# Changsung Kim

> 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.

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- Categories: People in crypto
- Tags: Developer, Founder, Researcher
- Created: 2026-10-13T15:59:41.747Z
- Last updated: 2026-10-13T16:03:45.523Z
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**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)  

## Education

Kim graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2018. [\[1\]](#cite-id-0e0e5cds5o) 

## Career

Kim 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) 

### Axis

![](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmP7pdMTuCbtHREDpK8Gw6Y2SHqNFBUPxJUrmVUbyXu7hD)

​[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)