The answer lies primarily with their ~20 strong trading team. Utilising quant trading in the FX and crypto markets they perform thousands of trades daily for frequent wins with an extremely high success rate.
To get a feel for how accomplished these traders are check out this piece of raw trading data and notice the 97% successful trades stat ๐คฏ
A specialist trading report is in the works but takes many months to complete due to the volume of a million+ trades . We should however have access to this report in the not too distant future.
Many of the traders were previously part of the same team and due to their success had retired early (most being in their 30's). However they've now come out of early retirement by the lure of the company's mission of #AccessForAll
Founders Graham and Sadie have big humanitarian goals and their mission is to provide a better financial future for everyone ๐
See from 2m18..
How sustainable are the returns?
With the bulk of revenue from FX where trillions are traded daily, Graham considers Freeway to have the capacity to sustain til $250bn AUM (capital invested). With AUM currently at $140m we have over 1000x growth before the 43% is reduced ๐
Numerous funds in Traditional Finance exist that provide returns upwards of 40% but they're not open to 99% of people. This is where Freeway and their utility token FWT come in to play and provide high returns for everyone, not just the rich.
FWT is the key to unlocking the potential throughout Freeway. For more info on this interesting utility token see this thread..
Now that we've covered revenue generation and how future-proof the rewards are, let's quickly look back on where it all started and explore Freeway's background in a little more detail..
In October 2017, AuBit (the company behind Freeway) was born, with the goal of creating the World's first digital (Bit) gold (Au) with a yield, hence the name AuBit.
It soon became apparent that blockchain tech allowed for great value creation via the redistribution of fees and revenues by essentially bypassing intermediaries (also still a source of income for Freeway).
Therein led to a 3-year regulatory journey to discover how to bring that vision to life.
Then to add to their business model, in December 2020 the AuBit Virtual Hedge Fund was born, marrying quant trading and the endless possibilities of blockchain to further boost revenues and rewards for investors.
Freeway furthered it's growth via the acquisition of a fully regulated brokerage in Ardu Prime, bringing with it a 23 year impeccable record.
Then in November last year Freeway / Aubit became the only fully regulated crypto brokerage in the world ๐ฅ
See link for more..
This along with the strides made in regulations over the prior years enables Freeway to offer fully regulated and segregated brokerage accounts. These will compliment the tokenised virtual simulations (Superchargers) designed for places with a less mature regulatory regime.
The regulated product named Aubit Prime (soon to be Freeway Prime), which is currently in an invite-only beta stage, will provide much better access for institutional / corporate investors and also retail investors should this better suit them.
For clarity, Ardu Prime is the fully regulated brokerage and Aubit Prime is the registered trading name, owned and operated by Ardu.
Originally Freeway was just the name of the platform but for consistency it's now the overall project and brand name, and will eventually replace Ardu and Aubit as trading / company names.
So the current offering to investors is Superchargers (unregulated yield product) with the regulated version to be fully released in the coming weeks or months. Here's an inforgraphic of current Superchargers (plus the very recent addition of the GBP supercharger).
For more info on what happens when purchasing Superchargers please see this thread..
Freeway decided to focus the majority of their efforts early in their journey on regulations and satisfying any legal requirements.
Consequently, one of Freeway's strongest aspects with regard to regulations is that unlike their competitors, they've created a business model whereby no investor funds are leant out.
In fact, they don't trade them either! Due to the success of the trading teams and the buffers they've now built, they instead use investor funds as collateral to increase their borrowing and leverage limits on their own funds for trading with ๐คฏ (game-changer!)
For this reason, along with many other clever business decisions such as the caveat mentioned next, they're extremely well protected from a regulatory standpoint and and in a great position to satisfy any investigations by the SEC (such as what's happening with the competition).
So there's one major caveat / compromise that had to be made in order to further bolster regulatory strength and provide the huge returns. It ensures the Superchargers can be offered to everyone, and is this..
"There is no legal obligation to buy back Supercharger tokens."
A compromise we as investors are making when purchasing Superchargers is that we're entrusting Freeway to buy them back when we want to cash out.
This is a red flag for most investors and understandably so. Tbh this is the only red flag I've personally seen after months of research.
For me, it took lots of analysis of everything Freeway including videos / interviews of most core team members and advisors before I made the decision to invest (there's lots of these on Freeway's YouTube).
In-depth analysis of a project's team and it's advisors should be carried out regardless so please DYOR before investing in Freeway.
Once you get to know the team better and understand their inspiration as well as the 2 founders humanitarian backgrounds, you'll realise the mission of Freeway is massive and it's the reason so many investors/companies/influencers/partners have entrusted the team with their funds
For a bit more insight as to why this clause is in place please check out this thread..
Having said that, I do feel comfortable with my investment. Some people don't and should hence wait for the fully regulated / segregated brokerage accounts. One drawback to note on the regulated offering is they will provide a reduced yield due to brokerage running costs.
Considering that red flag, let's explore some of the important aspects of Freeway that instill confidence and possibly negate the flag for you as an investor.
Freeway recently beat out much larger cryptos (Nexo, Celsius, Aave and Compound) at the AIBC Asia event in the category of 'Staking Platform Of The Year'. Quite the accomplishment considering who they were up against.
Next let's look at who has partnered with Freeway and/or projects utilising their yield products..
Greenbank Capital, a merchant banking business, invests in undervalued exponential growth companies focused on building consistent capital appreciation for its shareholders.
They invested $3.2m into Freeway's FWT token around 18 months ago, and recently chose to stake a massive amount of these tokens, further solidifying the confidence they have in Freeway. See this link for more info..
From 6m13..
There have also been a number of crypto projects choosing to partner and park funds with Freeway to bolster their treasuries namely @QED_Network@naramunz and most recently @hiveinvestments with their $500k investment.
Moving on.. to consider influencers is only beneficial if they're highly skilled with their research and successful with their choices. For me, these influencers fit that criteria: @CryptoRainn@Showtime2kX@Coachkcrypto@realjayconomics
To have these guys invest heavily into Freeway is a definite vote of confidence.
TrustSwap's CEO @JeffKirdeikis has also shown a big vote of confidence in Freeway declaring he now owns 1% of the total supply of FWT.
Lastly I want to bring to your attention Freeway's Chief Investment Advisor, Joel Kreuger.
Joel, the current CIO of Aon, previously oversaw $75bn of assets for Prudential plc.
This shows the level of expertise Freeway is attracting to the team. Joel knows custody of funds like the back of his hand.
For more on Joel and his take on Aubit and Freeway, see this short video..
Now considering all of these individuals and companies have put their name and/or capital on the line, that in itself should bring a lot of assurance.
Another thing to mention here is that all of these entities would have also had access to raw trading data that's been made available to them under a non-disclosure agreement.
Essentially they've verified that the traders are as competent as Graham has alluded to, generating revenues around three times as high as the rewards paid out. The trading team really is that good and they are what underpins the success of Freeway.
To summarise.. Freeway is creating a wholesome ecosystem to provide access for all and will soon include banking services too. Freeway will essentially be a one-stop shop from financial growth to real world spending, with much more to come..
For more info on what's to come, see my FWT thread..
Momentum is really starting to pick up with Freeway. Given their regulatory strength, marketing plan and fiat ramps soon, along with the competition for the most part dropping yields or non-accredited investors, this could be the perfect storm to catapult Freeway to the moon ๐คฉ
Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it!
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The answer lies primarily with their ~20 strong trading team. Utilising quant trading in the FX and crypto markets they perform thousands of trades daily for frequent wins with an extremely high success rate.
To get a feel for how accomplished these traders are check out this piece of raw trading data and notice the 97% successful trades stat ๐คฏ
Freeway is shaking up finance to give everyone more access, control and rewards, including yields up to 43% on btc, eth and cash, via a prolific team of ~20 traders with a wealth of experience in the financial markets.
(For more info on Freeway and how they're able to offer such high returns, as well as how safe an investment with them is please see my pinned tweet on my profile page)
Freeway is shaking up finance to give everyone more access, control and rewards, including yields up to 43% on btc, eth and cash, via a prolific team of ~20 traders with a wealth of experience in the financial markets.
(For more info on Freeway and how they're able to offer such high returns, as well as how safe an investment with them is please check my pinned tweet..
So how can Freeway possibly offer 43% APY on btc, eth and fiat?
The lion's share of revenues are generated via Quant Trading (sophisticated mathematical models and computer algorithms to identify and execute high volumes of trades)
This quant trading takes place primarily in the Forex markets with their 14 strong FX team and also in the crypto markets with a crypto crack-team of 4.