{"version":1,"id":"changsung-kim","title":"Changsung Kim","summary":"Changsung Kim is a technology executive and quantitative finance professional known for co-founding Axis and Alphanonce and leading Axis’s trading desk and quantitative research.","content":"**Changsung Kim** is a quantitative trading and investment professional with a background in software engineering, quantitative research, and [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) trading. He is a co-founder of [Axis](https://iq.wiki/wiki/axis), where he serves as Chief Investment Officer, and has held investment and research roles at Ternary Fund Management and Alpha273. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-qZNR0WS60pcErVWj)  \n\n## Education\n\nKim graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2018. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0e0e5cds5o) \n\n## Career\n\nKim began his career as a Software Engineer at WareValley from March 2013 to June 2014, working with C++ and Oracle technologies. From June 2014 to May 2016, he worked as a Software Engineer at VCNC in Seoul, South Korea. From August to December 2017, he was a Global Alpha Researcher at Trexquant Investment LP. In 2018, he co-founded Alpha273 in Singapore, a firm associated with Alphanonce and high-frequency trading. In 2022, he joined Ternary Fund Management as a Portfolio Manager, a position he continues to hold. In 2025, he co-founded [Axis](https://iq.wiki/wiki/axis), where he serves as Chief Investment Officer, leading the trading desk and quantitative research and developing delta-neutral strategies and risk management approaches for the company's yield-generation operations. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-cuh1g68hwz)  [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-8lz8zf7itc) \n\n### Axis\n\n![](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmP7pdMTuCbtHREDpK8Gw6Y2SHqNFBUPxJUrmVUbyXu7hD)\n\n​[Axis](https://iq.wiki/wiki/axis) is a [digital asset](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets) market infrastructure company that combines onchain [smart contracts](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract) with offchain trading, custody, and risk-management operations. Its trading strategies include cross-exchange and cross-currency [arbitrage](https://iq.wiki/wiki/arbitrage), funding rate arbitrage, market making, and over-the-counter trading. USDx is backed by [digital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets) and tokenized assets, traditional assets, and related futures and hedging positions, while sUSDx lets eligible users share in trading returns through [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking). Axis also operates Axis Prime, which serves fintech companies, brokerages, remittance providers, and other financial businesses by aggregating liquidity, routing trades, and supporting cross-asset conversions and settlement. Its infrastructure uses [smart contracts](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract) to manage token issuance, redemption, [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking), reward distribution, and access permissions, while trading and custody activities still rely partly on off-chain systems and counterparties. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-qZNR0WS60pcErVWj) \n","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founder"},{"id":"Developer"},{"id":"Researcher"}],"images":[{"id":"QmYdaPBSe5n8YpEmD6G9ZXcWLojSczBHe65JDA3ngeckLB","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[{"id":"QmP7pdMTuCbtHREDpK8Gw6Y2SHqNFBUPxJUrmVUbyXu7hD","name":"vJCYHz5Mvy64VaUl.jpeg","source":"IPFS_IMG","thumbnail":"QmP7pdMTuCbtHREDpK8Gw6Y2SHqNFBUPxJUrmVUbyXu7hD","caption":""}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"0e0e5cds5o\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/csece/\",\"description\":\"Professional profile\",\"timestamp\":1791898062931},{\"id\":\"cuh1g68hwz\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/csece/details/experience/\",\"description\":\"Experience profile\",\"timestamp\":1791898062931},{\"id\":\"8lz8zf7itc\",\"url\":\"https://www.axis.to/about#team\",\"description\":\"Axis team page\",\"timestamp\":1791898062931},{\"id\":\"qZNR0WS60pcErVWj\",\"description\":\"Axis\",\"timestamp\":1791898370390,\"url\":\"https://www.axis.to/\"}]"},{"id":"main-image-origin","value":"{\"imageId\":\"QmYdaPBSe5n8YpEmD6G9ZXcWLojSczBHe65JDA3ngeckLB\",\"originalId\":\"QmYdaPBSe5n8YpEmD6G9ZXcWLojSczBHe65JDA3ngeckLB\"}"},{"id":"website","value":"https://www.axis.to/"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/csece/"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmUG8VTdA4xKF4T4Mt1J89p8Hc4rCuQLS6botfgUfyjVGn"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Make minor edits to the Changsung Kim wiki"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmUG8VTdA4xKF4T4Mt1J89p8Hc4rCuQLS6botfgUfyjVGn"}],"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":["axis"],"speakers":[]},"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2"},"language":"en","operator":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2"}}