New Pyth Data Provider: Optiver
Mar 14, 2022
We are delighted to welcome Optiver, a global proprietary trading firm and market maker for various exchange-listed financial instruments, to the Pyth Network where it will contribute its US equities prices.
Who is Optiver?
With 35+ years of global market-making experience, the firm was founded by Johann Kaemingk in 1986 as an options market maker on the European Options Exchange (known as Euronext).
As a market maker, Optiver trades derivatives, cash equities, bonds, forex, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
With more than 1100 employees, Optiver is headquartered in Amsterdam with offices in Chicago, Austin, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taipei.
“By participating in the Pyth Network we have a chance to support innovation in the space and work with the creators of tomorrow’s financial markets,” said Pat Cooney, Chief Technology Officer at Optiver. “We also look forward to helping shape the direction of blockchain development on a network purpose-built for the speed and throughput needs of modern financial markets.”
We look forward to further coordinating with amazing partners to establish a digital marketplace of institutional grade, high fidelity financial data to power any financial dApps regardless of their blockchain base and offer the best data to the world.
Discover More
Meet the Pyth Network's data providers
Apply to become a data provider
Learn more about Optiver
Learn more about Pyth Network
We can’t wait to hear what you think! You can join the Pyth Discord and Telegram, follow us on Twitter, and be the first to hear about what’s new in the Pyth ecosystem through our newsletter. You can also learn more about Pyth here.
