Ethereum

Funding will scale the platform’s private, stablecoin-settled dark pool DEX, built from the ground up for humans, bots, and AI agents to trade side by side
Quote Trade, an AI-native crypto dark pool DEX focused on private, stablecoin-settled execution and built for humans, bots, and AI agents, today announced a $4 million capital raise. The funding will be used to expand support for additional chains and assets, grow trading and engineering teams, deepen liquidity partnerships, and continue building infrastructure for AI-driven trading agents.
The platform, which launched in 2025, is designed for traders who need to execute meaningful size without broadcasting intent to the public market before a trade is completed. It combines dark-pool-style execution logic with wallet-based access, stablecoin settlement, all-in cost pricing with no separate fees, deep liquidity, and support for more than 1,500 assets, including long and short trading without requiring users to bridge assets for each trade.
“Quote Trade was built around a simple premise: serious traders should be able to access digital-asset liquidity without exposing intent to a public order book first. Since our launch in September we’ve made meaningful progress in building that vision. This funding allows us to expand the infrastructure, assets, liquidity relationships, and agent-native tooling needed for the next phase of execution.” - Adam Strong, Quote Trade
Dark pools have long played a role in traditional finance by allowing sophisticated market participants to seek liquidity without exposing large orders to a public order book. Quote Trade brings that concept to digital assets with a non-custodial, wallet-connected trading architecture designed for private execution, automated strategies, and agent-driven workflows. It settles trades in stablecoins, supports long and short positions, and executes across Ethereum and other EVM chains without bridging.
Being AI-native means that design extends to access, not just execution mechanics — the same API that powers human trading on Quote Trade also drives its open-source trading bot integration, so AI agents and automated strategies trade on equal footing with everyone else, rather than through a bolted-on, secondary system.
Quote Trade’s approach reflects a broader shift in digital-asset markets: algorithmic systems, bots, and AI agents are becoming first-class market participants rather than edge cases. While many venues were originally designed around retail interfaces or transparent public order books, Quote Trade was built from day one to let human traders, automated strategies, and AI agents trade through a shared private execution layer. It also sets the platform apart from other leveraged onchain venues: where platforms like Hyperliquid optimize for large, transparent order books, Quote Trade is built on the opposite premise — that serious traders, human or automated, often need to move size without telegraphing it first.
About Quote Trade
Quote Trade is an AI-native crypto dark pool DEX built for humans, bots, and AI agents to trade side by side. The platform enables private, wallet-based trading with stablecoin settlement, long and short positions, and cross-chain access across Ethereum and other EVM networks. Learn more at Quote Trade.
For more information:<a href="https://quote.trade/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://Quote.Trade</a>.
Media contact: Adam Strong, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=tXKNoWvi4cOigVVjxMtXBUc3PdmuhBOGI4_zDCDc40OS0-Bixy7HxRwQoiF2LbkNO08VkQ3UcsIHf2WYvjcsSNL8negAoUuXG7LAJ4DqDEE%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Adam.Strong@Quote.Trade</a>

Quote Trade Raises $4 Million to Expand the First AI-Native Dark Pool DEX for Crypto Execution

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