About

Origin Story: From Crypto Project to Market Maker

Forged in the fires of the 2017 ICO era, we've thrived through every market cycle not by luck, but through discipline, speed, and a deep belief in the future of crypto. We built Adaptive Frontier as a high-frequency trading firm with staying power. Today, we bring that same resilience and edge to the projects we support, helping founders navigate volatility, unlock deep liquidity, and build for the long game.

Ultra-Low Latency Infrastructure

Direct colocation, private networks, and hyper-optimized Rust code built to operate in mere microseconds where and when it counts.

Multi-Strategy Algo Suite

7+ years of crypto native trading has honed a battle-tested suite of algorithms that work in concert to outperform in all market conditions.

Confident Fair Pricing in Any Market

Proprietary pricing models calculate global fair mid prices even during extreme volatility, allowing us to quote when others dare not.

Risk Management Built for Survival

Consistently maintaining a risk-adjusted conservative posture, we have weathered every storm in every market cycle only to emerge stronger.

Our Origin Story

Been There, Built That:
Solving Difficult Problems In Digital Assets

In 2017, we were project founders, not market makers.

We raised ETH, launched a token, got it listed, and experienced firsthand what it meant to be on the other side of the table. Lots of market makers came calling, but none of their proposals made financial sense to us. We were fortunate enough to have the finance and tech background to build a market making algo for our token, so that's what we did.

But then the bear market hit. ETH crashed from $2,000 to $80. The only source of cash flow? Market making our own token.

Years of Outperformance

So we turned to market making Bitcoin and Ethereum and discovered we had real edge. The returns were consistent. We then formalized operations, launched a regulated Cayman hedge fund, and scaled rapidly.

Over the next three years, we became a top 20 global market maker, managing over $100M. We navigated extreme volatility, from BitMEX liquidation spirals to the Terra/Luna collapse, and consistently delivered outperformance in our returns without a single week of drawdown.

Crisis, Integrity, and Reboot

When FTX collapsed, we acted immediately to safeguard our stakeholders. Repaid all loans to Genesis, Celsius, BlockFi, Maple. Returned all investor capital before bank accounts were shut down (RIP Silvergate and Signature). No delays. No excuses. Despite the circumstances, early investors remained profitable.

We wound down the fund gracefully and stepped back. After years of 24/7/365, it was time for us to rest and reset.

Reinventing with Purpose

From there, we rebuilt from the ground up. New proprietary firm. New infrastructure. Faster algorithms.

But the project market making space hadn't changed. Crypto projects were still frustrated with their market makers - unclear incentives, opaque execution, undelivered promises.

As a Cayman regulated hedge fund, we weren't able to help projects with liquidity due to compliance restrictions. But as a proprietary firm, freedom and flexibility beckoned.

A New Standard in Liquidity

So we launched a new business line to help projects with market making.

We leverage our high frequency trading infrastructure and sophisticated algorithms to help make orderly markets in a chaotic industry, provide transparency in an opaque space, and actually deliver value in a normalized culture of extraction.

An ever-increasing pool of satisfied clients trusts us enough to graciously send referrals.

Time is a flat circle. We're now back to our roots, serving and supporting crypto projects with liquidity.