Building the AWS of Crypto: The Alchemy Story

Pantera General Partner Paul Veradittakit sat down with Nikil Viswanathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Alchemy, for a wide-ranging conversation on the evolution of crypto’s developer economy and the institutional shift toward blockchain infrastructure. Viswanathan shared how Alchemy grew from a scrappy startup demoed in a park to a $10B+ company powering over $100B in annual transactions, serving as the AWS of Web3. 

The discussion explored how Alchemy’s “developer-first” approach enabled the modern blockchain ecosystem, what the next decade of crypto infrastructure will look like, and why financial institutions are now racing to adopt blockchain technology. Viswanathan outlined Alchemy’s six-step institutional playbook – from ETFs and yield products to stablecoins and tokenized assets – and discussed how crypto and AI will converge to power the next generation of autonomous financial systems.