Block Street functions as the initial Unified Liquidity Layer designed for on-chain capital markets. As tokenized financial instruments like equities, derivatives, and securities lending migrate to blockchain networks, the fragmentation of liquidity stands as a major obstacle to scaling. Inefficiencies arising from isolated venues, divided liquidity pools, and variable execution quality restrict wider adoption by institutions.

To resolve this, Block Street constructs the premier unified liquidity framework for tokenized assets, which enhances execution quality and composability for various issuers and across different chains.

This system consolidates scattered liquidity into a cross-issuer execution layer that facilitates shared settlement, trading with lower gas costs, and narrower on-chain spreads. Institutions and developers can utilize this infrastructure via a single API, which provides multichain compatibility with Base, BNB Chain, and Ethereum. This setup enables smooth interoperability between real-world assets (RWAs) and DeFi.

Block Street has shown considerable momentum in both the institutional and retail markets.

For institutions, the Aqua API was developed alongside liquidity providers and professional trading firms. Since its debut, Aqua has handled more than $241 million in total routed volume, indicating rising demand for better execution and aggregated liquidity.

In the retail sector, the Everst interface gained 1.2 million users during its pilot stage. This early uptake points to robust interest in tools for capital efficiency and accessible trading of tokenized assets.

Currently, the team is concentrating on expanding infrastructure usage through both retail distribution channels and institutional integrations.

Block Street was established by a group of technologists and quantitative finance experts who possess backgrounds in both conventional financial institutions and Web3 infrastructure. This blend places the firm at the crossroads of institutional markets and on-chain capital systems.

Hedy Wang serves as CEO and Co-Founder. Her prior roles include leading quantitative portfolio strategies at prominent Wall Street hedge funds and private equity firms, such as Apollo and Point72’s Cubist Systematic Strategies. She also worked as Risk Lead at Capital One, managing the creation of large-scale financial risk models. Hedy earned a degree in Computational Science from Harvard, with courses at MIT, and participated in exchange and research programs at UCLA and Stanford. Her expertise in systematic trading, structured finance, and DeFi shapes Block Street’s emphasis on scalable, execution-driven liquidity infrastructure.

Mike Wu is the CTO and Co-Founder. A systems engineer, he has managed large-scale infrastructure initiatives at Google and Cruise. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and was a global winner in ACM competitions. Mike focuses on distributed systems, low-latency architecture, and developer tooling, which are central to Block Street’s multichain liquidity infrastructure.

The founding team merges institutional quantitative knowledge with advanced engineering skills to create infrastructure for the next wave of tokenized capital markets. The company receives backing from venture investors and angels with experience in global finance and digital asset sectors.