Jump Crypto

Jump Crypto is a blockchain infrastructure and research division of Jump Trading Group, a quantitative trading firm based in the United States. The organization focuses on building open-source infrastructure for decentralized networks, conducting quantitative research, and providing capital and engineering resources to blockchain projects.

Founded in 2021, Jump Crypto is known primarily for developing Firedancer, an independent Solana validator client written in C from the ground up. Firedancer is designed to maximize throughput on modern hardware, targeting performance levels well beyond the original Solana client. It launched gradually on Solana mainnet through 2025 and 2026, with more than 26% of Solana validators running Firedancer or its hybrid variant Frankendancer by mid-2026. The project is fully open-source under the Apache 2.0 license.

Beyond Firedancer, Jump Crypto has contributed to several other blockchain infrastructure projects, including Pyth Network, an on-chain oracle for real-time market data, and Wormhole, a cross-chain messaging protocol. The organization does not accept funds from external investors and operates exclusively as an infrastructure builder and market participant.