{"id":"weishuai-yang","hidden":false,"ipfs":"QmPWLq2v8GLuSFqq7xPEDDQWZjpmy6D8mW4Qqgauk6TQBh","language":"en","transactionHash":"0xbf5c0744b8607562fde7f7020e6324a86143065bb549f91c581762080679a226","created":"2026-09-26T04:16:03.006Z","updated":"2026-09-26T04:16:03.006Z","title":"Weishuai Yang","summary":"Weishuai Yang is a technologist and entrepreneur, co-founder and chief technology officer of Tread.fi, with prior engineering leadership roles at Coinbase and Uniswap Labs and a background in software engineering, algorithmic trading, and capital markets.","content":"**Weishuai Yang** is a technologist and entrepreneur who serves as the co-founder and chief technology officer of [Tread.fi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/treadfi), a company that develops algorithmic trading tools for digital assets. He is based in New York, New York, and previously held engineering management roles at [Coinbase](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase) and Uniswap Labs.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-yzm71auwn1)​\n\n## Education\n\nYang completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in computer science at Zhejiang University in China. He earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science between 1995 and 1999, followed by a Master of Science in computer science at the same institution between 1999 and 2002.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb)​[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-srxdq1a7mk)​\n\nHe continued his studies in the United States at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, where he pursued two degrees concurrently. He completed a PhD in computer science between 2002 and 2008 and, in an overlapping period from 2003 to 2007, an MBA at the Binghamton University School of Management.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb)​[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-srxdq1a7mk) His areas of expertise span software engineering, algorithmic trading, market making, capital markets, and market data analysis.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb)​\n\n## Career\n\nBefore co-founding [Tread.fi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/treadfi), Yang worked in engineering leadership roles at two established [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) companies. He was an engineering manager at [Coinbase](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase), the U.S. [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) exchange, from October 2021 to June 2022.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-srxdq1a7mk)​[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb) He then joined Uniswap Labs, the company behind the [decentralized exchange](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange) protocol [Uniswap](https://iq.wiki/wiki/uniswap), as an engineering manager from June 2022 to November 2022.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-srxdq1a7mk)​[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb)​\n\n### Tread.fi\n\nYang is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of [Tread.fi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/treadfi), taking on the role in January 2023.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-srxdq1a7mk) [Tread.fi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/treadfi), founded in 2022, is a private company that builds algorithmic trading tools for digital assets. Its platform is designed to integrate into a trader's existing workflow, automate the execution of trades, and minimize [slippage](https://iq.wiki/wiki/slippage) — the difference between an expected trade price and the price at which the trade is actually filled. .[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-yzm71auwn1)​\n\nYang co-founded the company alongside [David Jeong](https://iq.wiki/wiki/david-jeong), who serves as chief executive officer, and [Yibo Duan](https://iq.wiki/wiki/yibo-duan), another co-founder.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-yzm71auwn1) As chief technology officer, he leads the company's technical development, drawing on his background in software engineering and electronic trading systems.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-bgfnioshwb)​\n","recentActivity":null,"operator":{"id":"0x1E23b34d3106F0C1c74D17f2Cd0F65cdb039b138"},"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"tags":[{"id":"Ethereum"},{"id":"Developer"},{"id":"Founder"}],"images":[{"id":"QmRWmdcXMujaQfKkPw8JkupouMNPBPyeoTeomjLhXGYVRH","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":["treadfi"],"blockchains":[],"speakers":[]},"events":[{"id":"60cbc68d-a7e8-46f9-b709-b1e1e8eefa93","type":"DEFAULT","date":"2021-10-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":null,"continent":null,"title":"Engineering Manager, Coinbase (start)","description":"Started role as Engineering Manager at Coinbase.","link":null},{"id":"f10524e8-89f5-4b17-a60c-6f7cb3306b75","type":"DEFAULT","date":"2022-06-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":null,"continent":null,"title":"Engineering Manager, Uniswap (start)","description":"Started role as Engineering Manager at Uniswap.","link":null},{"id":"c10eeefd-7099-4d42-8607-3afa2475d735","type":"DEFAULT","date":"2023-01-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":null,"continent":null,"title":"Co-Founder & CTO, Tread.fi (start)","description":"Co-founded Tread.fi and began serving as CTO.","link":null}],"founderWikis":[{"id":"treadfi","title":"Tread.fi"}],"blockchainWikis":[],"metadata":[{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/weishuaiyang/"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/WeishuaiYang"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"bgfnioshwb\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Weishaui Yang\",\"timestamp\":1790395978372,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/weishuaiyang/?isSelfProfile=false\"},{\"id\":\"yzm71auwn1\",\"url\":\"https://craft.co/tread-fi\",\"description\":\"Craft profile of Tread.fi and its co-founders\",\"timestamp\":1790395904134},{\"id\":\"srxdq1a7mk\",\"description\":\"RootData - Weishuai Yang\",\"timestamp\":1790395992554,\"url\":\"https://www.rootdata.com/member/Weishuai%20Yang?k=MjA2NzQ%3D\"}]"},{"id":"main-image-origin","value":"{\"imageId\":\"QmRWmdcXMujaQfKkPw8JkupouMNPBPyeoTeomjLhXGYVRH\",\"originalId\":\"QmUPY9Lx2VnGiRs3Y1v4XiJWKW1A17mXLoVZ5McsBSRTsi\"}"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmPWLq2v8GLuSFqq7xPEDDQWZjpmy6D8mW4Qqgauk6TQBh"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Add summary to Weishuai Yang wiki page"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmPWLq2v8GLuSFqq7xPEDDQWZjpmy6D8mW4Qqgauk6TQBh"}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x1E23b34d3106F0C1c74D17f2Cd0F65cdb039b138"},"views":111}