Quick TakeAlameda Research is a Hong Kong-based quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that does a combination of arbitrage, quantitative strategies, liquidity providing, and OTC trading across crypto platformsThe firm has been an active participant in decentralized finance (DeFi) by deploying capital to DeFi applications for yield opportunities and launching Serum, a decentralized exchange, through FTXIn total, the firm has deployed its capital to at least 53 startups and protocols across seven verticals, which The Block has mapped out below