what's alchemy?
Alchemy is a leading web3 development platform that provides scalable infrastructure for building and scaling blockchain applications. It offers a suite of APIs, SDKs, and tools that enable developers to interact with major blockchains like Ethereum, Polygon, and others without managing their own nodes. Key features include enhanced APIs for transaction simulation, NFT and token data retrieval, and account abstraction support, making it easier to deploy decentralized applications (dApps) efficiently. The platform emphasizes reliability and performance, handling billions of API calls daily for projects ranging from DeFi protocols to NFT marketplaces. Alchemy also provides services like the Notify API for real-time event monitoring and the Alchemy Pay gateway for fiat-crypto integrations, though its core focus remains on empowering developers with abstracted blockchain access to accelerate innovation in the web3 ecosystem.
Alchemy launched Canton Network infrastructure for institutions: managed nodes, APIs, gas.
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x.com/alchemyLaunched infrastructure support for Canton Network, providing fully managed node infrastructure, purpose-built APIs, and gas management services for institutional participants.
Launched $20M infrastructure fund for Solana builders with up to $25K credits per team, with Solana Foundation and no lock-in.
Hosts CoBuild event on 2026-04-28 in NYC, bringing together AI and crypto builders to discuss AI's impact on finance, with limited in-person seats and public livestream.
Launched AI agents access to infrastructure across 100+ blockchains on February 26, 2026.
Launched AgentPay, a payment system and API with AgentCard, a backed prepaid virtual Visa card on Polygon. Supports USDC on Base, enabling Solana agents to pay for APIs with USDC, including compute credit purchases (2026), via connection to multiple agentic payment protocols for optimal routes.
Partnered with Alchemy, Chainlink, LayerZero, and TRM as institutional partners for the Robinhood Chain Layer 2 network.
Co-hosted Arbitrum Open House during ETHDenver at Shake Shack on 2026-02-18, and the NYC Founder House event on March 6-8, 2026.
Partners with payy_link to develop privacy infrastructure for Ethereum.
Angelina Russe has been with Alchemy for 10 years, starting from the founding team's earlier project (Down To Lunch) and continuing through Alchemy's development, where she helped build the developer community.
CTO Guillaume Poncin is speaking at ETHDenver 2026 conference.
Shipped updated documentation to streamline Solana development.
Launched React Native wallet SDK and enhanced web SDK capabilities.
Has been integrated with MegaETH mainnet as an infrastructure provider since the network went live.
The Frontier launches with Alchemy as infrastructure partner, providing gasless transactions, high-performance RPCs and Websockets, and developer tooling.
Unite Mainnet migrates to run as an appchain on Syndicate Network with Alchemy support, completing the stack migration with minimal downtime and no data loss.
Alchemy commits $10 million in grants for Arbitrum Orbit chain development, offering teams up to $500K in Alchemy credits per project.
Provides Day 1 mainnet infrastructure support for Tempo, including RPC, Prices, Portfolio, NFT APIs, and MPP for compute payments via Stripe, stablecoins, or natively onchain.
@stable mainnet launches next week with Alchemy serving as Day 1 infrastructure partner.
Alchemy discontinues Subgraphs service, with developers migrating to The Graph network.
Syndicate Appchains launches one-click deployment via Google Cloud Marketplace, complementing existing Alchemy and Syndicate hosting options for developers.
Build Week Demo Day for the World Build program takes place in Buenos Aires, where teams pitch Mini Apps developed for World App's 37M+ users.
Partners with Robinhood for Solana developer platform, also trusted by Solflare and Circle, to support onchain crypto infrastructure development.
J.P. Morgan's first public blockchain USD deposit token proof of concept runs on Alchemy infrastructure with 99.99% uptime and SOC 2 compliance.
A developer demonstrates a complete data vending machine API built with Coinbase protocol and Alchemy at a community call, with public release planned.
Alchemy supports World Build program, a joint initiative between Worldcoin and FWB for developing Mini Apps for World App's 37M+ users, alongside BainCapCrypto, Circle, Dragonfly, and 11 other crypto partners.
Partners with Arc ecosystem, bringing programmable money capabilities to developers with supporting tools.