SQD Network Signals Institutional Push With Strategic Hire and OceanStream Launch
Zug, Switzerland, June 11th, 2025, Chainwire
SQD Network, the decentralized data-lakehouse, has announced the launch of OceanStream to deliver institutional-grade financial data. OceanStream sources data from over 200 blockchains in real-time, giving professional investors access to fast and reliable financial information.
To support this goal, it has appointed Howie Altman, former Bridgewater Tech Executive, as Head of Institutional Strategy and David Attermann as an Executive Advisor with the backing of M31 Labs, a venture studio and crypto advisory firm known for building and backing blue-chip Web3 infrastructure. Attermann and the M31 Labs team will provide product development guidance, go-to-market support, and integration pathways for AI-native workflows, critical pillars for OceanStream.
OceanStream is designed for hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions. It enables clients to stream high-fidelity, low-latency blockchain data via enterprise-grade APIs. This eliminates dependence on slow centralized providers and will power a new generation of programmatic finance.
SQD Head of Institutional Strategy Howie Altman said: “The finance industry is undergoing its most significant transformation in the last half century. OceanStream, now live with robust infrastructure and a growing list of key partners, is perfectly positioned to lead the way for digital asset data. I’m thrilled for this launch and what lies ahead.”
David Attermann added: “As Databricks’ acquisition of Neon illustrates, the future of data infrastructure lies in systems that are AI-native: serverless, scalable, and programmable. OceanStream will provide the open, decentralized backbone for the AI-powered financial ecosystem.”
The migration of traditional financial assets onchain is a leading trend that demands the creation of institutional-grade infrastructure. Industry forecasts project tokenized assets to reach $30 trillion within the next 5-7 years. As this shift accelerates, the role of first-party blockchain data will become foundational to the workflow of every major financial institution.
OceanStream has been engineered from the ground up to support the real-time needs of institutional actors participating in tokenized capital markets. Key features include:
- Real-Time, Low-Latency Access: High-performance data streams optimized for capital markets applications.
- 200+ Chain Coverage: The most comprehensive onchain dataset across all major Layer 1s, Layer 2s, and appchains.
- Fully Composable & Permissionless: Seamless access for AI agents, quant systems, and enterprise data platforms.
- Open-Source Infrastructure: Ensures unmatched transparency, security, and continuous dataset expansion.
As the world shifts toward automation and AI-native workflows, data infrastructure must evolve. SQD’s permissionless, trustless architecture positions OceanStream as a critical enabler for the next wave of AI-driven financial applications. It enables autonomous agents to query blockchain data directly without human mediation.
About SQD Network
SQD Network is building the open financial data infrastructure of the future. As the world’s first decentralized data-lakehouse purpose-built for blockchain, SQD transforms raw onchain events into composable, institutional-grade datasets streamed via ultra-low-latency APIs. Backed by a global community of developers and data providers, SQD is creating a permissionless alternative to Bloomberg and Snowflake—optimized for AI agents, tokenized assets, and the 24/7 onchain economy.
Learn more at www.sqd.ai or email contact@sqd.ai.