August
@august_digital
Secure and capital efficient DeFi
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
1/ At the Crypto Ball, every attendee had a 'pinch me' moment—operators, OGs, and leaders celebrating with Congress and the incoming Presidential Cabinet. The message? Crypto in the U.S. is here to stay—and grow massively.
Today, we are launching @upshift_fi, the first dApp powered by August - democratizing access to institutional yield. August has spent the last 2 years building the leading DeFi brokerage for institutions. As DeFi became more complex to manage for every day users, it is now…
Introducing Upshift. Institutions, stablecoins and tokenized assets are bringing trillions onchain. Trillions need yield.
August 🤝 @ForesightVen Delighted to partner with the Foresight Team to continue bringing institutions on-chain. Their team gets it. “The potential of the intersection of TradFi capital optimization, DeFi, OTC, and algorithmic swaps in particular, is promising, and we believe…
We're excited to support @august_digital in their raise as they scale the next generation of on-chain financial markets 🚀
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
Last week, @august_digital announced their Series A, and we are very happy to participate! With on-chain TVL ever-increasing, August is opening the DeFi frontier to institutional investors. 🧵
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
Institutions have been quietly coming on-chain in size and they're doing so using August. August has processed $7B in monthly volume, originated $400M loans while supporting 13+ blockchains, 250+ tokens, and 70+ protocols. We've been heads down the past two years building…
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
Let's skip the fake "humbled" speak this time around. We've spent two years iterating over on-chain, off-chain and distributed system tradeoffs to get to the most elegant on-chain prime brokerage and trade execution platform out there. August has supported $7B monthly volume,…
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
$7B in monthly volume, $400mm in loans originated and $300mm+ in TVL 🦾 Bullish @august_digital and @upshift_fi
$7B in monthly volume, $400mm in loans originated and $300mm+ in TVL 🦾 Why I invested in @august_digital / @upshift_fi: As a prop fund manager @HarbingerDigAdv, I only invest in products I myself am a satisfied power user of, and August is exactly that. It fills a much needed…
Proud to be an early investor in August and support two of the most talented people I know in the industry @aya_kantor (former head of institutional coverage at FalconX) and @AElkrief (former PM at LedgerPrime). They are the two best positioned to bring DeFi rails to CeFi…
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
Super pumped to be backing August! August is the best way to get institutional players into DeFi because with an on-chain prime brokerage you have more tools to manage portfolio risk, you can access multiple chains from one account and execute cross-chain/assets strategies. The…
1/ We’re thrilled to announce that August has raised a $10M Series A to continue bringing institutions on-chain 🎉 The round was led by @dragonfly_xyz with participation from @6thManVentures, @robotventures, @ForesightVen, SCB Ltd, @Maven11Capital, @fintech_io and several high…
Bull market is apparently over so we can all go back to farming stables. @AElkrief will speaking at @TheTieIO Innovate Denver about Generating Alpha On-Chain. Come and meet the team there!
Excited to welcome @AElkrief, Co-CEO of @august_digital / @upshift_fi, as a speaker at InnovateDenver on February 26th. Alexandre brings deep expertise in spot, derivative, and DeFi trading to our expert speaker lineup.
AI Agents 💻 + Systematic Trading 📊 - let us know if you'll be attending the best event at @EthereumDenver @TheTieIO
Excited to welcome @AElkrief, Co-CEO of @august_digital / @upshift_fi, as a speaker at InnovateDenver on February 26th. Alexandre brings deep expertise in spot, derivative, and DeFi trading to our expert speaker lineup.
While Solana is the home of memecoin trading. ETH and the EVM at large remain the home of DeFi. The infrastructure and tooling is unrivaled. If you're an institution deploying size, you simply cannot operate without @FireblocksHQ and @hexagate_, and other chains don't have…
No. This is not how this game works. The person deciding the new EF leadership team is me. One of the goals of the ongoing reform is to give the EF a "proper board", but until that happens it's me. If you "keep the pressure on", then you are creating an environment that is…
Excited to partner with the ultimate fixed-rate 🐐
You experienced Term Auctions, you’ve signed the Blue Sheets, now it’s time to enter the Vault. Term Strategy Vaults are built on @yearnfi V3, and are automated to make fixed-rate lending effortless. - Pick your strategy - Deposit your funds - Secure predictable yields…
PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 📢💻🔼 We're teaming up with August Digital to give institutions a new edge in crypto: the ability to borrow against $yBTC, Bitcoin’s safest high-yield LST. By leveraging bilateral OTC lending agreements, institutions can borrow OTC against $yBTC,…
✔️@august_digital is an on-chain permissioned lending protocol tailored for high-stakes liquidity providers. To do: onboard with August to access loans in USDC, ETH, BTC secured by USR and RLP. Pro tip: leveraged positions with August earn 1.5x more points compared to regular…
Have questions about Gain? Hear it from everyone who made it happen! We’re going to hang out with Gain launch partners @Scroll_ZKP, @LayerZero_Labs, @tulipacapital, @august_digital, & more! Tune in! 📆 Date: 22 Aug, 2024 🕔 Time: 3 PM UTC 📍 x.com/i/spaces/1mnxe… Until…