The market doesn’t wait for you to bridge.

The best opportunity rarely sits on the chain you happen to be on.

It’s a token on Solana while your capital is on Base. A move on BNB Chain while you’re set up somewhere else. A new launch on Robinhood where you’ve yet to bridge assets over.

By the time you bridge over, swap wrappers, and find the right venue, the moment is gone.

That’s the disadvantage most traders trade with. They just don’t see it.

VelvetX removes it.

Your Unfair Advantage Is Not Leaving

Speed isn’t about clicking faster, it’s about not having to move at all.

On VelvetX, the entire market lives in one place.

Just connect.

Find an asset.

Trade.

No bridges to babysit. No wrapped tokens to track. No chain you’re locked out of because that’s not where your funds happen to be.

All with just one click!

Every Chain, One Trade

Cross-chain trading is only an edge if it actually feels like one action.

That’s the whole point of VelvetX.

You pick the asset you want, anywhere it lives, and trade it from wherever you already are.

Behind the scenes, Velvet routes across chains, finds the path, and bundles every step into a single clean trade.

What used to be bridge, wait, wrap, swap becomes one move.

The complexity doesn’t disappear because it was never real complexity.

So we do it for you.

Powered by Velvet’s AI and Intent-Based Trading Engine

Velvet is an AI-powered trading infrastructure layer designed to abstract away the complexity of onchain trading.

Users simply specify:

• the asset they want to sell

• the asset they want to buy

Velvet handles everything else automatically, across every chain it touches. Including the Gas where on cross-chain swaps, we cover the gas fees for you.

Behind the scenes, our Meta Aggregator routes trades across liquidity pools, DEX aggregators, AMMs, market makers, and chains.

At the same time, Velvet’s AI layer analyzes market activity, wallet behavior, trading signals, and onchain flows to help you move faster and make smarter decisions.

Everything in one place.

Trade, earn, and manage from a single platform.

Connect once.

Trade everywhere.

Let Velvet handle the rest.

Our new VelvetX app is invite-only, and we’re currently handing out invites to our most deeply engaged community members.

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Large language models have transformed how we write code, reason through complex problems, and interact with information. But one area has remained largely unsolved: understanding onchain systems in real time.

Today’s AI models were built for a different world. They excel at reasoning over static information such as code, documentation, books, and web pages. Blockchain data is different. It’s naturally represented as massive, interconnected graphs, where every wallet, transaction, smart contract, protocol, liquidity pool, and token is connected to countless others through relationships that are constantly shifting.

These graphs evolve every second. New transactions settle, liquidity moves, positions open and close, and entirely new networks of interaction emerge continuously. General-purpose LLMs were designed to learn from sequences of words and static documents, not dynamic graph structures that evolve in real time.

Understanding what’s happening onchain requires more than retrieval. It requires reasoning over evolving graph structures, and understanding the full context of onchain activity, market structure, and social dynamics as one interconnected, continuously evolving system.

Building a model capable of this kind of reasoning requires enormous volumes of onchain data, and sustained research into new architectural layers, context mechanisms, and training techniques designed specifically for continuously evolving onchain environments.

Training on the World’s Largest Onchain Context

Velvet-1 is being trained on continuously indexed datasets spanning multiple dimensions of the crypto ecosystem.

Full Onchain Activity

Across major blockchain networks, including:

• Transactions

• Smart contract events

• State changes

• Mempool signals

This gives the model visibility into how protocols and markets evolve in real time.

Hyperliquid Market Intelligence

Including:

• Perpetual order books

• Funding rates

• Liquidations

• Trader positioning

• Order flow dynamics

This helps Velvet-1 develop a deep understanding of market structure and derivatives trading.

Social & Behavioral Intelligence

Markets aren’t driven by transactions alone. They’re driven by people.

Velvet-1 is also trained on rich behavioral datasets, including:

• Onchain social graphs

• Offchain social signals

• Wallet clustering

• Profile embeddings

This allows the model to understand how narratives, communities, and capital move together.

The Road Ahead

Training has only just begun. Over the coming months, we’ll share technical updates as development progresses, including:

• Architecture insights

• Training methodologies

• Infrastructure updates

• Evaluation benchmarks

• Early capability demonstrations

This is only the beginning. Velvet-1 is our first step toward AI built by design for onchain intelligence, a new foundation for autonomous agents, smarter trading systems, and the future of SocialFAI.

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Robinhood is bringing millions of users onchain.

Now, you can trade it on VelvetX.

We’re excited to announce support for Robinhood Chain, giving traders immediate access to one of the most anticipated blockchain ecosystems directly from the VelvetX terminal.

As new ecosystems emerge, the biggest opportunities often belong to those who get there first.

With Robinhood Chain now integrated into VelvetX, you’ll have everything you need to discover, analyze, and trade opportunities from day one.

Why Robinhood Chain?

Robinhood has become one of the largest retail investing platforms in the world.

Now, it’s bringing that distribution onchain.

Built as an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2, Robinhood Chain is designed to power the next generation of financial applications, combining crypto, tokenized assets, AI, and real-world assets into a single ecosystem.

With millions of existing users and a long-term vision centered around tokenized finance, Robinhood Chain has the potential to become one of the fastest-growing ecosystems in crypto.

Cross-Chain Swaps Into Robinhood Chain

Getting into a new ecosystem shouldn’t require multiple bridges, wallets, and applications.

With VelvetX, you can cross-chain swap directly into Robinhood Chain using the assets you already own.

Move funds seamlessly from:

• Solana

• Base

• BNB Chain

• Ethereum

• And other supported networks

All within a single transaction.

No manually bridging assets.

No switching between multiple applications.

No unnecessary friction.

Simply swap into Robinhood Chain and start trading immediately.

As new ecosystems emerge, getting there first matters and VelvetX makes that easier than ever.

Trade the Ecosystem Before Everyone Else

The best opportunities often emerge before an ecosystem reaches the mainstream.

VelvetX gives you everything you need to stay ahead.

Discover new tokens.

Track smart wallets.

Monitor whale activity.

Follow emerging narratives.

Execute trades in seconds.

Whether you’re hunting early ecosystem winners or actively trading momentum, VelvetX helps you identify opportunities before the broader market catches on.

AI Meets a New Ecosystem

Every new chain creates an explosion of information.

New wallets.

New tokens.

New narratives.

New opportunities.

The Velvet Unicorn AI is built to help make sense of that complexity.

Analyze wallet behavior.

Surface emerging trends.

Identify unusual market activity.

Monitor ecosystem growth.

As Velvet continues building AI-native trading workflows, Robinhood Chain becomes another ecosystem our intelligence layer can understand, monitor, and reason about in real time.

One Terminal for Every Chain

Robinhood Chain joins a growing list of ecosystems supported on VelvetX.

Instead of switching between explorers, bridges, trading interfaces, analytics dashboards, and social feeds, everything is available inside a single terminal.

One interface.

One portfolio.

One workflow.

Whether you’re trading on Solana, Base, Hyperliquid, BNB Chain, Ethereum or now Robinhood Chain, VelvetX gives you the same seamless experience across every ecosystem.

The Future Is Multi-Chain

The next generation of crypto won’t be built on a single blockchain.

Capital will continue flowing wherever innovation happens.

VelvetX is built for that future.

By supporting new ecosystems from day one and making it effortless to move capital between them, traders can spend less time navigating infrastructure and more time finding opportunities.

Robinhood Chain is the latest addition to the growing VelvetX ecosystem.

It won’t be the last.

Start exploring Robinhood Chain on VelvetX today.

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America turns 250, and we’re celebrating the milestone the Velvet way.

From now through July 4th, trade $250,000 in Perps and Spot on Velvet and earn your share of a 25,000,000 Gem prize pool.

Complete the challenge, earn your allocation, and boost your position ahead of the 2,710,049 $VELVET airdrop being distributed to eligible users on August 10th.

The Challenge

To celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary, Velvet is launching a limited-time trading campaign for active traders.

Your objective is simple:

• Trade a combined $250,000 in Spot and Perpetual markets.

• Complete the challenge before July 4th.

• Earn your share of 25,000,000 Gems.

Every eligible participant who completes the challenge will receive an equal share of the Gem pool.

25 Million Gems Up for Grabs

Unlike a leaderboard competition, this campaign rewards everyone who reaches the target.

Total Gem Pool: 25,000,000 Gems

How it works:

• Trade $250,000 across Spot and Perps on Velvet.

• Complete the requirement before July 4th.

• Receive an equal share of the 25 million Gem pool alongside every other eligible participant.

The more users who complete the challenge, the more traders get rewarded for celebrating the milestone together.

Why Gems Matter

Velvet Gems are Velvet’s community rewards program, designed to distribute $VELVET over time to the ecosystem’s most active users.

Every Gem you earn increases your overall position within the Velvet ecosystem and helps determine your allocation in future reward distributions.

Most importantly, this campaign takes place ahead of the next $VELVET airdrop.

On August 10th, 2,700,000 $VELVET will be distributed to eligible users based on their accumulated Gems.

By completing this challenge, you’ll significantly boost your Gem balance and improve your allocation in the upcoming distribution.

Why Trade on Velvet?

Whether you’re trading Spot or Perps, Velvet gives you everything you need to execute efficiently.

• Trade both Spot and Perpetual markets from one platform.

• Fast execution with optimized routing.

• Go long or short across hundreds of assets.

• Earn Gems while actively trading.

• Participate in exclusive community campaigns and reward programs.

Every trade moves you one step closer to completing the challenge.

The Clock Is Ticking

This campaign is only available until July 4th.

Trade $250,000 across Spot and Perps, complete the challenge, and earn your share of the 25,000,000 Gem pool.

Start trading now:

https://x.velvet.capital

Celebrate. Trade. Earn.

250 years of America.

25 million Gems.

One challenge.

Only on Velvet.

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Trading doesn’t stop when you leave your desk.

Now, neither does VelvetX.

Starting today, you can install VelvetX directly to your iPhone Home Screen, giving you instant access to your trading terminal with a native app-like experience.

No App Store download required.

Just log in, add it to your Home Screen, and you’re ready to trade wherever you are.

Trade On the Go

VelvetX was built for traders who move fast.

Whether you’re tracking smart wallets, watching the latest launches, following KOLs, or executing trades across multiple chains, every second matters.

By adding VelvetX to your Home Screen, your trading terminal is always just one tap away.

No searching through browser tabs.

No typing URLs.

Just open VelvetX and start trading.

Install in Seconds

Getting started takes less than a minute.

1. Log in to VelvetX on Safari.

2. Tap the Share button.

3. Select “Add to Home Screen.”

4. Done.

VelvetX will now appear on your Home Screen just like any other app.

If you are not currently on the VelvetX app, you can join the waitlist here: https://x.velvet.capital

Your Unfair Advantage, Everywhere

VelvetX combines AI, social intelligence, and cross-chain trading into a single experience.

From discovering opportunities before the crowd to executing trades in seconds, VelvetX is designed to give traders an edge.

Now you can take that edge with you wherever you go.

Whether you’re at home, traveling, or away from your desk, your trading terminal is always within reach.

Trade Anytime. Anywhere.

The fastest traders are the ones who never miss an opportunity.

With VelvetX now available directly from your iPhone Home Screen, staying connected to the market has never been easier.

Your unfair advantage is now just one tap away.

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Two things make a trading platform worth using.

Execution that gets you a better price, and access that saves you the hassle of going anywhere else.

Velvet just leveled up on both, on Base, in two ways:

• Velvet now routes your trades through the deepest liquidity on Base for sharper execution

• Velvet now lets you enter Aerodrome LP positions in one click, without ever leaving the platform

You trade. You earn. You never leave the platform.

The deepest liquidity on Base lives on Aerodrome. Velvet puts it to work for you.

Why This Matters

Aerodrome is the liquidity engine of Base.

It holds more liquidity and generates more volume than the rest of the chain’s venues combined, which makes it the single most important source of pricing and depth on Base.

For a trader, that liquidity is only useful if your platform actually routes through it.

For someone looking to earn, those pools are only worth it if getting in doesn’t mean juggling multiple sites, approvals, and dashboards.

Velvet solves both.

Sharper Execution on Base

When you place a trade on Velvet, our Meta Aggregator scans across liquidity sources to find the best available route.

On Base, that now means tapping into Aerodrome’s deep liquidity.

The result for you:

• Tighter pricing

• Lower slippage

• Deeper liquidity on every Base trade

• Better fills, automatically

You don’t change anything about how you trade.

You pick the token you want to sell and the token you want to buy.

Velvet finds the route, now routing through the deepest liquidity on Base.

One-Click Aerodrome LP Positions

Here’s the part that keeps you on Velvet.

You can now enter Aerodrome LP positions directly inside the platform.

Open the Yield tab, browse Aerodrome pools by TVL and APY, and deposit in 1 click.

No bouncing between sites.

No manual pool hunting.

No separate dashboards to track.

Behind the scenes, Velvet bundles the whole process, approval, swap, and entering the position, into a single flow. What would normally be several transactions across multiple interfaces becomes one clean deposit.

You bring the capital.

Velvet handles the steps.

Your liquidity goes to work on Base, and you manage it from the same place you trade.

(Pool APYs move constantly with volume and incentives, so the figures shown in-app are live, not fixed.)

Backed by Deeper Liquidity

The execution edge is possible because the liquidity underneath it is deep.

We recently consolidated our protocol-owned liquidity on Base onto Aerodrome, which means more concentrated depth and a stronger trading environment for everyone routing through Velvet.

Powered by Velvet’s AI and Intent-Based Trading Engine

Velvet is not just another swap interface.

It’s an AI-powered trading infrastructure layer designed to abstract away the complexity of onchain trading.

Users simply specify:

• the token they want to sell

• the token they want to buy

Velvet handles everything else automatically.

Behind the scenes, our Meta Aggregator routes trades across liquidity pools, DEX aggregators, AMMs, market makers, and the deepest liquidity on Base.

At the same time, Velvet’s AI layer analyzes market activity, wallet behavior, trading signals, and onchain flows to help you move faster and make smarter decisions.

Everything in one place.

Trade, earn, and manage from a single platform.

One Platform, Every Chain

The best trading experience isn’t spread across ten tabs.

It’s execution, yield, and portfolio management in one place, running on the deepest liquidity each chain has to offer.

That’s what Velvet delivers on Base, and it’s the same experience you already get across Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and beyond.

More execution upgrades and more yield opportunities are on the way.

Trade on deeper liquidity.

Earn without the friction.

All on Velvet.

Start trading and earning on Base at dapp.velvet.capital.

Our new invite-only app is live (https://x.velvet.capital) and we’re currently handing out invites to our most deeply engaged community members.

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For years, Jaredfromsubway.eth has been one of the most infamous names in crypto.

Not because it launched a protocol.
Not because it built a new primitive.
But because it became one of the clearest symbols of toxic MEV on Ethereum.

Jaredfromsubway was known for sandwich attacks: watching pending DEX swaps, jumping in before a trader’s order, letting the trader execute at a worse price, and then selling immediately after. The result was simple: ordinary users got worse execution, while the bot extracted value from the transaction ordering game happening beneath the surface.

For most users, MEV is invisible.

You click swap.
You see a price.
You confirm.
Then somehow, the fill is worse than expected.

That difference is often where MEV lives.

This is exactly why Velvet is building MEV protection directly into the wallet and trading experience. When users create a wallet on Velvet with Email or X, they automatically get MEV-aware execution protection through Velvet’s integrations with 0slot on Solana and bloXroute on EVM chains.

No manual RPC setup.
No technical configuration.
No switching endpoints.
No need to understand validator routing or private mempools.

Velvet handles it in the background.

The Sandwich Bot Got Sandwiched

Over the weekend, Jaredfromsubway reportedly lost millions after an attacker turned its own automated trading logic against it.

This was not a normal private-key hack. It was not a simple phishing attack. And it was not the kind of exploit most users think about when they hear “smart contract hack.”

Instead, the attacker allegedly created fake tokens, fake pools, and fake opportunities that looked profitable to the bot’s automated system. Jared’s bot interacted with these routes and granted approvals to attacker-controlled contracts. Once those approvals were in place, the attacker used them to drain real assets from the bot.

In other words: the bot that spent years extracting value from traders was itself exploited by an even more adversarial version of onchain execution.

Crypto Twitter immediately called it poetic justice.

But the bigger takeaway is not just that one MEV bot got wrecked.

The real lesson is that onchain trading is an adversarial environment. Every swap, every route, every transaction, and every pending order exists in a market where bots, validators, searchers, and infrastructure providers are all competing around transaction ordering and execution.

And if users have to protect themselves manually, most users will lose.

MEV Is Not Just a Bot Problem

A lot of people hear “MEV” and think it only affects whales, bots, or advanced traders.

That is wrong.

MEV affects anyone trading onchain.

It can show up as:

• Worse execution

• Failed transactions

• Delayed fills

• Front-running

• Sandwich attacks

• Priority fee wars

• Bots extracting value from public orderflow

This is especially painful in fast-moving markets: memecoin launches, volatile tokens, perps, thin liquidity, and large swaps.

The average trader should not need to understand validator routing, private mempools, block builders, priority fees, or sandwich mitigation just to get a clean fill.

Protection should be built into the trading experience by default.

That is exactly how Velvet is approaching onchain execution.

Velvet: MEV Protection by Default

On Velvet, when users create a wallet with Email or X, they get automatic MEV protection through Velvet’s execution integrations.

No manual RPC setup.
No technical configuration.
No switching endpoints.
No guessing which route is safer.

Velvet abstracts the execution layer away and routes trades through infrastructure designed to improve execution quality and reduce MEV exposure.

This matters because Velvet is not just another swap interface. Velvet is building an onchain trading terminal and DeFAI execution layer where users can trade across ecosystems with the kind of protection and routing intelligence that historically only advanced traders had access to.

Solana: Velvet x 0slot

On Solana, Velvet integrates with 0slot to power MEV-optimized trading.

Solana is fast, but that does not mean it is free from MEV. In high-volatility markets, users still face latency races, priority fee competition, missed transactions, delayed fills, and worse execution when trades land too late.

0slot helps Velvet improve transaction delivery through faster routing, priority inclusion, and MEV-aware execution paths.

For Velvet users, this means eligible Solana trades can benefit from:

• Faster transaction inclusion

• Higher landing probability

• Better execution reliability during congestion

• Reduced risk from delayed or failed transactions

• More consistent performance for active traders and automated strategies

The key point: users do not need to manage this themselves. If they create a wallet with Email or X, Velvet automatically routes execution through the right protection layer in the background.

EVM: Velvet x bloXroute

On EVM chains, Velvet integrates with bloXroute Protect RPC infrastructure to help protect users from MEV front-running and sandwich attacks.

Normally, when a transaction is sent through a public mempool, bots can see it before it lands onchain. If the trade is profitable to attack, searchers can attempt to place transactions before and after it.

That is the classic sandwich attack.

bloXroute Protect RPCs help by routing transactions privately to block builders instead of exposing them directly in the public mempool. This reduces the ability for MEV bots to detect and attack the transaction before it is included.

For Velvet users, this means EVM execution can benefit from private routing designed to reduce front-running and sandwich risk while improving speed and reliability.

Again, this happens through Velvet’s trading stack automatically.

The Jared Lesson: Execution Is Part of Security

The Jaredfromsubway controversy shows something important: execution is no longer just about getting the best price from an aggregator.

Execution itself is security.

A route can look profitable and still be dangerous.
A transaction can simulate correctly and still expose a user to MEV.
A swap can go through and still leak value to bots.
A trading system can be automated and still be manipulated by adversarial markets.

This is why Velvet is building around a simple idea:

The user should express intent.
The platform should handle execution.

Whether you are trading manually, following strategies, using AI agents, or managing portfolios, the execution layer should be working in the background to protect against unnecessary value leakage.

From Wallet UX to Protected Execution

The future of onchain trading will not look like users manually connecting wallets, switching networks, configuring RPCs, setting priority fees, and hoping they do not get sandwiched.

It will look like this:

Create a wallet with Email or X.
Fund it.
Trade.
Let Velvet handle routing, execution, and MEV protection.

That is what Velvet is building.

A trading experience where sophisticated infrastructure is hidden behind simple UX.

Where users get MEV protection by default.

Where Solana trades can route through 0slot.

Where EVM trades can route through bloXroute.

Where execution quality is not treated as an afterthought.

The Bottom Line

Jaredfromsubway became famous by extracting value from other traders.

Then it became the latest reminder that onchain markets are hostile, automated, and unforgiving.

For users, the takeaway is clear: trading without MEV-aware execution means leaking value to the most sophisticated players in the market.

For Velvet, the mission is just as clear: bring professional-grade execution protection to every user, without making them think about the infrastructure underneath.

Because in DeFi, the best trade is not just the one with the best quoted price.

It is the one that actually lands cleanly.

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Velvet Unicorn just got a major upgrade.

Since launch, Velvet Unicorn has served as Velvet’s DeFAI intelligence layer, helping users discover opportunities, analyze markets, and navigate the increasingly complex world of on-chain finance.

Today, we’re taking the next step.

We’re launching the new Velvet Unicorn Portal — a dedicated platform for developers, builders, traders, and AI agents to connect directly to Velvet Unicorn and access the infrastructure powering the future of agentic finance.

Whether you’re building autonomous trading agents, integrating DeFi intelligence into your products, or turning ideas into executable strategies, the new portal gives you everything you need to get started.

What’s New?

The new Velvet Unicorn Portal introduces three major capabilities designed for the next generation of DeFAI applications.

API Access for Developers and Agents

Developers can now connect directly to Velvet Unicorn through APIs and integrate DeFi intelligence into applications, trading systems, dashboards, and autonomous agents.

Instead of building complex DeFi infrastructure from scratch, developers can leverage Velvet Unicorn as a DeFi-native intelligence layer within their own products.

This unlocks entirely new possibilities for AI-powered trading, portfolio management, opportunity discovery, and strategy generation.

MCP Support for AI Agents

Velvet Unicorn now supports MCP (Model Context Protocol).

This allows AI agents to connect directly to Velvet Unicorn, access structured DeFi intelligence, and incorporate real-time on-chain context into their workflows.

As the agent economy continues to expand, MCP support enables Velvet Unicorn to become a native intelligence layer for autonomous financial agents.

Prompt-to-Strategy

One of the most exciting additions to the platform is Prompt-to-Strategy.

Instead of manually building complex trading strategies, users can simply describe what they want to achieve using natural language.

For example:

“Build a BTC technical trading strategy using RSI, MACD, moving averages, and volume confirmation to identify momentum shifts and manage risk.”

Or:

“Create a memecoin trading strategy for Pump.fun that tracks new launches, wallet activity, volume spikes, liquidity changes, and social momentum to identify early opportunities.”

Velvet Unicorn works alongside leading AI models such as Claude and Codex to transform these ideas into structured, executable DeFi strategies.

This dramatically lowers the barrier to creating sophisticated trading systems while opening entirely new workflows for builders, traders, and AI agents.

Built for the Agentic Future

The future of DeFi won’t be powered by dashboards and manual clicks.

It will be powered by agents.

Agents that analyze markets.

Agents that discover opportunities.

Agents that generate strategies.

Agents that execute trades.

Agents that continuously optimize portfolios.

The new Velvet Unicorn Portal is designed to be the infrastructure layer powering this future.

By combining DeFi-native intelligence, API access, MCP support, and Prompt-to-Strategy workflows, Velvet Unicorn provides the foundation for a new generation of autonomous financial applications.

1,000 Free Credits for Early Users

To celebrate the launch, every user will receive 1,000 free credits for a limited time.

This gives developers, traders, and AI agents the opportunity to explore the platform, test integrations, and start building immediately.

Once free credits are exhausted, there are two ways to receive additional credits:

Pay with $VU

Users can purchase additional credits using the $VU token, creating direct utility within the Velvet Unicorn ecosystem.

Hold veVELVET

Users who hold veVELVET will receive recurring monthly credits, allowing long-term ecosystem participants to continuously access Velvet Unicorn’s capabilities.

More information on credit allocations, tiers, and usage limits will be shared soon.

Start Building

The next generation of DeFi won’t be powered by interfaces.

It will be powered by intelligence.

The new Velvet Unicorn Portal gives developers, traders, and AI agents direct access to that intelligence layer.

Connect agents.

Generate strategies.

Build autonomous financial systems.

The future of DeFAI starts here.

Explore the new Velvet Unicorn Portal:

https://vu.velvetdao.xyz/landing/

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Every trader wants alpha.

But alpha means nothing without execution.

That’s why Velvet has integrated the SushiSwap API into our Meta Aggregator across Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain, giving traders access to even more liquidity and routing opportunities.

Why This Matters

When you place a trade, there are often dozens of possible routes it could take.

Some routes provide:

• Better pricing

• Lower slippage

• Deeper liquidity

• Better fills

Velvet’s Meta Aggregator automatically scans across liquidity sources to find the most optimal execution path.

Now, with SushiSwap added to the mix, Velvet can access even more liquidity when executing trades.

More Liquidity Across Major Chains

SushiSwap is now integrated into Velvet’s execution engine on:

• Ethereum

• Base

• BNB Chain

This means traders benefit from:

• More routing options

• Better liquidity access

• Improved execution quality

• More efficient trade fulfillment

All without changing how they trade.

Powered by AI and Intent-Based Trading

Velvet makes trading simple.

Users only need to choose:

• What token they want to sell

• What token they want to buy

Velvet handles everything else.

Behind the scenes, our Meta Aggregator searches across DEXs, liquidity pools, aggregators, market makers, and execution partners like SushiSwap to find the best available route.

At the same time, Velvet AI helps traders:

• Analyze markets

• Discover opportunities

• Track narratives

• Research assets

All from a single platform.

Trade, Analyze, and Earn

Every trade on Velvet earns Gems, which can be converted into $VELVET rewards.

So while Velvet is finding the best route for your trade, you’re also earning rewards for being active on the platform.

Trade smarter.

Use AI.

Earn $VELVET.

The Best Execution, Automatically

You shouldn’t need to manually compare liquidity across dozens of protocols.

That’s Velvet’s job.

With SushiSwap’s API now integrated across Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain, Velvet users gain access to deeper liquidity and smarter execution with every trade.

You choose the asset.

Velvet finds the route.

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We’re excited to announce that 100% of $VELVET protocol-owned liquidity on Base has now been migrated to Aerodrome.

As the leading DEX on Base, Aerodrome has become the primary hub for liquidity, trading activity, and capital across the ecosystem. By consolidating liquidity into a single venue, we can provide a stronger trading experience for both existing and future $VELVET holders.

This migration is part of our broader strategy to continuously improve the market structure and accessibility of the $VELVET token.

Why Aerodrome?

Aerodrome has established itself as the liquidity layer of Base.

With deep liquidity, strong trading activity, and a growing user base, it has become the natural home for many of the ecosystem’s leading assets.

By migrating our protocol-owned liquidity to Aerodrome, we can:

• Improve liquidity concentration

• Reduce slippage for traders

• Strengthen price discovery

• Increase capital efficiency

• Support healthier market depth

Rather than spreading liquidity across multiple venues, concentrating it where users are already trading creates a better experience for everyone.

What This Means for $VELVET Traders

For token holders and traders, this migration helps create:

• Better trading execution

• Deeper liquidity

• Improved accessibility

• More efficient markets

As trading volume continues to grow across Velvet products, ensuring strong liquidity for the $VELVET token remains a key priority.

Trade $VELVET on Base with VelvetX

Provide Liquidity to $VELVET on Aerodrome

The official $VELVET / USDC pool is now live on Aerodrome:

https://aerodrome.finance/deposit?token0=0x833589fcd6edb6e08f4c7c32d4f71b54bda02913&token1=0xbf927b841994731c573bdf09ceb0c6b0aa887cdd&type=1&chain0=8453&chain1=8453&factory=0x5e7BB104d84c7CB9B682AaC2F3d509f5F406809A

Building for the Long Term

As Velvet continues expanding AI-powered trading, perps, real-world assets, and global market access, strengthening the foundations of the ecosystem remains just as important as shipping new products.

The migration of protocol-owned liquidity to Aerodrome is another step toward building a healthier, more efficient, and more scalable market for $VELVET.

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Some of the biggest investment opportunities of the next decade haven’t IPO’d yet.

For years, gaining exposure to companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic was limited to venture capital firms, institutions, and private investors.

Today, that changes.

Through Velvet’s integrations with TradeXYZ and Ventuals, users can now trade:

• SpaceX

• OpenAI

• Anthropic

Three companies at the center of the biggest technological revolutions of our generation.

And one of them may not be private for much longer.

SpaceX is expected to begin public trading on June 12th in what is expected to be the largest IPO in history, with reports suggesting a valuation approaching $1.75 trillion.

Now traders don’t have to wait.

Three Companies Shaping the Future

SpaceX

Founded by Elon Musk, SpaceX has transformed the aerospace industry through reusable rockets, Starlink, satellite infrastructure, and ambitious plans for interplanetary exploration.

With a reported IPO valuation of $1.75 trillion, its expected public listing could become the largest IPO in history by a large margin.

Trade SpaceX on Velvet X

OpenAI

The creator of ChatGPT and one of the most influential AI companies in the world.

OpenAI has become synonymous with the AI revolution and continues to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence.

Trade OpenAI on Velvet X

Anthropic

Creator of Claude and one of the fastest-growing AI companies globally.

Anthropic has quickly emerged as a leading player in the race to build next-generation AI systems.

Trade Anthropic on Velvet X

Together, these are three of the most anticipated IPOs investors have been waiting years to access.

Powered by TradeXYZ and Ventuals

These markets are available through Velvet’s integrations with TradeXYZ and Ventuals, helping bring some of the world’s most sought-after private companies onchain.

For the first time, traders can gain exposure to pre-IPO giants from the same platform they use to trade crypto, equities, commodities, and indices.

Trade With Leverage. Powered by AI.

Velvet gives traders more than access.

Use Velvet AI to:

• Analyze companies

• Compare opportunities

• Research narratives

• Monitor industry developments

• Generate trade ideas

Ask questions like:

• Is OpenAI still undervalued relative to its growth?

• How does Anthropic compare to OpenAI?

• What could a SpaceX IPO mean for valuation?

Then execute directly from the same platform.

No switching apps.

No separate research terminals.

Just AI-powered analysis and execution in one place.

Trade, Analyze, and Earn

Every trade on Velvet earns Gems, which can be converted into $VELVET rewards on August 10th.

Trade pre-IPO markets.

Use AI.

Access leverage.

Earn rewards.

Trade the Future Before Everyone Else

SpaceX.

OpenAI.

Anthropic.

Three companies shaping the future of technology.

Three of the most anticipated IPOs in modern history.

Now available on Velvet.

Trade with leverage.

Use AI to find opportunities.

Earn $VELVET while you trade.

The future’s biggest companies are already being built.

Trade them on Velvet.

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In May we launched Velvet X, our new invite-only social trading platform, rolled out full Perpetual Futures Trading, integrated AI deeper into the trading experience, and continued building toward our vision of the DeFAI Operating System.

From discovering opportunities to executing trades and sharing results, traders can now do everything from a single interface.

Introducing Velvet X

May marked the launch and initial rollout of Velvet X, our new invite-only SocialFi trading platform built for traders who want an unfair advantage.

Velvet X combines AI, social trading, real-time discovery, and execution into a single experience designed specifically for the trenches.

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Discover Opportunities Faster

Velvet X introduces a completely redesigned discovery experience:

• Up to 100% cashback on fees

• $VELVET rewards

• Smart wallet + KOL tracking across 13M+ wallets

• Early signals on what top traders are buying before the rest of CT sees it

• Social feed for sharing alpha and getting AI signals

• Trading across Solana, Base, Hyperliquid, BNB, and more

AI Built Directly Into the Experience

Velvet Unicorn is now integrated directly into Velvet X.

Users can:

• Analyze tokens

• Research opportunities

• Evaluate risk and momentum

• Execute trades through AI

Built for Active Traders

Additional upgrades include:

• Draggable limit orders

• PnL Share Cards

• Watchlists for both tokens and traders

• Multi-chain portfolio tracking

• Unified wallet balances across chains

• Improved mobile and desktop experiences

• Faster onboarding and wallet connections

Velvet X also now supports top launchpads such as Bankr, Pump Mayhem, Zora, Flaunch, and others.

Velvet X is currently invite-only. Go to the app: https://x.velvet.capital

If you’d like access, jump into our community and ask the team for an invite code.

AI-Powered Alpha Distribution

We integrated X news and AI-generated signals from the Velvet Unicorn Alpha Chat directly into the Velvet ecosystem, helping traders discover opportunities faster and act on them immediately.

Building the DeFAI OS

Velvet Unicorn continues to evolve as the intelligence layer powering the Velvet ecosystem.

Every improvement moves us closer to our vision of a unified DeFAI experience where users can discover, analyze, and execute opportunities with the help of specialized AI agents.

The future isn’t just AI-assisted trading… it’s AI-native trading.

Tech & Product Updates

We also integrated Perps trading onto the new Velvet X, giving users access to Crypto, Stocks, and Commodities with up to 50x leverage.

The experience includes:

• One-click gasless deposits from Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, and Sonic

• Position management tools

• Take Profit and Stop Loss orders

Perps are now fully integrated into the Velvet experience, bringing spot trading, DeFi, and leveraged trading under one roof.

Platform Performance & Reliability

Alongside new features, we shipped dozens of upgrades focused on speed, reliability, and execution quality.

Highlights include:

• Faster page loads through smarter caching

• Improved trading reliability

• Mobile chart improvements

• Improved invite-code onboarding

• Better chart precision and marker alignment

• Increased Perps reliability and execution quality

These improvements make Velvet faster, smoother, and more reliable across every part of the platform.

Community & Ecosystem Updates

Pumpdotfun Integration

We integrated Pumpdotfun into Velvet, allowing traders to use AI-powered analysis to navigate the trenches and identify opportunities faster.

State of Velvet Livestream

We hosted the latest State of Velvet livestream covering product updates, AI development, trading infrastructure, roadmap plans, and community Q&A.

Gems Epoch 11 Announced

We announced Epoch 11 of Velvet Gems.

This epoch introduces a longer reward period designed to create significantly larger reward claims for active users ending on August 10th.

DFlow Integration

We announced our integration with DFlow to improve Solana trade execution.

Benefits include better execution quality, improved fill rates, better pricing, and faster routing especially during volatile market conditions.

$CRED Trading Competition

In partnership with Helixa, we launched the $CRED Trading Competition.

The campaign featured 182 million $CRED in rewards.

Blue Chip Perps Competition

To celebrate the launch of Perpetual Futures Trading, we launched a Blue Chip Perps competition focused on BTC, ETH, and SOL.

Consensus & Events

The Velvet team attended Consensus and cohosted an afterparty, connecting with users, builders, and ecosystem partners.

Safe Foundation Token Swap

We completed our token swap with Safe Foundation, further strengthening alignment with one of Velvet’s longest-standing strategic partners.

Velvet Circle on Lolo

We launched the Velvet Circle on Lolo, allowing users and holders to connect at conferences, meetups, and community events around the world.

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The lines between crypto and traditional finance are disappearing.

For decades, traders needed separate accounts, platforms, and tools to access different markets. One platform for stocks. Another for commodities. Another for crypto. Yet another for research.

Velvet is changing that.

We’re excited to announce our integration with Trade[XYZ], bringing equities, commodities, and indices directly into the Velvet ecosystem.

Now, alongside crypto, launches, and DeFi opportunities, traders can access some of the world’s largest financial markets through a unified trading experience powered by AI and onchain infrastructure.

What Is Trade[XYZ]?

Trade[XYZ] is one of the leading providers of real-world asset perpetual markets built on Hyperliquid infrastructure.

Its mission is simple:

Bring global financial markets onchain.

Through Trade[XYZ], traders can gain exposure to equities, commodities, and indices through perpetual markets that operate 24/7.

Instead of relying on traditional brokerages, banking rails, or geographic restrictions, users can access global markets directly through modern onchain infrastructure.

Global Markets Are Finally Onchain

With Trade[XYZ], traders can now access some of the world’s most important assets directly through Velvet.

Equities

Trade exposure to companies such as:

• NVIDIA ($NVDA)

• Tesla ($TSLA)

• Google ($GOOGL)

• Robinhood ($HOOD)

• Micron ($MU)

• Sandisk ($SDNK)

Indices

Trade broader market narratives through:

• S&P 500

• NASDAQ-100

• Dow Jones Industrial Average

Commodities

Gain exposure to major global commodities including:

• Gold

• Silver

• Crude Oil

• Copper

All accessible through the same trading experience you already use for crypto.

Why This Matters

Crypto traders have become some of the most sophisticated market participants in the world.

Yet many of the biggest opportunities still happen outside crypto.

Imagine:

• Trading NVIDIA ahead of a major AI announcement

• Taking a position on the S&P 500 after a Fed meeting

• Going long Gold during macro uncertainty

• Trading Oil around geopolitical developments

Historically, that required entirely different brokers, platforms, and workflows.

Now those opportunities can be accessed from the same ecosystem where traders already manage their digital assets.

One Terminal. Every Major Market.

The average trader today uses multiple platforms.

One for crypto.

One for stocks.

One for commodities.

One for research.

One for analytics.

Velvet is bringing everything together.

With Trade[XYZ] integrated, traders can access Crypto, Equities, Indices, and Commodities all from a single trading experience.

But access is only part of the story.

Trade Everything With Leverage and AI

Markets move faster than ever.

The traders who win are increasingly those who combine execution with intelligence.

Through Velvet, users can not only access multiple asset classes, but also leverage AI-powered tools to help identify opportunities across them.

Use Velvet AI to:

• Research market narratives

• Analyze assets and sectors

• Generate trade ideas

• Monitor macro events

• Discover opportunities across crypto, equities, commodities, and indices

Whether you’re:

• Long NVIDIA because of AI growth

• Trading Gold during macro uncertainty

• Taking a view on the S&P 500 after economic data

• Rotating into the latest crypto narrative

Velvet gives you the tools to analyze opportunities and execute trades from the same platform.

Combined with leverage-enabled markets through Trade[XYZ], traders can express views across global markets without needing multiple brokers, research tools, or trading terminals.

Trade, Analyze, and Earn

Most trading platforms stop at execution.

Velvet goes further.

Every trade on Velvet contributes toward earning Gems, which can later be converted into $VELVET rewards through the ongoing Gems program.

This means that while you’re trading, you’re also accumulating rewards simply by being active on the platform.

The more you use Velvet:

• The more opportunities you can discover through AI

• The more markets you can access

• The more Gems you can earn

For active traders, this creates a powerful flywheel.

Trade global markets.

Use AI to discover opportunities.

Earn Gems.

Accumulate $VELVET.

Why Trade[XYZ] and Velvet Are Unlocking an Unfair Advantage

Trade[XYZ] brings global markets onchain.

Velvet brings:

• AI-powered market intelligence

• Leverage-enabled trading

• Cross-market access

• Launch trading

• Crypto trading

• Rewards through Gems and $VELVET

Together, they create a platform where traders can:

• Trade NVIDIA and Bitcoin from the same terminal

• Move between Gold, Solana, and the S&P 500 seamlessly

• Use AI to discover opportunities across markets

• Earn Gems and accumulate $VELVET while doing it

The future trader won’t use separate apps for stocks, commodities, crypto, research, and execution.

The future trader will use one platform.

The Future of Trading Is Converging

The distinction between TradFi and DeFi is disappearing.

The next generation of trading platforms won’t separate:

• Crypto

• Equities

• Commodities

• Indices

They’ll bring everything together under one roof.

That’s the future Velvet is building.

A platform where traders can access opportunities across every major asset class, leverage AI to make better decisions, and earn rewards simply by being active.

The world’s markets are moving onchain.

Trade them all on Velvet.

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Velvet is excited to announce our integration with Pump.fun and Pump Mayhem, bringing the most active launch ecosystems in crypto directly into the Velvet trading terminal.

With this integration, traders can now:

• Discover and trade Pump.fun launches directly through Velvet’s Trenches

• Access Pump Mayhem tokens and activity inside Velvet

• Track the entire bonding curve lifecycle

• Use Velvet’s AI-powered analysis tools to evaluate tokens faster

• Trade through advanced execution infrastructure built for high-speed launch environments

Pump launches move fast.

Velvet is designed to move faster.

What Is Pump.fun?

Pump.fun has become one of the largest token launch platforms in crypto, especially within the Solana ecosystem.

It allows anyone to instantly launch tradable tokens through a bonding curve system, creating an environment where new assets can gain traction extremely quickly.

This has turned Pump.fun into one of the most active hubs for:

• memecoin launches

• viral token trading

• speculative markets

• early-stage community tokens

For traders, it has created an entirely new category of high-speed on-chain trading.

What Is Pump Mayhem?

Pump Mayhem is an experimental Pump.fun feature for newly launched coins where an autonomous AI trading agent can trade the coin during its first 24 hours to create more early volume, price movement, and visibility. Pump says the goal is to help early-stage coins get more attention instead of dying immediately from lack of traction

How it works:

• A creator can enable Mayhem Mode only when creating the coin, not after launch.

• If enabled, the Mayhem agent mints an extra 1B tokens, making total supply 2B tokens.

• The agent can randomly buy and sell during the coin’s first 24 hours.

• After 24 hours, any unsold agent tokens are burned.

• Pump.fun says Mayhem coins have the same starting market cap and initial liquidity as regular Pump.fun coins.

• Fees from Mayhem-enabled coins go to separate Mayhem fee recipient wallets and are not tracked on the regular Pump.fun fees dashboard.

This is exactly the type of environment Velvet’s infrastructure is built for.

Trade Pump.fun Directly in the Trenches

Velvet’s Trenches is built for traders hunting early opportunities across crypto.

Now, with Pump.fun and Pump Mayhem integrated, users can monitor and trade launches directly from one unified trading interface without constantly switching between sites, bots, and dashboards.

Inside the Trenches, traders can:

• Discover newly launched Pump.fun and Pump Mayhem tokens in real time

• Monitor launch momentum as activity builds

• Instantly execute trades directly from Velvet

• Track bonding curve progression

• Stay ahead of market rotations faster

This dramatically reduces the friction between:
launch discovery → analysis → execution.

And in launch trading, speed is everything.

Track the Full Bonding Curve

One of the biggest advantages of the integration is visibility into the entire bonding curve progression directly inside Velvet.

This gives traders deeper insight into:

• How far a token has progressed through its curve

• Liquidity growth

• Trading momentum

• Potential migration timing

• Early versus crowded entries

Instead of blindly aping launches, traders can make more informed decisions with better data and infrastructure.

AI-Powered Launch Analysis

Launch trading is chaotic.

Thousands of tokens launch constantly, attention shifts instantly, and most traders struggle to process information quickly enough.

That’s where Velvet’s AI layer comes in.

Users can leverage Velvet AI to:

• Analyze Pump.fun and Pump Mayhem token activity

• Monitor wallet behavior and trading flows

• Track momentum shifts

• Surface higher-signal opportunities faster

• Filter out low-quality launches

The goal is simple: help traders identify stronger opportunities before the broader market catches on.

Powered by Velvet’s AI and Intent-Based Trading Engine

Velvet combines AI-powered intelligence with advanced execution infrastructure to create a next-generation trading experience.

Users simply specify:

• the token they want to sell

• the token they want to buy

Velvet handles everything else automatically.

Behind the scenes, Velvet routes trades across:

• liquidity pools

• DEX aggregators

• AMMs

• market makers

• chain-specific execution infrastructure

to deliver optimized execution with minimal friction.

This allows traders to focus on finding opportunities while Velvet handles routing complexity and execution quality underneath.

Built for High-Speed Traders

Pump.fun and Pump Mayhem trading are some of the most competitive environments in crypto.

The traders who win are often the ones who:

• discover launches faster

• analyze opportunities better

• execute quicker

• manage entries earlier

Velvet is building the infrastructure stack for exactly that type of trader.

With:

• AI-powered analysis

• integrated launch discovery

• advanced execution

• bonding curve visibility

• multi-platform launch access

Velvet turns the Trenches into a serious trading environment rather than just another token feed.

The Trenches Keep Expanding

Velvet’s vision is to become the ultimate trading terminal for on-chain markets.

The integrations with Pump.fun and Pump Mayhem are another major step toward that future.

More launchpads, AI tooling, execution upgrades, and trading infrastructure are coming soon.

The next meta moves fast.

Trade it faster on Velvet.

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Velvet is going live on X this Wednesday, May 27th at 3pm UTC, and this is one you do not want to miss.

We’ll be hosting a live conversation with the Velvet community to dive into everything happening across the ecosystem, from the launch of perps trading and major upgrades to trenches, to agentic trading, $VELVET, the Safe Foundation token swap, and the new Velvet X platform.

Whether you are already trading on Velvet, holding $VELVET, farming Gems, exploring Velvet X, or just curious about where onchain trading is heading next, this livestream is the perfect chance to hear directly from the team and ask your questions live.

What We’ll Cover

Perps & Trenches Trading

With the launch of perps trading and continued upgrades to Velvet’s trenches experience, Velvet is building toward one clear goal: becoming the go-to trading platform for active traders and whales across the market.

Perps unlock a new layer of trading on Velvet, giving users access to more advanced market opportunities beyond spot. At the same time, trenches continues to evolve into a faster and more powerful way to discover and trade new tokens across the market.

Together, perps and trenches help Velvet serve the full spectrum of active onchain traders, from those hunting early-stage opportunities to those trading larger positions, managing risk, and moving across different market conditions.

Agentic Trading

AI is becoming a core part of the future of trading.

During the livestream, we’ll break down how Velvet is approaching agentic trading and how AI agents can help users discover opportunities, analyze markets, and eventually execute strategies more intelligently.

This is a major part of Velvet’s long-term vision: turning trading from a manual, fragmented experience into something faster, smarter, and more automated.

$VELVET

We’ll also be sharing updates around $VELVET, the role it plays in the ecosystem, and how it connects to Velvet’s growth across trading, rewards, Gems, cashback, and future product releases.

We’ll also touch on the Safe Foundation token swap and what it means for Velvet as we continue expanding the ecosystem through strategic relationships and long-term alignment.

If you have questions about $VELVET, this is your chance to ask them live.

The New Velvet X Platform

We’ll be diving into Velvet X, the new invite-only trading platform built for traders who want an edge.

Velvet X brings together a new trading experience with trenches, social trading features, in-app analysis, AI-powered research tools, and more.

It is built for traders who want to move faster, find better opportunities, and stay ahead of the market.

Live Q&A and Viewer Rewards

Come ready with your questions.

We’ll be answering questions live throughout the session, covering everything from product updates and trading features to AI, $VELVET, Velvet X, and what’s coming next.

We’ll also be rewarding viewers live during the livestream, so make sure you show up, participate, and stay active.

Hosts

The livestream will be hosted by:

@defivas
Co-Founder and CEO of Velvet

@degen_mike14
Chief Degen Officer

Join Us Live

Velvet is moving fast across perps, trenches, AI trading, $VELVET, and the new Velvet X platform.

Join us this Wednesday, May 27th at 3pm UTC on X to hear what’s next, ask your questions, and be part of the conversation live.

Set your reminder and we’ll see you there.

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Epoch 11 of the Velvet Gems Campaign is officially underway, and this epoch introduces one of the biggest structural changes to the rewards system so far.

Starting now, Gems epochs will move from a 1 month cycle to a 3 month cycle.

This means users will now have significantly more time to mine Gems, climb the rankings, and accumulate rewards before distribution.

The current epoch will run until August 10, 2026.

Why We’re Moving to Longer Epochs

The move to longer epochs is designed to create:

• Larger reward claims per distribution

• Stronger long term participation incentives

• More meaningful competition across rankings

• Better alignment with long term ecosystem growth

Instead of receiving smaller monthly distributions, users will now accumulate rewards over a longer time horizon, making each claim substantially larger.

This also creates a more strategic environment where consistency and long term activity matter even more.

Perps Gems Are Now Live

Last epoch, Velvet officially launched Perps Gems alongside the release of perpetual futures trading on the platform.

To accelerate adoption and reward early perps traders:

• Perps trading currently earns 2x more Gems than spot trading

• Rewards are calculated based on Gems earned per dollar spent in fees

• The more active you are on perps, the faster you can climb the rankings

As Velvet continues expanding into more advanced trading infrastructure, perps trading is becoming a major driver of Gems generation across the ecosystem.

Rewards Are Live in the App

For Epoch 11, rewards will no longer be announced directly inside blog posts.

Instead, users can now head directly to the Velvet app to track:

• Current reward pool

• Rankings

• Gem balances

• Streak multipliers

• Trading boosts

• Estimated rewards

Visit: dapp.velvet.capital

Ranked Rewards Continue

Epoch 11 continues using the rank based Gems rewards system.

The higher your rank, the larger your share of the total rewards pool.

The system continues rewarding users who bring the most value to the Velvet ecosystem through:

• Trading activity

• Fees generated

• veVELVET alignment

• Referrals

• Consistency

Top users continue receiving the largest allocations, while all active users still participate in the rewards system.

Core Mechanics Stay the Same

The primary Gems mechanics remain unchanged for Epoch 11.

Earn Gems By:

• Trading on Velvet spot and perps

• Holding and staking veVELVET

• Referring active users

• Maintaining your Gem streak

Remember:

• Gems must still be claimed daily

• Missing a day breaks your streak

• Streaks can still stack up to a 150% bonus

• Trading multipliers continue using 30 day rolling volume

The Velvet Ecosystem Keeps Expanding

As the platform grows across spot trading, perps, DeFi, and AI powered strategies, Gems continue acting as the core loyalty and incentive layer across Velvet.

The users who consistently contribute to ecosystem growth continue positioning themselves for the largest rewards.

Key Dates

• Activity window: May 10 to August 10, 2026

• Distribution: August 10, 2026

Epoch 11 Is About Long Term Positioning

This update marks a shift toward a more long term and competitive rewards structure.

Bigger epochs. Bigger claims. Bigger incentives for consistency.

Start mining.

[Stake] [Trade] [Invite] [Claim Daily]

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The Safe Foundation and Velvet Capital have entered into a five-year token swap, aligning Safe’s smart account infrastructure with Velvet’s self-custodial DeFi trading and portfolio management platform as part of Safe Foundation’s 5M SAFE Ecosystem Alignment Program.

Velvet brings DeFi trading & portfolio infrastructure into the program, enabling users, traders, communities, and asset managers to trade, manage portfolios, launch vaults, and access strategies directly from their own wallets through its native app, agentic Telegram bot, APIs, and tokenized vault infrastructure.

A collective commitment to usable self-custody at scale

Safe and Velvet share a practical view of DeFi’s next phase: users should be able to trade, manage portfolios, launch vaults, and access onchain strategies while retaining control of their assets.

Velvet is building toward that through a self-custodial trading and portfolio management platform that brings together an onchain trading terminal, AI-assisted execution, portfolio management, vault infrastructure, and APIs for developers and asset managers. Today, Velvet supports more than 100,000 users across Base, Solana, BNB Chain, Sonic, and Ethereum, with over $200 million in trading volume. All of those users receive a Safe-based account by default.

The connection to Safe is therefore visible at the infrastructure level. Velvet uses the Safe smart accounts for enabling managers to configure portfolios with parameters such as management fees, performance fees, token whitelists, transferability, deposits, withdrawals, and batched transactions. Velvet also uses Safe as part of its vault-creation infrastructure to deploy vaults and Safe Modules to add custom features to Safe contracts.

This makes the alignment concrete. Safe provides the smart account foundation for secure ownership, programmable execution, and multisig control. Velvet applies that infrastructure to self-custodial DeFi workflows for traders, asset managers, DAOs, hedge funds, family offices, and other institutional users.

About Velvet

Velvet is an AI-powered, self-custodial onchain trading terminal and portfolio management platform built for traders, communities, asset managers, DAOs, hedge funds, family offices, and institutions.

Through a single vertically integrated system, Velvet enables users to discover opportunities, trade spot and perps, access yield, manage portfolios, launch tokenized vaults, and deploy onchain strategies directly from their own wallets. The platform brings together an onchain trading terminal, AI-assisted execution, agentic Telegram bot, portfolio management infrastructure, vault creation tools, and APIs for developers and asset managers.

Velvet supports more than 100,000 users across Base, Solana, BNB Chain, Sonic, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, and other networks, with over $200 million in trading volume. As part of its self-custodial infrastructure, Velvet uses Safe smart accounts to help power secure ownership, programmable execution, vault configuration, batched transactions, and multisig-controlled DeFi workflows at scale.

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About Safe

Safe (previously Gnosis Safe) is an onchain asset custody protocol that has processed over $1.4T+ in total value (TVP). Released as an open-source software stack by the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, it is establishing a universal smart account standard for secure custody of digital assets, data, and identity. Safe is built for the mission to unlock digital ownership for everyone in web3, including DAOs, enterprises, retail, and institutional users.

About the Safe Ecosystem Foundation, Zug, Switzerland

The mission of the Safe Ecosystem Foundation is to support the development of Safe, to strengthen Safe technology and to promote the Safe Ecosystem. The Safe Ecosystem Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Zug, Switzerland, that helps educate people about Safe smart accounts and promotes Safe technology through the provision of grants and other forms of funding.

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Solana moves fast.

Your execution needs to move even faster.

Velvet is excited to announce a new integration with DFlow , bringing even more powerful execution infrastructure to traders using Velvet on Solana.

This integration is designed to help Velvet users:

• Land trades faster

• Access deeper liquidity

• Reduce slippage

• Improve execution during volatility

• Compete more effectively during launches and congestion

Because in crypto, especially on Solana, execution is everything.

Why This Matters

Most traders focus on finding the next opportunity.

The best traders focus on execution.

When markets start moving fast:

• Meme coins explode

• Launches get competitive

• Liquidity shifts instantly

• Blocks fill quickly

• Prices move in seconds

The difference between winning and missing the move often comes down to:

• Who gets the better route

• Who gets included faster

• Who gets the cleaner execution

That’s exactly what this integration improves.

What Is DFlow ?

DFlow is an advanced execution infrastructure built for Solana.

Instead of relying on fragmented public liquidity paths alone, DFlow creates a system where market makers and liquidity providers can compete to fulfill order flow more efficiently.

In simple terms:

Better routing = better execution = better trading outcomes.

This allows Velvet to further optimize how trades are processed behind the scenes so users can get a smoother, faster, and more reliable trading experience.

What This Unlocks for Velvet Traders

With DFlow integrated into Velvet’s Solana execution stack, traders benefit from:

Faster Trade Fulfillment

Trades can route through more optimized execution paths designed for speed and efficiency.

Better Execution During Volatility

As markets get more competitive, execution quality matters even more. This infrastructure helps improve reliability during high activity periods.

Reduced Slippage

Smarter routing means trades can access liquidity more efficiently, helping reduce unnecessary slippage.

More Competitive Trading Infrastructure

Whether you’re trading launches, memes, momentum plays, or running automated strategies, execution quality becomes an edge.

Powered by Velvet’s AI and Intent-Based Trading Engine

Velvet is not just another swap interface.

It’s an AI-powered trading infrastructure layer designed to abstract away the complexity of on-chain trading.

Users simply specify:

• What token they want to sell

• What token they want to buy

Velvet handles everything else automatically.

Behind the scenes, Velvet intelligently routes trades across:

• Liquidity pools

• DEX aggregators

• AMMs

• Market makers

• Advanced execution infrastructure like DFlow

to find the most optimal execution path possible.

At the same time, Velvet’s AI layer continuously analyzes:

• Market activity

• Wallet behavior

• Trading signals

• Onchain flows

• Emerging opportunities

to help traders move faster and make smarter decisions.

The result is a trading experience that feels simple on the surface while running highly sophisticated infrastructure underneath.

Solana Trading Is Becoming Infrastructure Warfare

As Solana continues to grow, trading is becoming increasingly competitive.

The edge is no longer just:

• Finding tokens early

• Reacting quickly

• Having good entries

The edge is increasingly:

• Execution quality

• Routing infrastructure

• Latency optimization

• Liquidity access

Velvet is building for that future.

The integration with DFlow is another step toward creating the highest-performance trading infrastructure possible for on-chain traders.

Built for Traders Who Want an Edge

Velvet is designed for:

• Active traders

• Meme coin traders

• Power users

• AI-assisted traders

• Automated strategy execution

• Users who care about execution quality

Whether you’re trading manually or building automated systems, better infrastructure compounds over time.

And that’s exactly what Velvet is focused on delivering.

The Future of On-Chain Trading

Velvet is building a unified trading layer for crypto:

• AI-powered trading tools

• Cross-chain execution

• Advanced routing systems

• Integrated perps, spot, yield, and launch trading

• Professional-grade infrastructure for retail and power users alike

This is what the next generation of trading looks like.

And we’re just getting started.

Trade faster.
Execute smarter.
Capture more opportunities.

Solana trading on Velvet just got even stronger.

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April was one of the biggest months yet for Velvet.

We launched Perps trading directly inside the Velvet App, starting to roll out Velvet X our new invite-only trading interface and continued expanding the AI agent ecosystem across x402, Helixa, and onchain identity platforms.

From agentic trading to social trenching, Velvet is continuing to push toward becoming the operating system for modern onchain traders.

Let’s break it down.

AI Updates: Expanding the Agent Economy

April focused on improving the capabilities, reach, and identity of Velvet’s AI agents.

Advanced Perps Analysis with AI

We upgraded the AI agent’s functionality across the app and introduced a new Pairs Analysis category for Perps trading.

Users can now ask the agent things like:

“Create me a good risk-reward BTC trade with 5-10x leverage on Perps.”

The AI can analyze setups, structure trades, and help users navigate leveraged markets directly inside the trading interface.

Agent Live on 8004 Scan

Velvet’s agent is now publicly available on 8004 Scan, expanding its visibility and accessibility in the growing onchain agent ecosystem.

x402 Agent APIs

We launched 5 agent APIs through x402, enabling developers and external applications to interact with Velvet agents programmatically.

Helixa Integration

Velvet Unicorn is now integrated with Helixa, giving it identity, reputation, and trust layers for the emerging agent economy.

Tech & Product Updates

April was a major month for product launches and trading infrastructure.

Perps Trading Goes Live

We officially launched Perps Trading through Hyperliquid directly on Velvet.

Users can now trade:

• Crypto

• Stocks

• Commodities

All from one interface with up to 50x leverage.

This marks a major expansion of Velvet from spot trading and DeFi into fully integrated multi-asset trading.

What We Are Building with Velvet X (invite-only)

Velvet X is our invite-only next-generation trading app, designed to give you an unfair advantage onchain.

It is faster, smarter, more social, and built for one thing: helping you discover and act on opportunities before the crowd.

With Velvet X, traders will get access to:

Social graph across millions of top KOL and traders
See what the smartest wallets are buying and selling before it hits the timeline.

New Social + AI feed
Spot emerging activity, narratives, and ecosystem-wide trends earlier than everyone else.

Redesigned all-chain experience
Discover tokens across multiple ecosystems in real time from one unified interface.

Mobile-first trading UX
Navigate & trade across chains, tokens & trenches smoothly so you can catch opportunities wherever you are.

Velvet X brings AI, social trading, multi-chain discovery, and real-time execution into one unified trading interface.

Community & Ecosystem Updates

April was another strong month across campaigns, partnerships, and ecosystem growth.

Gems Campaigns

• Epoch 9 concluded with 946,282 $VELVET distributed

• Epoch 10 launched with 933,310 $VELVET distributed to users on May 10

Easter Egg Trading Competition

We ran the Easter Egg Trading Competition, where users competed for 15 million Gems across:

• Base

• BNB Chain

• Solana

from April 3rd through April 6th.

Printr Integration

We integrated Printr, allowing users to trade every Printr token launch across:

• Solana

• Base

• BNB Chain

• Monad

Users on Velvet will also be eligible to receive the Printr Airdrop from trading directly through Velvet Trenches.

Global Events

The Velvet team attended Web3 Festival Hong Kong and hosted a side event “When Web3 Meets Nasdaq Company” alongside partners and ecosystem friends.

Agentic Trading Thought Leadership

Velvet’s Chief Degen Officer launched a multi-part article series focused on the future of Agentic Trading, exploring where AI-driven execution and autonomous portfolios are heading.

Community Growth

• Launched the Velvet Africa Meme Competition and BTC Price Prediction Competition

• Continued weekly Velvet Spaces

• Attended The Best Event Space ahead of the Consensus afterparty

Industry Recognition

Velvet was featured in Wenaltseason’s article on Trading Platforms in 2026, highlighting our positioning in the future of onchain trading infrastructure.

Cointelegraph Article featured Velvet as building DeFAI trading tools to reduce friction in trading and speed up decision making.

Aster Listing

$VELVET Perps officially launched on Aster.

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The next competition on Base has arrived.

Over the next 4 days, Velvet users can trade $CRED and compete for a massive 182,000,000 $CRED reward pool, alongside a 2x Gems Boost for all eligible trading activity.

Whether you’re accumulating spot exposure, rotating narratives, or actively trading volatility, every trade pushes you closer to rewards.

Trade CRED on Velvet

Trade $CRED on Velvet

The competition is live exclusively for $CRED trading on Base.

By trading $CRED on Velvet, users become eligible for:

• Direct $CRED rewards

• Volume-based reward distributions

• Staker incentives

• A 2x Gems Boost throughout the campaign

All trading volume contributes toward your final reward allocation.

How Rewards Are Distributed

Total Prize Pool

182,000,000 $CRED

Rewards are split across:

• Early participants

• High-volume traders

• Top Velvet stakers

First 100 Traders — 36.4M $CRED

• The first 100 users to trade at least $100 of $CRED on Velvet

• Will split a pool of 36,400,000 $CRED equally

Early participants are rewarded first.

Volume-Based Rewards — 127.5M $CRED

• 127,500,000 $CRED will be distributed proportionally based on total trading volume

• Minimum requirement: $100 total trading volume

The more volume you generate, the larger your share of rewards.

Top 50 Stakers — 18.2M $CRED

• The Top 50 veVELVET stakers on Velvet will split 18,200,000 $CRED

This rewards the users most aligned with the Velvet ecosystem long term.

Earn 2x Gems When Trading $CRED

For the duration of the competition, every eligible $CRED trade on Velvet receives a 2x Gems Boost.

What Are Gems?

Velvet Gems are Velvet’s community rewards system designed to distribute $VELVET over time to the ecosystem’s most active users.

Users earn Gems through:

• Trading

• Staking

• Referrals

• Participating in campaigns

By trading $CRED during this competition, you:

• Boost your overall Gems accumulation

• Climb the Velvet leaderboard faster

• Increase your share of future ecosystem rewards

The more active you are, the larger your long-term positioning inside the Velvet ecosystem.

Why Trade on Velvet?

Trading on Velvet gives users:

• Fast execution on Base

• Optimized routing across liquidity sources

• One-click trading experience

• Reward incentives on top of trading activity

• Access to active ecosystem campaigns and competitions

Instead of simply trading, your activity compounds into:

• Token rewards

• Gems accumulation

• Ecosystem positioning

Competition Ends Soon

The campaign is live for the next 4 days only.

Trade $CRED, generate volume, and position yourself before the competition closes.

Trade now: https://dapp.velvet.capital/TokenDetails/base/0xab3f23c2abcb4e12cc8b593c218a7ba64ed17ba3?pairAddress=0x55a4f7a23c4c2616cf848e639a08bd4283d13e66f5fcf34f828b5ca7e4e96324

CA: 0xab3f23c2abcb4e12cc8b593c218a7ba64ed17ba3

The Bottom Line

Trade $CRED.
Earn rewards.
Stack Gems.
Only on Velvet.

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