Tezos ecosystem.”

AlphaPoint’s blockchain platform supports a highly­ secured venue and the ability to process nearly one million transactions per second. Its white label software customers have the ability to integrate a bevy of coin offerings and pairings through its many partnerships with cryptocurrency companies.

About Tezos:
The Tezos protocol is a blockchain technology that evolves by upgrading itself. Stakeholders of the Tezos blockchain vote on amendments to the protocol to reach social consensus on proposals, creating a secure and organic upgrading system. The protocol’s on-chain governance system, Proof-of-Stake (PoS), and ability to facilitate formal verification, make Tezos an ideal long-term solution for digital transactions, including smart contracts and security tokens. Tezos is fully decentralized and individuals can transact in digital assets using its native digital currency, tez (XTZ). Learn more at: https://tezos.com/

About AlphaPoint:
AlphaPoint is a white-label software company powering crypto exchanges worldwide. Through its secure, scalable, and customizable distributed ledger platform, AlphaPoint enables customers to launch and operate markets, as well as digitize assets. AlphaPoint and its award winning blockchain technology have helped institutions discover and execute their blockchain strategies since 2013. Visit us at https://alphapoint.com