The best Crypto companies in London
Exchanges, custody, trading and blockchain infrastructure with real teams in London.
By chain
5 of 35 crypto companies name the chain they build on, on their own site or docs. Exchanges, custodians and payment rails that support many assets are left out. How chains are sourced
Well known (6)
- Aave Labs
Builds Aave, one of the largest decentralised lending protocols, plus related crypto products.
DeFi lending · Kensington and Chelsea - B2C2
Institutional crypto liquidity provider and OTC market maker, majority-owned by Japan's SBI Holdings.
Institutional Liquidity · City of London - CF Benchmarks
FCA-regulated crypto index provider whose bitcoin reference rate prices major US spot bitcoin ETFs.
Crypto Benchmarks · City of London - LMAX Digital
Regulated institutional spot crypto exchange run by London's LMAX Group, a long-standing FX exchange operator.
Institutional exchange · Kensington and Chelsea - Luno
Crypto investment platform owned by Digital Currency Group, serving 16 million users across Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Crypto Exchange · Hackney - Wintermute
Algorithmic trading firm that provides liquidity across crypto markets and is expanding into traditional markets.
Market Making · City of London
Fastest growing (7)
- Komainu$100M
Regulated digital asset custodian offering custody, staking, tokenisation and collateral services to institutions.
Institutional custody · City of London - BCB Group$65.5M
Payments and banking rails for crypto firms, with FCA-authorised and EU-licensed entities.
Crypto payments · Camden - Plasma$24M
Runs a blockchain built for stablecoin payments, including zero-fee USDT transfers.
Stablecoin blockchain · Westminster - Copper
Institutional crypto custody, collateral and off-exchange settlement (ClearLoop) provider.
Crypto custody · Westminster - Elliptic
Blockchain analytics used by exchanges, banks and governments for crypto compliance and risk screening.
Blockchain analytics · City of London - Noah
Stablecoin payment infrastructure for converting and moving money between fiat and stablecoins across 70+ countries.
Stablecoin Payments · Westminster - Wirex
Crypto and stablecoin payments app and card issuer, a principal member of Visa and Mastercard.
Stablecoin payments · City of London
Up and coming (20)
- Ramp Network$134M
Provides fiat to crypto on-ramp and off-ramp infrastructure that apps and wallets embed to let users buy, sell and swap crypto.
Fiat-crypto ramps · Hackney - Aztec$117M
Privacy-first Ethereum layer 2 using zero-knowledge proofs, plus the Noir language for private smart contracts.
Privacy Layer 2 · City of London - GFO-X$50M
FCA-regulated UK trading venue for centrally cleared digital asset futures and options for institutional investors.
Crypto Derivatives Venue · City of London - Archax$36.5M
FCA-regulated London exchange, broker and custodian for tokenised real-world assets such as money market funds and bonds.
Tokenisation exchange · Camden - Agio Ratings$11M+
Risk ratings and monitoring of crypto exchanges, custodians and lenders so institutions can manage counterparty exposure.
Risk ratings · Westminster - ClearToken$10M
Builds clearing, payment and settlement infrastructure for institutional digital asset markets, regulated in the UK.
Digital Asset Clearing · City of London - Eunice$8M
AI agents that produce auditable due diligence reports on digital assets and private markets for institutions.
Digital Asset Due Diligence · Camden - Block Scholes
FCA-registered crypto derivatives data, volatility analytics, research and on-chain options pricing oracles for institutions.
Derivatives analytics · Camden - Clearmatics
Researches and builds blockchain protocols and peer-to-peer platforms for decentralised financial markets.
Decentralised market protocols · City of London - Encode Club
Web3 and AI developer community running programmes, bootcamps and hackathons from a Shoreditch innovation hub.
Developer education · Hackney - Fiat Republic
Banking and payments API that gives crypto platforms regulated fiat accounts, virtual IBANs and payment rails.
Crypto Banking API · City of London - Haruko
Portfolio and risk management software for institutional crypto funds and trading firms.
Portfolio & risk software · City of London - Nethermind
Builds the Nethermind Ethereum execution client plus blockchain security audits, research and engineering services.
Ethereum Infrastructure · Tower Hamlets - Outlier Ventures
London venture firm and accelerator investing in early-stage crypto and AI startups.
Web3 venture accelerator · City of London - Ownera
Builds FinP2P, an interoperability network letting banks trade and settle tokenised assets across blockchains and ledgers.
Tokenisation Infrastructure · City of London - Parity Technologies
Builds the core software and developer tooling behind the Polkadot blockchain network.
Blockchain infrastructure · Islington - Quant Network
London company behind Overledger and Quant Flow, software that lets banks program money and connect to blockchains.
Programmable money · Hackney - Trilitech
London research and development hub building core protocol and apps on the Tezos blockchain.
Tezos R&D · Westminster - Zodia Custody
Bank-backed crypto custodian offering custody, staking, trading and settlement services to institutions.
Institutional custody · City of London - Zodia Markets
Institutional digital asset brokerage for cross-border crypto and stablecoin trading with same-day settlement.
Institutional Crypto Brokerage · City of London
Also in Crypto (2)
Companies whose main sector is another one, but whose work clearly overlaps Crypto. Not counted in the 33 above. How sectors work
- Fnality International$136M+
Bank-owned payment system that settles wholesale payments on a blockchain, backed 1:1 by central bank money.
alsoin this sector, main sectorFintechDLT Settlement · Hackney - Velocity$48M
Stablecoin payments and treasury platform that lets banks, payment firms and businesses settle money instantly.
alsoin this sector, main sectorFintechStablecoin payments · Westminster
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