ABEX

ABEX is a London-based financial technology company providing institutional-grade algorithmic execution solutions for participants in digital asset markets. Founded in 2022 by Erkan Kaya and co-founded alongside Christian Gressel, ABEX was built on the conviction that crypto markets were structurally where traditional finance stood two decades ago: fragmented liquidity, limited transparency, and no standardised best-execution framework. The company set out to bring the same quantitative rigour and low-latency infrastructure that transformed equities and FX trading to the digital asset space.

ABEX's core product is an ultra-low-latency, high-frequency trading engine built in C++ and enhanced by machine learning, which enables institutional clients — hedge funds, OTC desks, prime brokers, and market makers — to achieve best execution across fragmented digital asset venues. Its proprietary Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) framework provides transparent, high-quality execution data that continuously trains and refines ABEX's algorithms over time, creating a flywheel of improving performance with scale.

Regulated by the FCA for cryptoasset activities, ABEX has secured strategic partnerships with prime brokers including Hidden Road and LTP. In 2025, the company raised $6 million from MMC Ventures to scale its engineering and quant research teams, expand into matched principal trading, and introduce solutions for derivatives — cementing its first-mover position in institutional-grade algorithmic execution for digital assets.