To build @verticalfunded and reach 100,000+ users by 2028, I knew I had to surround myself with the best.
- @CypherSacha for operations, strategy & business development
- @rl_by_lance for development & AI
- A former @the5erstrading team member for risk management
And many more talented people working behind the scenes that you'll get to meet soon.
The #1 problem traders face isn't skill.
It's capital.
You can have the best market read, the best timing, and the best risk management.
But if you're trading with $2,000:
→ +10% for the month = $200
→ You pay your platform fees.
→ You're left with almost nothing.
Now trade with $50,000:
→ +10% for the month = $5,000
→ Keep 80% = $4,000 in your pocket.
→ Same performance → 20× the outcome.
It's not a talent problem.
It's a capital problem.
That's exactly why prop firms exist.
You prove your edge on a simulated account.
They provide the capital, and you keep up to 80% of the profits.
I’m building the best prop firm in the world, with one goal: reaching 100,000+ active users by 2028.
Here’s a recap of this week’s progress:
- We've welcomed over 300 traders on the private beta.
- Major partnerships with leading crypto exchanges are on the way.
- Claude and GPT MCP integration.
- Launch of VerticalView beta testing. Will share more about it soon.
What I’m focusing on over the next few days to keep accelerating Vertical’s growth and preparing the raise to distribute even faster.
Everyone knows someone who 100x his pf on memecoins.
Now ask them how much of it they still have today.
Making money through luck and keeping it through a system are two completely different skills.
The first is available to anyone. The second is mastered by very few.
And it's the second one that determines who actually builds wealth over the long term.
For the past 8 years in Web2 and Web3, I’ve done most types of businesses:
- Agencies
- Crypto startups
- AI startup
- Prop firm (now)
And if I have one piece of advice to give you, it’s this: there is no “best business”.
Build projects that truly excite you and keep you up at night.
Life is good!
DTCC successfully processed production trades using DTC-custodied tokenized assets in a live tokenized environment, marking a major milestone for digital markets ahead of the DTCC Tokenization Service launch later this year.
Read more: https://t.co/ermexcHXuv
In 2021, you could launch an NFT collection and make $3–10 million in three hours.
In 2026, 98% of the tokens launched on Pumpfun are dead within a day.
And im not yet talking about “serious” projects with dead-tokens.
The market has learned how to filter out the noise.
The projects still standing today all have one thing in common:
The apps that survive combine serious fundamentals real infrastructure, a real team, a real product with the gambling mechanics that drive volume. OR the ones being institutional-oriented.
Pumpfun, Hyperliquid, and others.
None of them survived on hype alone.
They all built something real around the excitement.
The market isn’t rejecting gambling.
It’s rejecting gambling with no substance behind it.
The combination of both is exactly what works in 2026.
"Memecoins are dead."
Then why is Pumpfun still printing roughly $500k per day?
Why are 30,000+ new tokens still being created every single day?
Sure, we're no longer at the peak of the cycle, but the market is far from dead and i believe we are not done yet with this meta.
Especially with prediction market, casino… pushing hard the gamble era.
HyperSwap UI v2
The most HyperLiquid-aligned AMM, distributing over $20,000 in monthly LP incentives while allocating 75% of protocol revenue to token buybacks
Job's not finished.
To the ones who stayed, the dormant accounts waking up to this, and the silent watchers… thank you.
This is my official return. Job’s not finished.
Haapik Life.
So, after all of that, what’s my focus now?
1: @verticalfunded building the future of crypto-native prop firm, heavily boosted by deep institutional-grade analytics and actual on-chain execution. Mass adoption mode is on. Let’s educate the market.
2: Hyperswap. Always. And we are very close to revealing what we’ve been secretly building for months.