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One terminal. Built for the trader who has too many tabs open.

Blockcircle puts market research and trading in one place. See what whale wallets, politicians and company insiders are buying, then trade from your own exchange or broker account.

Founded in 2021 by Basel Ismail. Remote-first. Your money never leaves your own account.

Meet the teamContact

Real Blockcircle data, recorded October 1, 2026

Markets tracked
130,000+
Venues to trade on
150+
Alpha tools
12
Asset classes
6

The people building the engine.

Basel Ismail

Basel Ismail

Co-Founder & CEO

Basel is a data scientist and financial engineer. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Blockcircle. He has extensive experience across Wall Street and Main Street; he most recently left his executive position at American Express where he was the Director of AI & Product Engineering, to focus on his own ventures.

He has an MBA from Cornell University, an MS in Information Security and Risk Management from Norwich University, a BComm in Computer Network Engineering from Ryerson University, and substantial training in machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has worked for and had leadership roles at Yahoo!, Scotiabank, and American Express.

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Built by alumni of Wall Street & Main Street.

  • American ExpressFintech innovation: building next-generation payment and financial technology products
  • ScotiabankCapital markets technology: derivatives pricing and risk management platforms
  • Yahoo!Ad-tech platforms: high-scale real-time bidding and audience analytics systems

Inclusion above is founder alumni status. Not an endorsement.

Agnes RahangiarAgnes RahangiarCo-Founder, Blockcircle Indonesia

Co-Founder of Blockcircle Indonesia, leading expansion across Southeast Asia. Manages platform partnerships and community growth in one of the world's fastest-growing prediction market regions.

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Conor O'NeillConor O'NeillCo-Founder, Blockcircle SEA

Co-Founder of Blockcircle South East Asia, driving growth and market expansion across the SEA region. Brings deep regional expertise and strategic partnerships to accelerate platform adoption.

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Rania HalabiRania HalabiCo-Founder, Blockcircle MENA

Co-Founder of Blockcircle MENA, overseeing operations across the Middle East and North Africa. Drives adoption across Arabic-speaking markets and builds relationships with regional trading communities.

Lebanese American UniversityLinkedIn profile
Alex HunterAlex HunterCo-Founder

Better known in the crypto community as Crypto Hunter, Alex brings a sharp eye for identifying emerging investment narratives before they reach the mainstream. He focuses on researching promising sectors and uncovering opportunities across the crypto landscape, helping the team stay one step ahead of the market.

Where the team studied

  • Cornell University
  • University of East Anglia
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata
  • Lebanese American University

Collapse the tabs.Source the alpha.Route the trade.

Markets are spread across hundreds of exchanges, brokers and apps, and acting on one idea used to mean jumping between many of them. Blockcircle brings the signals into one place and sends the order to your own account, with Smart Routing across exchanges, fan-out across several accounts and Autopilot copy trading.

Five things you can do on day one

Whale walletsSee what the biggest wallets are buying, then copy them.PoliticiansEvery trade a politician discloses, and how it performed.Company insidersWhen executives buy their own company's stock, you see it.Prediction marketsThe same market, priced differently on Polymarket and Kalshi.AutopilotFollow a signal source with your own size and limits.

Third-party validation.

Basel Ismail on the main stage at CoinFest Asia 2025Main stage, CoinFest Asia 2025CEO Basel Ismail presented "The Art of Alpha Hunting"
4.9 / 5 on Trustpilot69 reviews on TrustpilotCornell MBA founderBuilt by a Cornell University MBA alumFirmAdaptCEO Basel Ismail also leads FirmAdapt, an AI business-transformation consultancy

Read customer reviews on the customer testimonials page or directly on Trustpilot.

What compliance signs off on.

  • Non-custodialWe never hold your keys, wallets, or funds. Every trade is signed from your own wallet on-chain or fired through your own exchange API key.
  • Trade-only API keysWithdrawals disabled. IP-restricted.
  • Credential encryptionBroker secrets Fernet-encrypted at rest with per-key isolation.
  • Trade Guards always onGlobal kill-switch, daily loss caps, max position size limits, circuit breakers, and per-asset allowlists.
  • Certified infrastructureHosted on ISO 27001-certified infrastructure. SOC 2 is on our security roadmap.

Questions, partnerships, or enterprise enquiries.

We respond within 24 hours on business days.

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