About Us
In 2017, the BridgePort team was tasked with integrating crypto into the world’s largest wholesale FX venue, where global banks and high-frequency trading firms transact. The venue operated in both a central limit order book (CLOB) and an OTC bilateral model—both common modalities in traditional finance, where liquidity access is provided through prime brokers and bilateral credit. While executing trades would be straightforward, we quickly realized a much larger challenge: there was no central counterparty (CCP) or middleware in place to provide the pre-order and post-trade infrastructure necessary to build a truly scalable market for digital assets.
Our only avenue was to connect the venue to a custodian. Not only did this approach prove difficult and time consuming, it wasn’t scalable. We knew in order for us to build this global business we would need more connectivity.
The fundamental infrastructure that exists in traditional finance—middleware to connect disparate systems, liquidity providers, and CCPs—was completely missing in the crypto. Without it, markets were—and continue to be—hampered by liquidity fragmentation, capital inefficiencies, and fragmented settlement processes. We realized that solving these issues would require a universal, interoperable solution to facilitate communication and capital flows across the entire ecosystem. That’s why we built BridgePort.

Our Mission
At BridgePort, we don’t see disparate, isolated pieces within the institutional crypto ecosystem—we see opportunities to bring them together. Whether it’s custodians, exchanges, trading firms, or prime brokers, the lack of interoperability between these stakeholders has been a major roadblock to growth. Our middleware acts as the ‘bridge’ that brings disparate systems into harmony, creating a more unified, scalable, and liquid market.
The current state of siloed solutions like custodial walled gardens forces participants to operate in fragmented markets, leading to inefficiencies and liquidity bottlenecks. This isn’t just a technical problem—it’s a market problem. Fragmentation impacts liquidity on order books, widens spreads, and hampers the development of vibrant markets.
BridgePort’s middleware solves this by enabling seamless communication and capital allocation across platforms, trading venues, and custodians. We offer a solution that promotes interoperability, making it easier for institutions to operate in a fragmented market without needing to "pick a winner" or commit to a single siloed provider.
Our
Long-Term
Vision
We believe in building a truly interconnected crypto ecosystem—one that mirrors the success of global markets like FX, where liquidity is accessible across venues and settlement risk is minimized through robust, interoperable solutions. Our long-term vision is simple: to create the infrastructure that allows institutional trading to scale efficiently and securely. By removing unnecessary obstacles and providing an open network where liquidity can flow freely, we can help trading firms, exchanges, custodians, and other stakeholders thrive together.
The goal is not just to solve today’s problems but to create the foundation for the next wave of market participants—institutions that demand regulatory compliance, liquidity access, and efficient capital management. At BridgePort, we believe that interoperability is the key to unlocking the future of institutional crypto trading, and our middleware is designed to be the backbone of that future.


