Evgeny Gaevoy founded and leads Wintermute, a digital-asset trading firm with venture investment and incubation businesses. He previously built and ran Optiver’s European ETF business and has backed crypto startups as an angel, including Fomo.

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Evgeny Gaevoy founded and leads Wintermute, a digital-asset trading firm with venture investment and incubation businesses. He previously built and ran Optiver’s European ETF business and has backed crypto startups as an angel, including Fomo.

Career

Evgeny Gaevoy studied at London Business School (Executive MBA, 2016) and HSE University (Economics studies).

Founder & CEO at Wintermute from 2017 to Present
Board Member at The Block from 2023-04 to 2023-11

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Wildcat

Gaevoy develops his case for onchain credit markets, exploring reserve ratios, borrower trust and transparency through the history of banking.

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Evgeny Gaevoy on crypto’s direction and Wintermute

Gaevoy talks with Fortune’s Leo Schwartz about the tension between crypto’s original ideals, speculation and running Wintermute through changing markets. His interview begins at 13:30.

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The Foundation for Decentralized Crypto ETFs

An operator’s account of ETF replication, liquidity, hedging and pricing, and the design questions those systems raise for decentralized finance.

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Building a technology company for the future of finance

Gaevoy explains the choices behind Wintermute: scalable products, a long-term horizon, and a culture built around employee ownership.

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