- SQD’s institutional initiative is also in close partnership with M31 Labs, a leading venture studio and crypto advisory firm.
Zug, Switzerland – — SQD Network, the leading decentralized data-lakehouse powering the onchain data economy, today announced two key developments signaling a major expansion into the institutional data market: the appointment of Howie Altman as Head of Institutional Strategy and David Attermann as an Executive Advisor, with the backing of M31 Labs.
These moves come ahead of a highly anticipated enterprise product launch, set to redefine how capital markets participants access and leverage blockchain-native data. While full details of the new product remain under wraps, SQD confirmed the announcement is scheduled for next week and is expected to drive significant demand for data from the SQD Network.
“We’re building something that will fundamentally shift how financial institutions interact with onchain data. This goes far beyond APIs and dashboards.”
– Dima Zhelezov, CEO, SQD Network
Howie Altman brings over 20 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur, operator, and product visionary, including nearly a decade at Bridgewater Associates as a Technology Executive. He has raised more than $60 million in capital and led teams of up to 200 across startup, turnaround, and high-growth environments.
At SQD Network, Altman will oversee institutional GTM, enterprise partnerships, and help shape regulatory alignment for a data product that aims to become the Bloomberg Terminal of the tokenized economy.
“What excites me most about SQD is that it’s solving the real infrastructure problem: how data flows in a permissionless world, not just how it looks in a dashboard. The team’s vision for a programmable, AI-native, onchain data layer is exactly what financial markets need.”
– Howie Altman, Head of Institutional Strategy, SQD Network
Resources and Support from M31 Labs
SQD’s institutional initiative is also in close partnership with M31 Labs, a leading venture studio and crypto advisory firm known for building and backing blue-chip Web3 infrastructure. M31’s involvement will be led by David Attermann, a seasoned investor and operator with a strong background in both traditional finance and blockchain technology.
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 the upcoming product.
“As TradFi inevitably moves onchain, there is enormous opportunity for institutional-grade, first-party blockchain data providers. SQD’s structural differentiation will allow us to deliver the most comprehensive data solution to financial institutions.”
– David Attermann, Head of Web3 Investments, M31 Labs
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 contact press@sqd.ai.
Stay tuned for a major announcement next week.