# Maxim Shen

> Maxim Shen is the founder and CEO of Anti Capital, a proprietary trading firm with operations in New York and Taipei. His public career includes quantitative trading at Blue Fire Capital and Tower Research, a financial-markets role at Injective, and work connecting traditional market-making experience with digital assets. Anti Capital also participates in venture investing and Pyth’s market-data provider network.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Anti Capital
- **Organizations:** Anti Capital, Injective Labs, Tower Research Capital, Blue Fire Capital
- **Education:** Master’s degree (public directory listing; field unspecified), University of Chicago, Master’s degree (public directory listing; field unspecified), Illinois Institute of Technology, Bachelor’s degree (public directory listing; field unspecified), Shanghai University
- **Known for:** Founded Anti Capital and serves as its CEO., Led trading work at Injective following experience at Tower Research and Blue Fire Capital., Represented Anti Capital in public trading-infrastructure panels at Taipei Blockchain Week.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2021** — Worked as a quantitative trader at Blue Fire Capital and as a quantitative market maker at Tower Research Capital.
- **2021** — Joined Injective’s financial-markets team; contemporary reports used the titles Trading Desk Lead and Head of Financial Markets.
- **2021** — Founded Anti Capital; the company’s public LinkedIn profile lists 2021 as its founding year.
- **2024** — Anti Capital joined Pyth’s market-data provider network in November.
- **2024** — Appeared at Taipei Blockchain Week on a panel about trading tools and onboarding Web3 users.
- **2025** — Listed in the September 5 Taipei Blockchain Week program for a panel on trader frustrations and trading infrastructure.

## Achievements

- Founded Anti Capital and serves as its CEO.
- Led trading work at Injective following experience at Tower Research and Blue Fire Capital.
- Represented Anti Capital in public trading-infrastructure panels at Taipei Blockchain Week.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Taipei Blockchain Week’s September 5 program listed Shen on “How Real Trader Pain Points are Shaping the Next Generation of Trading Infrastructure.”
- **2024-12** — Participated in the TBW 2024 panel “Trading on Web3: How Advanced Tools Are Onboarding the Next Generation of Users.”
- **2024-11** — Anti Capital joined Pyth’s market-data provider network; Shen shared the partnership announcement on LinkedIn.

## Links

- Website: https://anticapital.ai/about/personal-page/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximshen
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/MadMaxim007

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Last updated: 2026-10-09