Forget TradFi and sketchy exchanges Figure Markets is building a new lane for on-chain finance.🧵⤵️
Self-custody. Real yield. No trading fees.
Here’s everything you need to know about the platform quietly reshaping how we trade, earn, and borrow in crypto:
Figure Markets is a self-custody exchange where you can:
♦︎Trade with 0% fees
♦︎ Earn passive income (7%+ yield)
♦︎Borrow cash without selling your crypto
♦︎And do it all with on-chain transparency and MPC-grade security.
Let’s break it down:
1. Earn with Real Yield Products
• Forward Vault: Earn up to 7% net yield backed by real-world HELOCs. No lockups. Daily liquidity.
• YLDS: The first SEC-registered, yield-bearing stablecoin. Pays ~3.8% yield fully self-custodied.
• P2Prime: Lend to margin traders, earn up to 11.9%. No trading skills needed.
2. Borrow Without Selling
Need liquidity but don’t want to exit your BTC or ETH?
With Crypto-Backed Loans:
• Borrow up to 75% LTV
• Fixed rates from 12.5%
• No credit checks or prepayment penalties
• Stay long while unlocking cash
3. Self-Custody, Without the Risk
Figure Markets uses Multi-Party Computation (MPC) for decentralized key management.
No single point of failure. Custom rules for withdrawals. Backups encrypted.
Think institutional security, in your control.
4. Legal Clarity via Security Entitlements (SEs)
Every asset or trade is tied to a tokenized ownership record (SE), compliant with UCC Article 8.
Fully auditable. Always redeemable 1:1. Zero confusion around ownership.
5. Transparent, Zero-Fee Trading
• Off-chain order matching
• On-chain Provenance settlement
• Pairs: BTC, ETH, SOL, LINK, UNI, HASH, USDC
• No fees. Ever.
• Full control of your funds
6. Built by Proven Leaders
Figure Markets spun out of Figure Technologies (founded by SoFi’s Mike Cagney & June Ou).
It merges TradFi discipline with DeFi rails on the Provenance Blockchain.
✍️Conclusion:
Figure Markets isn’t just another exchange.
It’s a regulated, yield-generating, self-custody platform for the next phase of crypto finance.
No middlemen. No trade-offs.
Just smarter ways to put your assets to work.
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