Crossover Markets is a New York-based institutional trading technology firm behind CROSSx, one of the first execution-only cryptocurrency electronic communication networks (ECN). Founded in 2022 by former FX prime brokerage executives, it decouples trade execution from custody and brokerage to remove the conflicts of interest common on crypto exchanges. CROSSx pairs sub-20 microsecond matching with smart order routing and custom dark and lit liquidity pools, and has matched more than $50 billion in notional volume across 12 million trades for nearly 100 institutional participants.
Futureswap is a decentralized, non-custodial protocol for leveraged perpetual trading, letting users take long or short positions on crypto assets with leverage while liquidity providers earn fees and token incentives. Built by a small San Francisco team led by founder Derek Alia, it launched on Ethereum in 2020, later moved to Arbitrum and Avalanche for lower-cost transactions, and pioneered an AMM-based design that plugs into pools like Uniswap and Trader Joe. Backed by roughly $13.5M from investors including Ribbit Capital, Framework Ventures, True Ventures and Placeholder, it was governed by the community via its FST token.