Alex Mcfarlane
Co-Founder at Keyring Network
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlex Mcfarlane is a Co-Founder and quantitative technologist with 11 years' experience applying theoretical and mathematical physics to finance and web3 problems, fluent in Python, ML, and smart contract tooling. He built quantitative trading and research capabilities at Nomura across rates, FX and volatility before co-founding crypto ventures that delivered high-throughput signals and composable compliance for digital assets. His work spans research-grade quant methods, production systematic trading, zero-knowledge and on-chain compliance, reflecting a rare blend of rigorous theory and practical engineering. Based in London, he combines deep machine learning and quant experience with hands-on Solidity and DeFi infrastructure design, and is active in the crypto community. An understated but telling detail: his startups have supported clients with multi‑billion monthly turnover and focused on making compliance modular for programmable markets.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Theoretical Physics, Master’s Degree Theoretical Physics at The University of EdinburghNottingham High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Physics with Finance, Bachelor’s Degree Physics with Finance at University of Surrey
Stackoverflow
10,970reputation
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132answers
72questions
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Github Skills (200)
web3py10
python10
stock-quotes10
pandas10
targeting10
manipulation10
wordcloud9
gpgpu9
qt9
twitter9
solidity9
mutual-funds9
numpy9
bonds9
dataframes9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
flipdazed/flipdazed.github.io
Sep 2016 - Nov 2020
Contributions:205 commits, 225 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 2 months
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flipdazed/boost-python-hello-world
Aug 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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