Wintermute is a Wintermute Trading Ltd. operated crypto market maker and liquidity provider that offers algorithmic trading, OTC, DeFi, and venture services across digital assets. Wintermute's Twitter Score is 377 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #648 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Wintermute was founded by Evgeny Gaevoy and, per Financial News, provides algorithmic liquidity on more than 60 centralised and decentralised crypto exchanges, with OTC trading in spot and derivatives spanning roughly 450 digital assets. The company's official site describes its services as covering OTC, liquidity provision, DeFi, ventures, and algorithmic trading, with the goal of making digital asset markets liquid and efficient. Wintermute Trading Ltd. is registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority for cryptoasset activities under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations, with FRN 928764.
Wintermute reported 2024 net trading revenue of $295 million and operating profit of $197.3 million, per Financial News. The firm had grown to almost 130 people as of 2025, according to the same publication. In September 2022, per Investopedia, Wintermute suffered a hack resulting in a loss of approximately $160 million, after which the CEO offered a 10% bounty for the return of funds. Following the collapse of Three Arrows Capital, Evgeny Gaevoy stated that Wintermute had borrowed from the same set of lenders on a smaller scale and had subsequently deleveraged.
Wintermute's venture arm, Wintermute Ventures, extends the firm's presence beyond trading into early-stage digital asset investments. Wintermute's portfolio includes bloXroute, Yield Alliance - LVVA Ecosystem, Push Chain Testnet Arc, Zerion, Common, UMA, Centrifuge and WOO X. Wintermute has 147,296 followers as of August 2026 on Twitter and has published 3,244 posts. Wintermute has been mentioned by 880 accounts, with 2,497 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Wintermute include 1,480 founders, 371 angel investors, 841 influencers and 61 VCs. Among them are Toly, ZachXBT, Solana, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani and Haseeb Qureshi.