Franklyn Wang

Franklyn Wang is the Chief Executive Officer of Liquid. His previous experience includes quantitative research and software engineering roles at Two Sigma, D. E. Shaw, You.com, and Citadel, alongside academic research and teaching positions. ^[7]

Education

Wang graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Mathematics and a MS in Computer Science in 2022. ^[5]

Career

Wang began his professional and research experience as a Research Science Institute Scholar in 2017, working on a project examining school choice and reserve allocation using dynamic programming. That year, he also served as an Economic Design Fellow at the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, where he worked with Scott Kominers and Ravi Jagadeesan on optimizing reserves in school choice. In 2018, Wang was a Systems Manager at the Research Science Institute and held another Economic Design Fellowship at the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications. From 2017 to 2020, he was also a Student Researcher at the University of Michigan through the PRIMES-USA Program, where he worked with Professor Michael Zieve on monodromy groups of indecomposable rational functions.

In 2019, Wang worked as a Software Engineer Intern at Citadel on the Electronic Technologies team. In 2020, he completed a Modelling Internship at Two Sigma and served as Head Instructor at the Summer STEM Institute, where he taught research methods to high school students from multiple countries. Wang was a Quantitative Analyst Intern at The D. E. Shaw Group from June to August 2021 and a Software Engineering Intern at You.com from December 2021 to January 2022. He subsequently joined Two Sigma as a Quantitative Researcher in July 2022, working there until February 2025. Since March 2025, Wang has served as Chief Executive Officer of Liquid, a financial technology company focused initially on perpetual futures.  ^{[4] [6]}

Interviews

AI Trading

In June 2026, Wang appeared on the Solana Podcast with Paul Barron to discuss AI-assisted crypto trading, perpetual futures, and the development of digital-asset trading infrastructure. Wang discussed the significance of regulatory developments around perpetual futures and their potential to expand access to global, 24/7 markets, while describing LiquidX’s efforts to support a growing user base through a chain-agnostic architecture and integration with multiple exchanges. The conversation also covered AI trading tools that integrate execution into interfaces such as Claude, allowing users to develop and test strategies based on their trading activity, including simulated “paper” trading before deploying real capital. Wang discussed the lower trading fees offered by newer platforms compared with established retail brokers and exchanges, as well as the potential for geopolitical events to accelerate demand for continuous global markets and more sophisticated trading infrastructure. He also expressed interest in proposed U.S. crypto legislation, particularly the Clarity Act, as a potential source of greater regulatory certainty for market participants. ^[1]

Presentation

Multiply Liquidity

In an October 2025 presentation at TOKEN2049, Wang discussed the role of concentrated, high-conviction bets in investing, arguing that diversification can limit returns when an investor has strong confidence in a particular opportunity and a sufficiently long time horizon. He used examples including George Soros’s bet against the British pound and large investments in Intel options to illustrate how concentrated positions can produce outsized gains, while noting that leverage can amplify returns when supported by strong future earning potential. Wang also argued that crypto’s volatility and continuous trading make it particularly suited to this approach, while emphasizing that successful large bets depend on conviction rather than speculation alone. He described founding Liquid as his own largest personal bet, based on his belief in crypto and blockchain’s potential to reshape financial markets. ^[2]