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Timo Schlaefer is a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former quantitative analyst currently based in London, UK. He holds a doctorate in financial engineering and earned an MSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. Prior to entering the digital asset sector, Schlaefer served as an Executive Director of credit quantitative modeling at Goldman Sachs and previously held quantitative positions at JPMorgan. In February 2014, he co-founded Crypto Facilities Ltd, a pioneering bitcoin derivatives trading platform that initially scaled to a team of six employees shortly after its launch. Additionally, he has operated as a technical advisor to the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and served on the advisory board of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation. His professional background centers on the intersection of traditional financial markets, quantitative risk management, and institutional cryptocurrency derivatives.