Independent research · Singapore

Researching markets.
Building systems.

I’m Boon Chuan Lim. I study how markets work, how their rules shape behaviour, and what happens when those rules meet the real world.

AREAS OF INQUIRYMarket microstructure•Digital assets•Economic policy•System design
01 / Published research

From question to publication.

Journal articles, with the source record, working-paper versions and citation details in one place.

Journal article01 / 2026
The Journal of FinTech and Digital Assets

Two speeds of liquidity recovery

How quoted spreads and displayed depth recover at different speeds after a perpetual-futures liquidation cascade.

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02 / Working papers

Ideas under investigation.

From stablecoin market structure to the boundaries of regulation and the rules of a card game.

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03 / Beyond the paper

Making the ideas tangible.

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01 / A football universe

PlayHNL

An original fictional football world: clubs, seasons, tactics and stories that build on one another.

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02 / Fiction, archives & cards

The Sleeper Archive

A literary world that connects H. G. Wells’s The Sleeper Awakes, the original sequel After the Sleeper, and a growing card archive.

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