Blockstation

Blockstation is a Canadian financial technology company that provides regulated digital asset trading infrastructure to stock exchanges and broker-dealer networks. Its platform offers a turn-key, end-to-end solution covering the full trading lifecycle, including listing, order matching, clearing, settlement, and custody of Bitcoin and other digital assets within existing regulatory frameworks.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Blockstation serves regulated financial institutions such as stock exchanges, broker-dealers, market makers, depositories, and regulators. The company is co-founded by Jai Waterman and Marko M. Hafez. A notable deployment was a pilot program with the Jamaica Stock Exchange, which became one of the first regulated exchanges in the world to offer live digital asset trading using the Blockstation platform.

Key components of the platform include a Smart ECN (Electronic Communications Network) for liquidity across exchanges, a central order book and matching engine, a Block Depository for cold wallet custody, a ChainWatch AML tool for screening deposits against illicit sources, and portals and APIs for all participant types. The platform also supports tokenized IPOs and security token listings through its Smart Listing Accelerator Portal.