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Rank Platform: The Trustless Hedge-Fund Layer Turning Real Yield Into Dividends
In a sector where “yield” too often means inflationary token rewards or opaque fund structures, a new model is emerging that puts provable performance first. Rank is positioning itself as a “hedge-fund layer” for crypto: a permissionless marketplace where human quants and AI agents deploy autonomous smart-contract vaults, compete on an on-chain leaderboard, and earn performance fees only when investors profit. The project argues it can deliver sustainable yield while eliminating the middlemen, opacity, and custody risk that plague both DeFi and traditional funds.
How? All due to the seven-year-old execution engine that routes orders across major exchanges super fast, a no-code builder, an API for advanced agents, and a fixed-supply $RAN token that pays 50% of all platform revenue back to holders. TVL is already close to $946K with $5M+ overall volume moving on-chain ahead of the Token Generation Event. The launch will take place on Red Kite, Kommunitas, and Poolz, followed by a listing on MEXC.The team’s stated goal is simple: let performance, not marketing, decide where global capital flows.
DeFi’s Yield Illusion – and Rank’s Cure
Inflationary token emissions and circular liquidity loops still prop up most headline APY in DeFi, a model that collapses once subsidies dry up. Rank’s founders are traders with more than 70 years of combined desk experience; they were frustrated watching capital chase those unsustainable payouts.
Their counter-proposal is radical transparency: every trade, fee, Sharpe ratio, and draw-down is published on-chain, and capital flows automatically to the best risk-adjusted performers. The platform drives the point home with the promise of “Real Trading, Real Yield”, accessible to anyone with a browser wallet.
Under the Hood: How the Platform Works
Rank’s architecture starts with its smart-contract vaults, or “Strats.” Each Strat is an independent contract that locks investor deposits and embeds the strategy’s trading rules, risk limits, and fee schedule. This guarantees that the trader who built it can open and close positions but can never withdraw the underlying capital, keeping custody entirely on-chain.
When a Strat sends an order, it passes through an execution engine refined over seven years that now routes across leading CEX in roughly ~4 ms – a latency window critical for high-frequency and arbitrage tactics, with every fill immediately written to the blockchain so anyone can audit slippage and pricing after the fact.
Performance is ranked in real time on a public leaderboard that organises Strats by net PnL, Sharpe ratio, maximum draw-down, and an internal risk score; once a vault closes, its full track record is frozen immutably, so reputation rests on facts, not marketing claims.
All of this is wrapped in an interface that lets non-coders drag and drop indicators while giving quants direct API access for custom or AI-driven agents, effectively delivering custody, execution, and reporting at hedge-fund quality without the cost or legal baggage of a traditional fund structure.
Inside $RAN’s Community-First Economics
The $RAN token is a fixed-supply BEP-20 asset capped at 1 billion units with no mint function. Seventy-five percent of supply is reserved for presales, ecosystem rewards, and liquidity incentives, while team and investors share the remaining 25% under six-month cliffs and long linear vesting schedules.
Revenue share. Exactly 50% of all platform fees, such as deployment, entry, 20% of trader performance fees, and CEX rebates, flow back to holders in USDT every epoch.
Utility. Staking boosts dividend share, unlocks premium analytics, and grants governance rights over fee tiers and new features.
Alignment. Because dividends scale with actual trading volume, token value is tied directly to real PnL, not dilution or emissions.
Who Wins, and How
Traders launch strategies globally without forming a fund, hiring dev-ops, or courting LPs; performance fees settle automatically in USDT. Investors access audited, risk-scored strategies while keeping custody via vault tokens, eliminating the rug-pull vectors detailed in academic studies of DeFi exploits. AI builders deploy autonomous agents that earn fees natively, leveraging Rank’s Agent Layer API and real-time data streams. By design, the marketplace is meritocratic: the better a Strat performs on a risk-adjusted basis, the more capital it naturally attracts.
TVL and Partnerships
Despite being in beta, Rank already shows around $1M in TVL on BNB Chain, according to DeFiLlama. Over 20 verified traders are forward-testing strategies, and the white paper cites $5M+ AUM migrating on-chain.
Strategic partnerships with Mode Network, Chirper AI, and Unfungible broaden liquidity and data sources, while listing agreements are in place with CEX heavyweight MEXC. Crucially, Rank is incubated by Seedify, a top-tier Web3 incubating platform.
Date with the Markets
The Token Generation Event will take place on 24 June 2025 10 AM UTC via three launchpads: Red Kite, Kommunitas, and Poolz, with an immediate MEXC at $0.002 per token and PancakeSwap listing – just $2.2 million FDV at launch. Twenty-five percent of presale tokens unlock on day one; the rest vest over six months, offering liquidity without inviting a fast dump. Post-TGE milestones include:
Public launch of the strategy marketplace with initial battle-tested Strats.
Expansion of the agent layer to support external AI models and paid data feeds.
DAO governance rollout allowing token holders to vote on fee tiers, new exchange integrations, and treasury spend.
As the roadmap unravels and trading volume grows, every dollar of additional fees will be split evenly between operations and token-holder dividends, creating a flywheel where higher TVL leads to higher USDT streams, which in turn increases demand for $RAN.
A Meritocracy for Global Capital
Rank’s pitch is refreshingly simple in a sector obsessed with complexity: let transparent performance, enforced by code, replace trust in the middlemen. The goal is to fuse hedge-fund-grade execution with DeFi composability and a dividend-paying token. This way, Rank could redraw the map of how capital finds talent – from a closed world of Cayman vehicles and 2 & 20 fees to a borderless, click-to-allocate marketplace.
For investors starved of genuine yield, quants eager to scale, and AI teams looking for a revenue-sharing playground, Rank offers a single on-chain answer: plug in, prove it, and get paid.
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FundFinance Unveils Major Platform Expansion, Automating the Full Spectrum of Fund Credit Instruments
Alexandria, Egypt, 3rd November 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, FundFinance, the leading digital platform for alternative investment credit agreements, today announced a major expansion of its platform capabilities. The rollout allows General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) to fully digitize and automate the entire spectrum of fund financing, including advanced NAV-based loans secured by fund assets and hybrid credit instruments, alongside traditional subscription credit lines.
This significant update addresses the financial sector’s urgent need for technological adoption in the alternative investment space, where highly customized structures and complex documentation still rely heavily on manual processes. FundFinance’s new features are designed to close this gap by transforming slow, spreadsheet-driven operations into real-time, resilient financial architecture.
The expansion is centered on integrating advanced features long sought after by the alternative investment community:
- Comprehensive Instrument Coverage: The platform now fully supports the complete lifecycle of NAV-based and hybrid financing structures, providing unparalleled visibility into these complex deals.
- Automated Covenant Monitoring: Real-time alert systems allow GPs to maintain compliance and proactively manage financial requirements without relying on manual tracking.
- Seamless Integration: Enhanced connectivity with banking and institutional systems streamlines drawdowns, reporting, and management of diverse fund financing products.
By digitizing and automating the entire lifecycle of these complex credit agreements, FundFinance is enabling funds to gain a strategic edge in negotiating with institutional investors and banks. For LPs, this enhanced transparency signals a new level of professionalism and maturity from the management team.
Just as platforms like Carta have standardized cap table management, FundFinance is poised to become the essential backbone for the financial architecture of alternative funds. In an industry that demands capital efficiency, transparency, and operational resilience, this technology is no longer an innovation—it is essential infrastructure.
About FundFinance
FundFinance is the premier digital platform built to automate and manage the full lifecycle of fund credit agreements for the alternative investment industry. Serving General Partners and Limited Partners across private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, FundFinance provides solutions for subscription credit lines, NAV-based loans, and hybrid instruments. The platform’s mission is to enhance capital efficiency, transparency, and operational resilience across the complex world of fund finance.
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Samuel Drnda Rejects Multi-Million Dollar Acquisition Offers — Staying Independent to Build the Future of Decentralized Trading
While competitors get absorbed by exchanges, HyroTrader’s founder focuses on building the world’s first decentralized, multi-exchange prop trading infrastructure.
Prague, Czech Republic, 3rd November 2025, ZEX PR WIRE— In an era where billion-dollar acquisitions reshape the trading landscape, Samuel Drnda, founder and CEO of HyroTrader, made a bold and defining decision — he refused multiple acquisition offers worth tens of millions of dollars, choosing vision, innovation, and independence over a lucrative exit.
The offers followed the high-profile acquisition of Breakout by Kraken, one of HyroTrader’s main competitors. Shortly after, Drnda was approached by two of the world’s largest forex prop trading firms and one of the biggest global crypto exchanges, each seeking to fully acquire and absorb HyroTrader’s rapidly growing trading ecosystem.
“Each offer had the same condition — total control,” said Drnda.
“They wanted to buy everything we’ve built and integrate it into their structure. But HyroTrader was never built to be sold. It was built to change how the prop trading industry works.”
A Vision Too Big to Sell
Founded in 2020, HyroTrader quickly evolved from a trading platform into one of the fastest-growing crypto prop trading firms in the world, empowering over 30,000 active traders and achieving consistent month-over-month growth.
By 2024, HyroTrader was featured multiple times as the “Best Crypto Prop Firm” by leading trading and fintech media outlets — a recognition that reflected both its innovation and trader-first approach.
Today, HyroTrader is setting a new global standard with Hyro Protocol, the first decentralized, non-custodial crypto prop trading infrastructure built on Solana.
“From day one, our vision was to build a decentralized prop firm connected to multiple trading exchanges — a true on-chain ecosystem where traders, investors, and liquidity providers interact transparently,” said Drnda.
“We’re not just another prop firm. We’re creating the infrastructure for the next generation of crypto prop trading firms.”
From Bootstrap to Billion-Dollar Vision
HyroTrader’s rise is even more remarkable because it was built entirely without venture capital.
“In the early days, no VC wanted to invest even $200,000. We decided to bootstrap everything from scratch,” said Drnda.
“Now, the same institutions that once ignored us are offering tens of millions to acquire us. That’s the power of staying true to your mission.”
Today, HyroTrader operates profitably and independently, already valued in the hundreds of millions and on track toward becoming the first decentralized billion-dollar prop trading ecosystem.
Beyond Money: The Power of Purpose
Despite the life-changing offers, Drnda’s decision to remain independent was rooted in conviction, not calculation.
“I come from a middle-class family — the offers I received would have changed my life,” he said.
“But I’ve already achieved more than I ever dreamed of. At this stage, it’s not about money; it’s about building something meaningful with people I believe in and creating real impact for traders worldwide.”
After the refusal, Drnda earned even greater respect from the HyroTrader team, partners, and trading community, strengthening the company’s culture of purpose-driven innovation.
“Many founders dream of an exit. I dream of evolution — of building a decentralized, transparent, and trader-owned future.”
The Next Phase: Hyro Protocol
With Hyro Protocol, Drnda and his team are developing the foundation for the next generation of decentralized prop trading firms.
Built on Solana, the protocol will connect multiple trading exchanges into one unified infrastructure, allowing traders, investors, and liquidity providers to interact seamlessly and verifiably on-chain.
“Our mission is to democratize access to trading capital, remove intermediaries, and empower traders globally,” said Drnda.
“Hyro Protocol isn’t just another product — it’s the infrastructure that will power the decentralized trading economy.”
About HyroTrader
HyroTrader is one of the fastest-growing and most recognized crypto prop trading firms in the world, empowering more than 30,000 traders with performance-based funding and transparent trading conditions.
Featured multiple times as the “Best Crypto Prop Firm,” HyroTrader is now building Hyro Protocol — the first decentralized, non-custodial, multi-exchange trading infrastructure on Solana.
Founded by Samuel Drnda in 2020, HyroTrader’s mission is to democratize access to trading capital and build the foundation for the next generation of decentralized prop trading firms.
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Merrick Hollander Announces Next-Generation Learning Infrastructure at Harborstone Society
Merrick Hollander has introduced a next-generation AI-powered learning infrastructure at Harborstone Society, designed to transform financial education through adaptive analytics, real-time simulation, and intelligent curriculum design.
United States, 3rd Nov 2025, Grand Newswire – Building the Foundation for Intelligent Learning
Under the direction of Merrick Hollander, Harborstone Society has launched an advanced educational infrastructure that integrates artificial intelligence with interactive learning systems. The initiative aims to modernize the financial education landscape by merging academic theory with practical, data-driven experiences.
The new framework is designed around modular AI architecture, allowing learners to progress through adaptive stages that align with their performance and comprehension. By analyzing behavioral data and simulation outcomes, the system customizes each student’s learning path—creating a more personalized and efficient educational process.
Integrating Technology and Education
This next-generation infrastructure incorporates predictive analytics, behavioral modeling, and real-time data visualization. Learners can experiment with simulated market conditions, test investment strategies, and analyze risk within controlled virtual environments.
According to Hollander, “Financial learning should reflect how markets behave—not how they’re described in textbooks. With AI and simulation, education becomes a living system that evolves with the learner and the world economy.”
This approach empowers students to experience decision-making in real time, building practical competence alongside theoretical understanding.
Adaptive Design for Modern Finance Professionals
The infrastructure also includes the integration of smart evaluation tools that continuously monitor cognitive performance, analytical reasoning, and emotional decision tendencies. These adaptive feedback systems ensure that each participant strengthens not only technical proficiency but also the discipline and critical thinking essential to professional finance.
Harborstone Society’s approach combines classroom education, applied AI systems, and live data environments to cultivate professionals who can adapt to the rapid evolution of modern financial systems.
Global Collaboration and Research Expansion
The project extends beyond institutional education, with Harborstone Society planning partnerships with universities, research centers, and fintech organizations worldwide. These collaborations aim to expand AI learning methodologies and create a unified academic ecosystem for data-driven investment education.
Through this initiative, Hollander reinforces his long-standing commitment to bridging the gap between artificial intelligence, behavioral economics, and practical finance.
About Harborstone Society
Harborstone Society is a financial education and research institution dedicated to advancing the role of artificial intelligence in investment and financial learning. The organization focuses on combining academic insight with real-world experience, providing learners with the tools and systems needed to excel in data-driven finance.
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