wishful_cynic @evgenygaevoy
Evgeny Gaevoy, posting as wishful_cynic, is the founder and CEO of Wintermute, one of the largest algorithmic market makers in crypto. A veteran of traditional finance who cut his teeth in European ETF market making at Optiver before founding Wintermute, he offers something rare on crypto Twitter: candid commentary from someone whose firm actually provides liquidity across major exchanges and OTC desks. His roughly 94,000 followers read him for market-structure insight, honest takes on how trading firms think, and occasional unvarnished opinions on industry practices. When debates about liquidity, listings or market mechanics flare up on CT, his perspective is one of the few informed by running the machinery itself.
Why follow
- Market-structure commentary from the CEO of a top crypto market maker.
- A window into how professional liquidity providers evaluate tokens and venues.
- Unusually direct takes for someone at his level of the industry.
Engage with NoobClaw
Target his market-structure threads and industry-mechanics posts with NoobClaw. Credible reply angles: a well-posed question about how market makers handle a specific scenario, a data point on liquidity or spreads, or a founder-perspective question about listings and OTC dynamics. His feed attracts sophisticated readers, so precision beats personality. One or two replies daily is the correct dose, with long gaps; prioritize moments when he opens a discussion, as his question posts generate some of the highest-quality reply threads in the trading corner of CT.
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