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Cloud-hosted Cryptocurrency Trading System

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development
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Industry
Industry

Information Technology

Duration
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9 months

Budget
Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date
Start Date

1 October 2018

Team Size
Team Size

11-15

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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73/100
Good

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Client

Confidential

mapNew York City, United States of America

Project Summary

Ionixx Technologies built a cloud-hosted cryptocurrency trading system from scratch, delivering a Java-based, microservices architecture with a web front end, REST and FIX APIs. The team completed a high-performance, stable product in an accelerated timeline (under six months) and demonstrated strong commitment and technical skill while learning new frameworks.

Key Challenges

  • Build a complete trading system with multi-market connections, market data aggregation, order routing, algorithmic order types, order management, and risk management
  • Deliver the system from scratch in under six months
  • Achieve high scalability, low latency, and high availability leveraging Kubernetes

Project Deliverables

  • Core Java microservices-based trading system
  • Web-based front end
  • REST API and FIX API
  • Multi-market data aggregation and order routing services
  • Order management and risk management systems
  • Deployment via Kubernetes for cloud hosting and local installations

Project Solution

The vendor implemented a core-Java microservices architecture (29 microservices) aggregating data from multiple crypto markets with a web front end, REST API, and FIX API. The team used open-source frameworks including Kafka, MySQL, Redis and deployed the system on Kubernetes for high availability and scalability, supporting both cloud-hosted and local installations while following agile practices and daily coordination with the client.

Project Outcome

  • Delivered a high-performance, stable trading system with outstanding functionality in six months
  • Achieved greater functionality than better-funded competitors, impressing customers, investors, and competitors
  • System in production beta with dev team providing ongoing production support

Platforms

  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • JavaJava
  • React.jsReact.js
  • Apache KafkaApache Kafka
  • MySQLMySQL
  • RedisRedis
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The final product is fully-functional and stable. Ionixx Technologies demonstrated a complete commitment to the project, working through nights to adhere to an accelerated timeline. The team exhibited professionalism and technical skill, learning unfamiliar frameworks during the project.”

Steven Brucato

CTO & Co-founder

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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