Originally published on A-Team Insight
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 TradingTech Insight Awards USA, announced at the TradingTech Summit in New York on 11 June.
Now in their eighth year, the awards recognise the vendors, platforms and service providers delivering the technology, data and services on which North American capital markets depend – at a point when the demands placed on that infrastructure are shifting faster than at almost any time before.
This year’s categories span the full trading lifecycle, from matching engines, order and execution management, and low-latency feed handlers through to market data delivery, transaction cost analysis, surveillance and trade reporting. Read together, the winners map the priorities now reshaping front-to-back trading operations: the move to cloud-native architecture, the operationalisation of AI across execution and compliance, the steady institutionalisation of digital asset and prediction markets infrastructure, and growing pressure on legacy systems to interoperate rather than stand alone.
Winners were identified through a combination of votes from the TradingTech Insight community and the deliberations of an independent advisory board, drawn from senior practitioners across the buy side, sell side and trading infrastructure.
Our thanks go to every firm that took part, to the advisory board for their time and judgment, and to the readers whose votes underpin the result.
WINNER 2026 BEST MATCHING ENGINE FOR PREDICTION / EVENT MARKETS
Connamara Technologies is the company enabling the most exciting and innovative markets in the world. Its flagship product, EP3®, is a new breed of marketplace technology that seamlessly integrates all exchange, clearing, and market surveillance functions into a single, robust platform. It is adaptable, scalable, and quick to market. Engineered for the evolving needs of the next generation of trading venues, EP3 is shaping the future of financial markets. www.connamara.tech www.tradingtechinsight.com Connamara Technologies EP3® is a fully integrated exchange infrastructure platform for modern markets. It enables new and emerging exchanges across crypto, predictions, sports, energy, and tokenized assets to launch efficiently and operate on a single, cohesive technology stack.
EP3 combines trade matching, clearing, settlement, surveillance, risk management, reporting, administration, and market access within one high-performance application, reducing operational complexity and reliance on multiple vendors. Originally incubated at Connamara Systems, EP3 was formally launched as a standalone platform in 2022, bringing together proven exchange architecture with a cloud-native, modular design. The result is a product that provides exchange operators with a flexible, production-ready platform that supports innovation while meeting demanding performance and regulatory requirements. Since launch, EP3 has been adopted by over a dozen exchanges and clearinghouses worldwide, supporting regulated markets in predictions, energy derivatives, sports event contracts, crypto, and tokenized real-world assets.