{"id":548043,"date":"2026-01-28T12:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/for-wall-streets-most-sophisticated-trading-firms-the-next-alpha-is-onchain\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:53:15","slug":"for-wall-streets-most-sophisticated-trading-firms-the-next-alpha-is-onchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/for-wall-streets-most-sophisticated-trading-firms-the-next-alpha-is-onchain\/","title":{"rendered":"For Wall Street\u2019s most sophisticated trading firms, the next alpha is onchain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius Labs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For centuries, the world\u2019s traders and speculators have pursued one thing above all else: alpha. Not just returns, but an edge \u2014 a structural advantage that lets them capture value before everyone else. In modern times, they\u2019ve achieved this through speed and precision, often beating the competition by mere nanoseconds.<\/p>\n

As markets migrate to blockchain rails, however, the nature of alpha itself is shifting. Future alpha won\u2019t come from co-locating servers next to an exchange or shaving nanoseconds off fiber routes. Rather, it will emerge from using onchain infrastructure in unique ways.<\/p>\n

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Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure. Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius Labs For centuries, the world\u2019s traders and speculators have pursued one thing above all else: alpha. Not just returns, but an edge \u2014 a structural advantage that lets them capture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":548044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-548043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}