The DeFi world moves fast. Over the past six weeks, we have rolled out our beta program on a new vector, launching aarnâ AI and advanced DeFi asset management features, crafting a community-centric platform, and setting out to establish responsible and user-focused outcomes in the space. This article retraces our journey, shining a spotlight on our milestones and a broad overview of our roadmap. In an era where DeFi is rapidly growing, even though TVLs are under stress now, each of our steps underscores the importance of our updates, features, and the robust community we're building.
1. Steady User Acquisition
Even in a trustless eco-system, trust is both a prerequisite and an outcome. And at aarnâ, we've witnessed an overwhelming surge of trust.
Stats & Numbers: In just 6 weeks, our platform has gained over 5000 beta testers. With aarnâ AI now live, we’re currently focusing on building out the user acquisition funnel for getting more beta testers to try the AI. We will be sharing more about this in upcoming updates.
Feedback Loop: This isn't just about numbers. It's about engagement. Every click, every transaction, and every feedback has informed our development cycle. This iterative process has played a crucial role in refining features and adding new ones. The feedback on our novel DeFi Matrix is immensely positive, check this tool at aarnâ.
Testimonials: September, an early adopter, remarked, "i love the fact that i could use a little transaction to be able to access this superb features instead of paying a huge sum of amount." The mechanism design of the $ARNA token genuinely encourages user participation. Such testimonials fuel our journey, reminding us that we’re getting some things right!
2. The Launch of AI: Democratizing AI for DeFi
The melding of AI and DeFi isn't just a technical integration. It's about redefining possibilities, enhancing access, and crafting a smarter DeFi landscape. We believe that informed and intelligent access will be the single most important determinant in getting the next 100mn users into DeFi.
The AI Advantage: By infusing AI, we've achieved improved predictive analytics and optimizing asset management outcomes. aarnâ algorithms, trained extensively on blockchain metadata and social sentiment, offer predictive intelligence in the short term. This a phenomenal advancement in the crypto space. And the machine learning models and feature sets will keep getting better over time.
Real-world Application: Consider the â_fi802 vault, for instance. By leveraging our machine learning model, alpha [30/7], this vault has been able to make short-term predictions on leading tokens with an accuracy rate that has outperformed market benchmarks over 3-6 months.
The Future Vision: AI isn't just a feature; it's our future, and a component of our core architecture. We envisage a roadmap where AI doesn't just support but spearheads our structured product innovations in finance, ensuring aarnâ remains at the vanguard of DeFi.
3. The Alpha Creator Program: Organizing Manufacturing in the DeFi Value Chain
In our quest to democratize DeFi, the Alpha Creator Program is a unique cornerstone to create a decentralized asset management manufacturing by organizing genuine crypto & DeFi experts on a DAO platform. Very early days on this, but we envision a vibrant & decentralized, permissionless alpha creator ecosystem within a year’s timeframe.
The Concept: The program is about integration, collaboration, and co-creation, and recognizing the best minds in DeFi, aligning incentivisation for their expertise, and providing tokenized access to their expertise to users. By inviting top-tier traders and investors into the aarnâ ecosystem, we're constantly taking steps to democratise access to information (and alpha) in crypto markets, all in a decentralized structure..
Open Invitation: We are always on the lookout for responsible alpha cretaors.. If you have a track record of successfully navigating the terrains of DeFi and believe you can bring a unique perspective to the table, the Alpha Creator Program awaits you. Beyond recognition, the program promises collaboration, growth, and the opportunity to shape the future of DeFi.
We are excited to have deep crypto expert and OG Simon Dingle, and now crypto trader and influencer @BMS with us pioneering the alpha creator program. Read more about the program on Yahoo Finance and Hackernoon. As we move forward, the roadmap for aarnâ promises a wider roll-out of aarnâ DAO and the alpha creator program.
Early Validation
We’re stoked to see some early validation of our thesis for DeFi asset management, from steady user acquisition to the integration of AI in structured products, and start of the alpha creator program, we remain focused on progress. There’s a lot to be done, we’re addressing a hard problem. Community members have an integral role in the development of aarnâ. The feedback, the testimonials, and the constant drive to improve all help us massively in achieving our mission of decentralising the alpha value chain, and truly democratising DeFi.
Thank you for being part of the beta and our first eight week. Let's continue to innovate, inspire, and redefine DeFi, one milestone at a time!