Brett Harrison’s new firm, Architect, aims to be an one-stop platform for institutional-grade crypto trading.
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Pek çok insan, yapay zekanın (AI) hemen hemen her sektör üzerinde derin bir etkiye sahip olacağına inanıyor ve kripto ticareti de bir istisna değil. Ana şirketi çökmeden sadece aylar önce istifa eden FTX.US’un eski CEO’su Brett Harrison, AI kullanmanın algoritmik ticaret stratejilerini kodlamayı kolaylaştırabileceğini düşünüyor.
Harrison bir röportajda CoinDesk’e verdiği demeçte, yeni girişimi Architect’in resmi olarak Ocak 2023’te Coinbase Ventures ve Anthony Scarmucci’den 5 milyon dolarlık bir başlangıç turu ile başladığını ve bireysel tüccarlara ve büyük kurumlara yatırım araçları getirmeyi amaçladığını söyledi. Architect’in platformu, Mayıs ayından bu yana belirli müşteriler için beta modunda kullanıma sunuldu.
Around February or May, when interest in AI was at its zenith, Architect saw an opportunity to write algorithmic trading code for crypto, using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT – the chatbot created by Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Often the hardest part about creating such algorithms is the initial step, going from zero to one, because it requires specialized skills and knowledge that not all trading firms have in-house, he said.
“Our idea was to leverage the OpenAI API’s [application programming interfaces] and combine them with our internal trading API’s that we’ve built on top of all these different protocols to make it possible to use natural language probes to generate trading strategy code,” Harrison said. For example, using Architect’s platform, traders could set up software that buys bitcoin on Coinbase (COIN) when its price drops below what it is on other crypto exchanges.
Early stages
But Architect is still in the “early exploration” phase of AI tools, and envisions it as part of a suite of features on its platform. Another AI-powered tool it is considering based on customer feedback is actually using large language models (LLMs) for advanced market indicators, or actually embedding LLMs directly into the trading process, Harrison said.
LLMs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are artificial neural networks trained on large datasets of language, such that they can understand and generate human-like texts. Due to their proficiency with language, LLMs can understand complex concepts and explain them to users in an approachable way.
“The main thesis is to build good software that helps enable institutions to be prepared for a world that mixes traditional and digital assets seamlessly,” Harrison said. “But we do think that AI is going to be a critical component of most businesses going forward, and we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to be able to leverage AI tools for our users.”
Ultimately, the success of the trading strategies depends on the team behind it, not just the generative AI used to build it. The results you’re going to get from something like OpenAI’s Chat GPT are only going to be as good as the prompts that you’re giving it, Harrison noted.
“You definitely need to review the strategy, make sure it’s working, tweak it, test it,” he said.
The FTX connection
Regardless of the new trading platform, the shadow of FTX – the company that saw one of the crypto world’s most highly publicized collapses – has followed Harrison and Architect.
Harrison resigned from the position of CEO at FTX.US in late September 2022, just months before the exchange’s collapse. Six of eight Architect employees listed on its website used to work at FTX US.
FTX ile bağlantısı ve bağış toplama hakkında sorulan Harrison, bazı yatırımcıların bunu sallayamadığını, ancak diğerlerinin yapabildiğini söyledi.
“Çökmeden önce Sam’in sektör üzerinde nasıl gerçek bir güce sahip olduğu ve bunun benim zam sürecimi bile nasıl etkilediği hakkında halka açık bir şekilde konuştum ve insanlar, Sam’in çöküşten önce şirketle nasıl bir bağlantısı olacağını sordu. Ve sonra, çöküşten sonra, aynı yatırımcılardan bazıları benim FTX ile ilişkim konusunda endişelendi. Ama bunlar konuştuğu herkesten sadece birkaçı” dedi.
“Aslında endüstrinin en zor zamanlarından bazılarında, sadece kriptoda değil, VC [risk sermayesi] manzarasında genel olarak para toplamak için çok başarılı bir şekilde toparlamayı başardık.” dedi Harrison.
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