About CoinFi

CoinFi offers crowdsourced and professionally curated research, analysis, trading signals, trading algorithms, and market-moving news to give cryptocurrency traders the real-time market intelligence needed to gain an edge.

 

Platform Mechanics

How The CoinFi Ecosystem Works

Bringing Wall Street Level Trading Intelligence To The Blockchain

Coinfi ecosystem transparent

CoinFi is the first decentralized market intelligence platform for crypto. It all starts with the CoinFi token.

Being a CoinFi token holder gives you access to CoinFi's cutting edge crypto financial intelligence through two primary channels: 1) financial media and 2) trading technology.


Cryptocurrency Financial Media
Research, Analysis, & Market Moving News

The media side of CoinFi's platform offers crypto research, analysis, and market moving news, overlaid on top of real-time price charts.

While crypto research, analysis, and news already exists on the internet, there is still no single canonical source that surfaces all of the relevant market intelligence a crypto trader needs to stay on top of the markets, the same way a Bloomberg Terminal does for equities traders.

Fundamental value exists in digging below the surface. Not every investor has the time to scroll through Twitter, Reddit, forums, Slack/Telegram groups, Google, etc. in order to uncover hidden threads that may be relevant for trading. Diving deep often reveals valuable information to investors and traders, but is a time consuming activity.

Our technology systems aggregate this information and our in-house editorial team curates and filters the incoming news articles to ensure only the most important items are shown for optimum signal-to-noise ratio, saving you time and energy on research.

In addition, community analysts who uncover and publish useful information vetted by CoinFi’s crowdsourced fact-checking system and in-house moderation team are rewarded by the CoinFi ecosystem via tokens.

Coinfi price charts


Coinfi subscription tier

Trading Technology
Signals, Algorithms, & Bots

The technology side of CoinFi’s platform brings Wall Street caliber tools to the crypto market, and makes them available to the everyday crypto investor.

At the moment there are only a very limited range of signals and tools available in the crypto market. In fact, CoinFi’s very first trading signal was created when co-founder Timothy Tam started trading crypto on the side and realized he didn’t have access to any of the tools he used as hedge fund manager.

CoinFi's technology platform offers trading signals, trading algorithms, automated trading bots and data feeds. The platform includes in-house tools developed by ex-Wall Street technologists, as well as a marketplace that provides access to crowdsourced trading signals. Users who contribute their trading signals will receive CoinFi tokens commensurate to the community's assessment of their value.

Watch the videos to see some examples of trading signals that CoinFi has developed.

 

Detecting Arbitrage Opportunities Across Exchanges To Make Risk Free Profits

 

How Abnormal Trading Volume Helps Predict Altcoin Price Movements

 

Real Example Of Volume Detection: 50% Gains In 12 Hours Trading NEO

The Team

Timothy Tam

Timothy Tam
Co-founder

10+ years in equities trading and hedge funds. Started his career in Goldman Sachs Asia, before working as a senior trader in two Asia hedge funds each with $1+ billion assets under management. In his last role he was cofounder of an Asia Long Short Hedge Fund that specialized in event trading.
Han Chang

Han Chang
Co-founder

Master's in Computer Science from Boston University. Early Bitcoin investor, founded a Chinese Bitcoin exchange; previously at MIT Lincoln Labs, OkCupidLabs, General Assembly, and Lime Brokerage. 8+ years of professional experience developing web applications serving 10M+ users as well as writing black box equity trading algorithms.
Nate Tsang

Nate Tsang
Co-founder

Holds a Juris Doctor from UAlberta Law. 7+ years of experience as a growth hacker in media startups as well as developing multiple web properties that have cumulatively grown from zero to 10M+ pageviews. Co-founder of a keyword intelligence platform for digital marketers, acquired in 2016.
Evgeny Medvedev

Evgeny Medvedev
Data Engineer

Software architect and data engineer with significant experience in architecting, building, and maintaining scalable systems. AWS Certified Solutions architect. Has deep knowledge of Ethereum having written the Ethereum ETL ingest library.
Kwa Jie Hao

Kwa Jie Hao
Data Scientist

B.A. in Economics and East Asian Studies from Brown University and a M.S. in Data Science from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and previously interned at Telefonica Research. Passionate about machine learning and statistics and is looking forward to applying data science to crypto.
Jesse Hon

Jesse Hon
Senior Software Engineer

Full-stack engineer with 8+ years of professional development experience across web and mobile. Former developer on an investment management platform with over 159,000 client portfolios and £31.9B under direction. Co-founded a number of startups and experienced in leading development of fast-growing products.
Eugene Khaimson

Eugene Khaimson
Head of Algorithm Development

Eugene has 20+ years of experience in senior technology and product development roles across Hedge Funds, International Broker Dealers and major Investment Banks. His expertise extends to designing quant prediction models, algorithmic trading systems, smart order routing and dark pools for global markets. As part of his responsibilities Eugene has been working with senior regional bank management, regulators and institutional investors to advance the acceptance of electronic trading in global equities markets.
Jonney Liu

Jonney Liu
Head of Crypto Research

Formerly a senior portfolio manager with 11+ years experience trading derivatives at institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Macquarie; most recently, he was at a $350 million volatility arbitrage hedge fund from True Capital.
Jane Lippencott

Jane Lippencott
Head of Business Development

Jane is Head of Business Development at CoinFi, where she focuses on strategic partnerships, integrations, and outreach. She first started working in blockchain in 2016 as a founding team member of ZenCash, an encrypted ecosystem building an on-chain governance module and a privacy-oriented DAG protocol. Jane is an active advisor of blockchain funds Origin-X Capital, Lumen Capital Partners, and Ezra New Economy Fund and early-stage startups Blockhous and Cord. She’s passionate about decentralized governance, use cases for reputation protocols, and impact investing.
Wayne Lam

Wayne Lam
Operations Manager & Associate Product Manager

Previously worked at a fast paced CPA start up that grew from $0 to $1 million in annual revenues within two years. Experienced in working with small & medium businesses from a wide array of industries providing financial clarity and business solutions. Avid equities and crypto investor.
Sharon Chen

Sharon Chen
Head of Content

Sharon previously worked as the Head of Content in a fast-growing eCommerce startup in the health and wellness industry. She has also been running a content site for more than five years including two book publications. Armed with extensive experience and skill set in content marketing and operations at a Chinese Bitcoin exchange back in 2013, Sharon has joined forces with CoinFi, aiming to bring maximum exposure to the platform through content marketing.
Zachary Pardes

Zachary Pardes
PR Advisor

Integrated communications professional with 10 years of experience leading earned media campaigns for Virgin, E*TRADE, B2R Finance, Citi, and Investing.com. Managed $1M+ digital strategies for NYC / Silicon Valley startups. Master's from Northwestern University.
Sylvia Leung

Sylvia Leung
Office & Administrative Manager

Sylvia Leung is the Office and Administrative Manager at CoinFi, supporting the CEO and the team in both internal and external operations for business. Sylvia has over 7 years’ experience in office administration, marketing, and events management in both information technology and financial services.
Alex Lascus

Alex Lascus
Community Support

Internet marketing expert with over 5 years experience in Advertising and Community Management. Passionate about anything that’s related to social media and cryptocurrencies.
Elliot Sommers

Elliot Sommers
Community Support

Senior majoring in Management Information Systems at the University of Northwestern - St. Paul. Background in corporate IT support and technical consulting. Early blockchain investor and active day trader.
Tanushree Jain

Tanushree Jain
Community Support

Experienced Customer Relationship Manager and Researcher with an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Bentley University, MA. Passionate about new technology, transitioned from a background in Biotechnology (MSc) to cryptocurrency.

Advisory Board

Roger Lim

Roger Lim
Advisor

Experienced angel and blockchain investor, serving as director of the Qlink Foundation. Advisor for Bluzelle, SelfKey, TheKey. Partner of VC firm specializing in tech investments in China. Successful entrepreneur who founded and grew WebVisions, a cloud hosting company, to 200+ employees and 26k+ customers.
Tom Howard

Tom Howard
Advisor

Blockchain investor and founder of Block Republic, investing community providing research, education, tools, and industry connections for cryptocurrency investors and founders, which runs one of the first crypto job boards. Previously founder and CEO of Digital Engine, a rapid prototyping software development studio in San Francisco.
Lester Lim

Lester Lim
Advisor

Blockchain investor and founder of a global private syndicate investing in top ICOs. Marketing Strategy Advisor for SelfKey. Online business owner, digital marketing strategist and Facebook ads specialist, having done 7-figures in revenue and over 30,000 customers from all over the world for his information and software business.
Sandra Wu

Sandra Wu
Advisor

Committee member of the Association of Corporate Counsel's Blockchain Advisory Board. 10+ years of legal experience in M&A, corporate & securities law and private equity fund formation. Currently Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer for a global asset management company managing US$23B+ in the Asia Pacific region. Advises ICOs on operational, structuring, legal, & regulatory compliance.
Erika Evasdottir

Erika Evasdottir
Advisor

Graduate of Harvard with 12+ years legal experience in New York and Asia. Advised Wall Street firms on M&A, US & HK Corporate and Securities Law. Erika was the Head of Legal, Corporate Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer for Pine River Capital, a $11 Billion USD hedge fund.
Nate Ginsburg

Nate Ginsburg
Advisor

Entrepreneur, investor, international speaker with successful 7 figure exits. Nate has been an early mover in the crypto space, is passionate about decentralization technologies, distributed teams, finance, and yoga. Nate also manages a self funded 7 figure crypto portfolio.
Zachary Pardes

Zachary Pardes
Advisor

Integrated communications professional with 10 years of experience leading earned media campaigns for Virgin, E*TRADE, B2R Finance, Citi, and Investing.com. Managed $1M+ digital strategies for NYC / Silicon Valley startups. Master's from Northwestern University.
Bernard Huang

Bernard Huang
Advisor

Distribution Hacker in Residence at 500 Startups, a Silicon Valley seed fund that was an early stage investor in companies like Twilio, Credit Karma, and Grab. Previously, lead growth marketer at 42Floors. Currently running Clearscope, a content performance optimization SaaS product.
Julia Kastner

Julia Kastner
Advisor

Graduate of Harvard Business School and has worked as a Senior Product Manager in General Assembly, an education startup that has raised a total of $120M. Currently at Two Sigma, a $51 billion investment firm that makes decisions based on data science.
Tommy Griffith

Tommy Griffith
Advisor

Previously the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) manager at Paypal and AirBnB and is the founder of ClickMinded, a marketing education firm; responsible for driving exponential organic growth in online traffic for several multinational corporations.
Amanda Lu

Amanda Lu
Advisor

CPA with 9+ years experience providing accounting, tax, financial management, and investment advisory services to private investment vehicles and high net worth individuals. Founder of XLConsulting which specializes in accounting, tax, and financial management services to established crypto companies, start-ups, and investors.
Grant Charge

Grant Charge
Advisor

Seasoned veteran in Sales and Marketing, having successfully sold in industries as diverse and varied as ICT, Commercial Real Estate and E-commerce. Google AdWords and Google Analytics Certified Professional.
Tim Sutton

Tim Sutton
Advisor

Co-founder and COO of PPC Agency Launchpresso. Experienced Internet Marketer for 4+ years in SEO, PPC & Conversion Rate Optimization. Tim is a Blockchain advocate and has backgrounds in retail stockbroking and financial markets.

Roadmap

The roadmap outlined below is subject to change based on user feedback, market conditions, and the competitive landscape; it is merely intended as an overview to explain the features that CoinFi intends to implement on the platform.
Last Updated: July 3, 2018

2018Q3

  • Custom Newsfeed with news type classification
  • Improved news and content aggregation overlaid on price charts per cryptocurrency
  • Improved custom watchlist
  • Advanced ICO Metrics (token retention rate, token distribution graph)
  • Improved data pipeline
  • Market data warehouse
  • Accept staked tokens for advanced functionality
  • Coin Screeners
  • CoinFi Events Calendar

2018Q4

  • Initial beta versions of trading signals
  • Prototype of machine learning algorithms for content classification, quality assurance, and fraud detection
  • Token-incentivized crowdsourcing
  • Social functionality including upvote/downvote and sharing
  • Revamped homepage
  • Research & Analysis

2019Q1 - Trading Signals

  • Abnormal volatility detection
  • Abnormal price movement detection
  • Abnormal volume detection
  • Increased social mention detection
  • Best price exchange identification
  • Best currency pair identification
  • Source code release detection
  • Launch premium subscription for trading signals
  • Accept community contributed trading signals

2019Q2 - Trading Algorithms

  • VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)
  • TWAP (Time Weighted Average Price)
  • BWAP (Block Weighted Average Price)
  • Sniper
  • % of Volume
  • Target Close
  • Implementation Shortfall
  • Launch premium subscription for trading algorithms
  • Accept community contributed trading algorithms

2019Q3

  • Platform architecture for custom signals
  • UI/UX for developing custom signals
  • Drag and drop functionality to combine signals
  • Custom alerting

2019Q4

  • Custom cryptocurrency portfolio dashboard