Our History
As an avant-garde multi-family office, CAPLAND’s Director, Olivier Cohen, took an interest in digital assets as early as 2012. Altcoinomy SA was thus created to address the problematic of bridging the gap between early adopter and financial institutions.
alt was established to address the basic need of facilitating crypto-related fund transfers. We realised early on that despite investments in digital-assets becoming increasingly widespread, banks continued to be reluctant in accepting crypto-related funds.
Today, alt is the premier provider and facilitator of digital asset services in the industry. KYC/AML, prime brokerage, bank account opening, we draft crypto due diligence reports, execute crypto trades, and facilitate project fundraising, all in the most compliant way. Early adopters, crypto millionaires, financial institutions, and crypto projects rely on us on a daily basis for all their digital asset requirements.
Mission Statement
Up to now, the world of finance has been relatively protected from disruption, unlike the service, hotel, transport, or luxury sectors that have already experienced major disruption. Finally, the financial world is experiencing this disruption with the acceptance of digital assets by a community outside of the blockchain one.
alt is here to bridge the gap between the traditional banking world and digital assets, in a smooth and seamless way. Alt brings clarity to complexity for countless individuals, token sales projects, and financial institutions.
Company Milestones
2021
- Rebranding to alt (www.alt.co) – first marketing effort since inception.
- Filing of Fintech license preliminary application.
- Major cash-out transaction (2300 BTC, equivalent to $115mio) transacted within a couple of hours.
2019
- Launch of wallet recovery services (www.wallet.surgery)
- Altcoinomy joins the Capital Markets Technology Association, with Olivier Cohen as AML Committee member.
- Altcoinomy expands its AML program by adding systematic forensic analysis through partnership with Scorechain.
2018
- The KYC platform initially built for its own ICO projects is completed and the technology is leveraged to accommodate third-party Token Issuers crowdfunding. Elrond, now a USD 10bn market cap, signs first AML service agreement.
- Altcoinomy is granted corporate accounts in several private banks and specialises in large OTC transactions.
2017
- Altcoinomy is co-founded by CAPLAND SA (a Geneva-based Asset manager) and one of its key employees, Olivier Cohen.
- Flow ruling is granted by the FINMA: allowing Altcoinomy to trade digital assets and to keep back ups of client private keys.
- ICO on hard-asset stable coins on hold due to LPCC license requirement.
Our partners
Meet the Team
Constantin Papadimitriou
Chairman
Konstantinos Lanaras
Co-founder
C.E.O
Olivier Cohen
Founder
C.O.O
Afsaneh Heyat
Chief Risk Officer
Head of Compliance
Adi Somech
Head of Trading
Noé Curtz
Chief Technology Officer
Marie-Elise Liechti
Vice President
Eugenie Dmitrieva
Relationship Manager
Marc Guadagnino
Compliance Officer
Marwa Eid
Legal Advisor
Adélie Ben Hayoun
Chief Marketing Officer
Hendrik van Boetzelaer
Chief Product Officer
Our feedback
Beniamin Mincu,
Elrond CEO
“Working with alt was a smooth journey, our private sale contributors reported very professional handling of their onboarding. This allowed us to concentrate on our tech and accelerate our launch date.”
Piers Ridyard,
Radix CEO
“alt scaled their infrastructure, improved their API with specific features, and accommodated to the workflow we requested, resulting in a successful fundraising of $12M+.”
Hillik Nissani,
Colu Project Manager
“Thanks to alt expert way of handling the CLN buyback program, Colu DLT has concluded its Colu blockchain project in the most compliant way.”
Luc Jodet,
Arianee Co-Founder
“After our token sale, alt contacted the purchasers and performed KYC/AML with 80%+ successful cases. Buyers who didn’t pass were subsequently refunded by Arianee.”
Carlos Grenoir,
Olyseum CEO
“It is always a pleasure to work with alt.”