A market maker is an entity or algorithm that continuously quotes buy and sell prices for an asset, profiting from the spread — the difference between the bid and the ask price. Their presence reduces volatility, tightens spreads, and ensures that there's always a counterparty ready to trade. In short, market makers create liquidity — the lifeblood of any market.
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Traditionally, market making was handled either manually by traders or through fragmented systems patched together with custom scripts, APIs, and spreadsheets. This approach might work at a small scale, but it quickly breaks down in today’s fast, 24/7 digital markets — especially in crypto and DeFi, where speed, scale, and data are everything.