New York and Hong Kong, April 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Bitfinex, the world’s leading Bitcoin exchange, and AlphaPoint, the leading technology provider for digital currency exchanges, are announcing that after extensive testing, Bitfinex’s integration with AlphaPoint’s trading engine has been completed and live rollout is underway.

“This is just the first step in our ongoing process to deliver the most reliable and feature-rich trading experience for our users. While we are stress testing and ensuring that every aspect of the system will function to our user’s high expectations, we are very pleased that we can showcase some of the fruits of our labor. We are actively enhancing and developing features that we expect will be warmly embraced by the trading community. While we take every precaution in this integration, we think this is a major step in that process.” said Josh Rossi, Vice President of Business Development at Bitfinex.

The first stage of the migration to the AlphaPoint platform has been completed, allowing users access to a new WebSocket API for market data, providing order book updates and executions in real-time. As the rollout continues, users can expect the following:

Rapid Trade Execution - AlphaPoint’s matching engine is HFT-ready, and designed to maintain speed at scale, even during extreme volume spikes.

Flexible Architecture - The flexibility and modularity of the AlphaPoint platform will allow traders and institutions to interact with Bitfinex’s liquidity using the protocol they are most comfortable with - such as WebSocket, High-Performance Binary, or FIX.

Scalability for the Future - The new flexible backend will enable new currency pairs, in addition to advanced order types and algorithmic strategies.

“Bitcoin and the blockchain are here to stay,” said Vadim Telyatnikov, CEO of AlphaPoint. “As the broader financial sector becomes involved, we feel there is going to be a strong need for a trusted central exchange with deep liquidity and best-in-class technology. We believe Bitfinex will fill this need, and we’re honored they selected us as their backbone.”

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About Bitfinex

Bitfinex is the world’s leading Bitcoin exchange, and provides the most advanced trading platform in the digital currency space. A leading source of price discovery, Bitfinex also underpins a large part of the bitcoin economy by enabling merchants, payment processors, individuals and traders access to the deepest pool of liquidity. Founded in 2012, Bitfinex is an established thought leader in the digital currency exchange space, and one of the most secure platforms to have been released. For more information, follow us on twitter at @bitfinex or visit us at: www.bitfinex.com

About AlphaPoint

AlphaPoint is a technology company that powers digital currency exchanges and provides institutions aggregate access and order routing to digital currency markets. Its secure, scalable, and customizable platform can process nearly 1 million transactions per second, enabling customers to innovate, differentiate, and transform their businesses. As the world's leading white label exchange provider, AlphaPoint powers several of the largest Bitcoin exchanges worldwide, and is led by a seasoned team with 35+ years in financial technology. AlphaPoint has offices in New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. For more information, follow us at @AlphaPointLive or visit us at www.alphapoint.com.

For any further questions, please contact info@bitfinex.com or press@alphapoint.com

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Today AlphaPoint, the leading white label digital currency exchange provider, pulled back the curtain on a range of new features for its currency exchange platform at Finovate's London conference. Finovate highlights breakthroughs in financial technology to an audience of executives, investors, analysts, and entrepreneurs, and AlphaPoint is one of just a handful of Bitcoin firms to present in the conference's history.

"We are incredibly excited to have AlphaPoint unveil its brand-new white label exchange platform at FinovateEurope2015," said Eric Mattson, CEO of Finovate. "We selected AlphaPoint to present because their technology helps merge the world of bitcoin and digital currencies with traditional finance, demonstrating how financial institutions can stay ahead of the curve as the future of finance is shaped."

Despite recent price volatility, investment activity in Bitcoin has continued to boom. Venture capital investment in digital currency startups increased from $91.84 million in 2013 to $362.26 in 2014, on par with 1995 investments made in early Internet startups like Yahoo, Ebay, and Amazon, while merchant adoption of Bitcoin has gone up fourfold during the same period. Over the past several months, large, established financial institutions, such as the NYSE and BBVA, have likewise made forays into the space. Investors in AlphaPoint include Ben Franklin Technology Partners, DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg, Scott Becker of Google-acquired Invite Media, former SEI executive Ken Zimmer, and Crypto Currency Partners. This past November, AlphaPoint announced a deal with Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, the world's largest BTCUSD exchange, to replace Bitfinex's existing backend technology.

AlphaPoint's seven-minute demo at Finovate gave attendees a look into the platform's the revamped frontend, with Founder and CTO Joe Ventura and VP of Sales Scott Bambacigno highlighting the following:

    Flexible, Modular Architecture - The new drag-and-drop, widget-base frontend allows financial institutions and other clients to launch faster than ever and refine their products with unprecedented depth and ease.

    Performance + Scalability - The enterprise-grade backend is capable of processing nearly 1 million transactions per second and utilizes military-grade security. The platform supports FIX and FAST API connections to allow traditional financial institutions to easily connect.

"Our vision is to make it as seamless as possible for mainstay financial institutions to embrace digital currencies," said Ventura, who has over 15 years of software architecture experience at firms such as Deutsche Bank, UBS, and Merrill Lynch. "We designed the system from the ground up with security and massive scalability in mind, and are excited to add these new frontend features to make integration into existing web products even easier for our clients."

AlphaPoint's platform is currently used by nearly 20 exchanges across 6 continents.

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About AlphaPoint
AlphaPoint (est. in 2013) is the leading exchange technology platform provider to support digital currencies. The company powers some of the top bitcoin and altcoin exchanges in the world, and is faster than traditional exchanges with the ability to process nearly one million transactions per second. By easing the adoption of digital currencies, AlphaPoint's secure, scalable and customizable platform is helping change how businesses and consumers transact. AlphaPoint has offices in New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. For more information, visit www.alphapoint.com.

About FinovateEurope
FinovateEurope is a demo-based conference for innovative startups and established companies in the fields of banking and financial technology. Held in London, the event offers an insight-packed glimpse of the future of money via a fast-paced, intimate, and unique format. FinovateEurope is organized by The Finovate Group. For more information on the event or to view videos of previous demos, please visit www.finovate.com/europe2015.

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AlphaPoint becomes first Bitcoin company selected to present at FinovateEurope2015 in London

On February 10 & 11, FinovateEurope returns to London to showcase the latest and greatest financial and banking technology innovations from hot young startups and leading established companies. AlphaPoint has been selected to demonstrate their powerful bitcoin exchange and remarketer platform and would like to invite everyone in the bitcoin community to join them for this event.

FinovateEurope 2014 was a sellout show and Finovate’s largest international event to date. Not only was the number of attendees impressive, but the quality was as well. Senior-level executives, decision makers, and leaders came from some of the biggest, most influential companies in the fintech arena.

This year, Finovate expects the London show to be even bigger and better. The event will feature Finovate’s signature demo-only format with each company receiving just 7 minutes on stage to debut their cutting-edge technology to the entire audience. Intimate networking sessions will give you the chance to connect with presenters, as well as financial/banking executives, venture capitalists, members of the press, and other interesting minds in the industry.

Register at http://finovateeurope2015.eventbrite.com now and lock in your spot – when you do, you can save 20% by entering the discount code AlphaPointFEU20.

About FinovateEurope

FinovateEurope is a demo-based conference for innovative startups and established companies in the fields of banking and financial technology. Held in London, the event offers an insight-packed glimpse of the future of finance via a fast-paced, intimate, and unique format. FinovateEurope is organized by The Finovate Group. For more information on the event or to view videos of previous demos, please visit http://www.finovate.com.

About Alphapoint

AlphaPoint (est. in 2013) is the leading exchange technology platform provider to support digital currencies. The company powers some of the top bitcoin and altcoin exchanges in the world, and is faster than traditional exchanges with the ability to process nearly one million transactions per second. By easing the adoption of digital currencies, AlphaPoint’s secure, scalable and customizable platform is helping change how businesses and consumers transact. AlphaPoint has offices in New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. For more information, visit http://www.alphapoint.com.

While not open source, you may want to check out the AlphaPoint exchange platform. The platform has a fully operational front and back end that you can build and customize on top of.

www.alphapoint.com

Hello,

For those still interested in launching a bitcoin/altcoin exchange, we recommend taking a look at the AlphaPoint white label bitcoin exchange platform. AlphaPoint is based out of New York, founded by financial technology experts with more than 30+ years of experience building risk management, trading, and exchange platform technology.

Some Features:

Rapid Scalability – The AlphaPoint platform is an enterprise solution capable of processing nearly a million transactions a second.

Flexible Architecture – The flexibility and modularity of the AlphaPoint platform allow traders and institutions to connect through a variety of APIs and support any digital or fiat currency.

Security - Multi-signature deposit addresses ensure digital assets are safe even in the event of a security breach. Built from the start with ultimate importance given to security, the AlphaPoint platform is rigorously scrutinized to eliminate corner-cases. Optimized with minimal exposure design patterns, your database and assets are secured with military grade practices.


Some relevant links:
http://www.coindesk.com/alphapoint-1-35-million-intel-bitcoin-exchanges/
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/cryptocurrency-exchange-platform-alphapoint-partners-bitfinex-support-growth/

Learn more: www.alphapoint.com

Best,

AlphaPoint Team

Hello,

If you are still interested in launching your own local exchange, we recommend taking a look at the AlphaPoint white label bitcoin exchange platform. AlphaPoint is based out of New York, founded by financial technology experts with more than 30+ years of experience building risk management, trading, and exchange platform technology.

Some Features:

Rapid Scalability – The AlphaPoint platform is an enterprise solution capable of processing nearly a million transactions a second.

Flexible Architecture – The flexibility and modularity of the AlphaPoint platform allow traders and institutions to connect through a variety of APIs (e.g. preferring FIX Gateway over another) and support any digital or fiat currency.

Security - Multi-signature deposit addresses ensure digital assets are safe even in the event of a security breach. Built from the start with ultimate importance given to security, the AlphaPoint platform is rigorously scrutinized to eliminate corner-cases. Optimized with minimal exposure design patterns, your database and assets are secured with military grade practices.


Some relevant links:
http://www.coindesk.com/alphapoint-1-35-million-intel-bitcoin-exchanges/
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/cryptocurrency-exchange-platform-alphapoint-partners-bitfinex-support-growth/

Learn more: www.alphapoint.com

Best,

AlphaPoint Team