Sidepit Information

Sidepit is building execution infrastructure where traders compete on price, not speed. In 2010 Spread Networks spent $300 million on a pipe from Chicago to New York to save four milliseconds. Those four milliseconds became the moat of modern markets: the fastest connection wins the queue, and everyone else works around it. Today, being right about the market isn’t enough. Traders face disappearing liquidity, uncertain fills and a costly race for faster connections. Professional trading firms spend time and resources managing execution instead of pursuing their edge. Institutions rely on algorithms and OTC relationships to move size. Sidepit changes the rules at the matching engine. Our patented auction mechanism puts the four milliseconds up for auction: execution priority is determined once a second, then a conventional order book matches. Everyone gets the same second to think. The aim is to bring confidence back to market orders and make better execution accessible through software. We’re starting with Bitcoin forwards, supported by Sidepit Alpha, our internal market maker. Alpha supplies liquidity and is the first user of the infrastructure we’re building for professional traders, AI trading agents and institutional desks. Execution for professional traders today. OTC as software for institutions next.