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Go big or go home 🎒

Solana changed my life. It changed my career trajectory, it gave me new friends, it changed the way I think about finance and the future in general. Even the bad times shaped my way of thinking, positively. Happy birthday, Solana 🥳

Korean Fan Ver @Backpack @armaniferrante Token or Equity? "YES." Users get priority allocation when Backpack IPOs - earned through stake, time and usage. Don't choose. Yes to both.

IPOs. Onchain. Get IPO share allocations directly on Backpack, enabled by our infrastructure partner @SuperstateInc. Real shares. Direct ownership. On @solana. Join the waitlist: backpack.exchange/ipo-access

introducing the next Backpack token utility, we'll be building out this year. IPOs, on chain, directly on Backpack. Normally when companies go public, the founders and executives go on a roadshow, sharing their story and garnering interest from Wall Street institutional buyers purchasing shares before they go public. For most, you normally have to wait for the stock exchanges to go live before getting access to these shares through your brokerage. What we're doing: working with Superstate for Backpack to become a stop on the roadshow, so that our users can get access to these IPOs before trading goes live on national stock exchanges. The catch: Our ability to do this successfully is purely a function of the Backpack community. The more active and valuable our users, the more viable Backpack is a venue for capital formation. As a result, we've put together this waitlist to collect interest from our users today on this product. The early users that signup will get early access to the first IPO. The more people that sign up for this, the more engaged and active our community is here, the better access we will get to companies when they go public. This will be the first test of the community. This is an enormously valuable opportunity, and we need your help signing up for this so that we can go out and get the best IPOs for everyone here that we can. The ask: add yourself to the waitlist now. We have a lot more coming on this front, and this is a perfect example of why we did not build a DEX. This is only something a compliant product can do. Go big or go home.

33 reasons @Backpack is a game-changer for crypto traders timestamps: 00:00 Ultimate Backpack Intro 00:41 Top Yield Features 01:58 Pro Trading Toolkit 03:14 Not Sponsored Real Talk 04:04 Cross Margin Strategies 04:24 Prediction Markets Swaps 05:31 Safety Fees Support 05:58 Security Global Programs 07:15 Transparency Ownership Wrap 08:11 Final Thoughts Call To Action

Fock it! 这回真要在 Web3 当股东了？ 质押代币换公司股权，在这个圈子里 Backpack 算是开了先河！ “I didn't come into crypto 9 years ago to launch a shitcoin.” 不画饼， @armaniferrante 直接亮出底牌： 20% 股权，把用户当真正的合伙人。 始于红黑配色的克制与高级，终于硬核坦诚的工程底色。 不如让我们用实操来看看，是做下一波行情的过客，还是拿下一家交易所的股权？ Use it, then own it. 🎒 @Backpack_CN @Backpack

「あなたはプロジェクトを支え、価値を生み出した。 ——だが、報われたのはいつも別の誰かだった。」 それが、これまでの資本市場の常識。 Backpackと共に、その常識を破壊しよう。 Backpackは、自社株の20%をユーザーに還元する。 ただのユーザーで終わるな。 勝者として、このゲームを終えろ。

Backpackっていう取引所、トークンをステーキングするだけで「会社そのものの株式」がもらえる仕組みを始めてる。 暗号資産の取引所が株式を配るって、普通ありえない話。 ・預けるだけで配当権・議決権が発生する可能性 ・取引所の収益が株主還元に直結するモデル ・競合他社は手数料還元どまり 単なるポイント還元じゃなくて、ユーザーが会社のオーナー側に回れる設計。 こういう構造が出てきた時点で、取引所の競争は次のステージに入ってる。

Backpack把20%股份给一年质押用户，我想用我的方式和大家一起聊聊🕊️ 如果只当作一句新闻，这其实本身已经足够格局了 大多数时候，用户是数据、是渠道、是增长漏斗里的一环。但我在 @Backpack 看到的不是这样。 @armaniferrante 他们不是把用户当作流量 交易量，而是把用户当作，怎么说呢，伙伴。 我们有dc客服群tg客服群 tg用户群微信用户群…等等等等 好多个群 小小的团队偏偏每个群都有恨不得24h在线的小伙伴，我们会接受用户的反馈倾听用户的声音，更有一套针对中国宝宝的各种计划比如大年初一kyc🤣 在这个市场里的很多决定，真的很难。 最简单的选择是什么？ 是把激励做成短期的、做成能立刻拉起指标的、做成发完就散的那种。 但团队偏偏选了最笨、也最贵的一条： 把最珍贵的筹码拿出来——股权。 我们也想看看老登你愿不愿意把一年，押在我们身上，而我们也会以全力以赴的姿态为我们、为大家创造最大的价值，公司的首要目标是让股东财富最大化不是我在搞抽象。 作为中文社区小话筒，我可能比任何人都更早看到用户的情绪曲线： 兴奋、疲惫、误解、怀疑、嘴硬、又悄悄回来。 也见过很多老登一边骂一边用，一边半信半疑一边参与。 但说真的我从来不觉得这些是麻烦，睁眼后闭眼前看群已经成为我的习惯。 我觉得这就是crypto最真实也最可爱的地方 你们用情绪表达在乎，用挑剔表达期待，用不耐烦表达我不想再被当一波流 而 Backpack 这次做的事，本质就是在回答说我们知道你在乎，所以我们给你一个作为合作伙伴的身份。 如果未来 Backpack 真走到更大的世界，更合规、更透明、甚至成为一家真正的金融机构，那你不是早期用户，你是早期股东。 我知道这听起来有点浪漫。 但我也知道，只有在熊市里敢讲这种浪漫的团队，才是真的把你当朋友，而不是当数据。 我本身是长年定住在日本的，十几年没过过年了，在老登群一起看春晚 发红包 吐槽，就像春晚结束倒计时那一刻我说的：新年快乐 家人们，感谢陪伴，希望bp和我们都越来越好。 当然你可以继续做下一波行情的用户。 也可以把这一年，变成你在下一家上市金融机构里的一份权益。 我们会很认真地，把这个选择递到你面前。🎒

사실 뭐든 투본선입니다 백팩에 컨빅션있으면 스테이킹하는거고 아니면 파는거죠. 1년후에 백팩이 10빌 20빌 가있을거라 생각하고 스테이킹을 할지, 혹은 코인을 매수할지, 아니면 TGE 시점이나 그 후에 팔지. 이런저런거 다 따져볼건 많지만, 일단 지금까지 러그치고 팀이 덤핑하는게 일상이던 Web3에 이런 프로젝트/거래소는 없었다는 점이 상당히 유의미해보이네요. 제가 이 시장에서 믿는건 코인도 프로젝트도 아닌 사람입니다. 이번 홍콩에서 만난 업계 친구들이 해준 말이, VC들은 프로젝트가 아닌 파운더에 투자한다고 하더라고요. 저는 아르마니라는 사람 자체를 정말 좋아해요. 제가 만난 백팩 팀원들은 업계에서 만난 사람들중에 단연 가장 유능하다고 해도 과언이 아니었고, 출신도 말도 안됐고, 무엇보다 너무나 험블했어요. 저정도 스펙에 이력이면 저는 저만큼 겸손하고, 상대를 배려하고, 이해하려 할수있었을까 싶을 정도로요. 바이낸스의 유저들이 바낸의 지분을 가질수있었는지, 아이폰 유저들이 애플의 지분을 가질 수 있었을지, 이것저것 생각해보면 이 선택권자체가 유저한테 있다는 점이 상당한 호재라는 생각이 듭니다.

아무도 안가본 Real asset의 길로 🎒 지금껏 근거 약한 연결 고리로 추측되던 web3 토큰밸류에이션 시대는 저물고 있습니다. 주식시장이 유동성을 업고 꾸준히 오르는 반면 비트코인은 1년간 제자리를 머무르며 모든 암호화폐가 먼지로 돌아가고 있습니다. 한때 세계에서 가장 빨랐던 VC들은 추가 펀딩을 진행하지 않고 Paradigm과 여러 VC들의 주요 인물은 회의감을 안고 떠나고 있습니다. 손익비에 능한 사람들은 이미 주식으로 시선을 돌린지 오래고, 남아 있는 사람들은 마지막 alpha 프로젝트를 찾기위해 레이더를 좁히는 중입니다. 비상장 프로젝트의 초기 지분을 자발적 참여와 기여로 획득한다는 에어드랍의 취지는 옅어져가고 프로젝트의 지분이라 불리는 토큰은 사용자들의 권익에 도움이 되지 못하고 있습니다. 아무런 법적인 책임이 없는 토큰을 가지고 창업자가 언제든지 말을 바꿀 수 있는 불리한 홀짝을 진행하는 느낌입니다. 업계의 리더라고 불리는 중국, 미국의 대형거래소의 생태계에 속해있는 프로젝트 뿐만 아니라 당사자도 토큰에 대한 책임을 계속해서 분리하며 밸류업을 위한 재료로써 온체인에 남기려고 했습니다. 법적인 책임이 없었기에 바이백이 가격에 강하게 적용되는 소수의 사업과 섹터를 제외하곤 과연 이것을 장기적 자산으로 인식할 수 있을지에 대한 의구심이 강하게 드는 시기입니다. 사람들을 매료시키는 여러 재밌는 시도가 튀어나왔고 개인적으로도 이에 열광했지만 모두 사그라들고 있는 이 시기에 어찌됐든 블록체인은 금융 인프라로의 검증을 끝내고 실제 자산들을 온보딩하고, 뱅킹과 페이먼트까지 확장하고 있습니다. 새롭게 다가올 인프라에 초기투자를 하고 싶지만 또 다시 실질 기업 밸류와 상관없는 토큰에 간접적 투자를 했던 시기는 이제 지나가야 합니다. 그렇기에 오늘 @Backpack 이 발표한 주식권리를 토큰에 권리를 할당하는 시도는 이번 사이클에 가장 필요한 대범한 시도라고 생각합니다. 더 큰 도약을 위해 web3에서 3를 빼고 숫자를 봐야할 시기입니다. - Backpack은 토큰 보유자들에게 모든 법적 권리가 보장된 실질 주식 20%의 스왑 권리를 할당합니다 - IPO를 한다면 토큰 보유자들은 상상만 하던 "비상장 주식의 에어드랍"을 교환할 권리를 갖습니다 - 토큰과 주식의 해당 결합 방식은 web2, web3에서 첫번째 시도입니다. - 패러다임의 새로운 제시가 발표되었습니다. IPO 달성과 관련된 해당 구조는 앞으로 창업자의 높은 수준의 도덕적 허들과 사용자들의 엄격한 프로젝트 선택의 필요성을 불러일으킬 것이라고 생각합니다. - 또한 토큰 장기 보유 결정( = 토큰 투자)에 대한 새로운 해답을 제시할 수 있는 구조입니다. "프로젝트와 사랑에 빠지지 말것" 이라는 저희가 잘 아는 말의 전제는 토큰이지만 이제 주식의 시기가 왔네요 끝은 알 수 없지만 제가 기대한 최상의 토크노믹스 같아요. 같이하신 분들 축하드리고 같이 달성 가능성을 지켜봅시다!

I didn't come into crypto 9 years ago to launch a shit coin. I didn't come into crypto to get rich quick. I came into crypto because I believe it's going to change the world, and that the industry was something worth dedicating my life to. But somewhere along the way, amidst the booms, the busts, the moonshots, the decentralization theater, and the straight up scams, we lost our way. I don't know about you, but I'm just tired of false promises. And that's what most things are today, simply promises. We live in the most centralized era crypto has ever experienced, and the more centralized something is, the less meaningful a token is. While it's tempting to want to commit to these same promises, what happens if the team gets acquired? What happens if we want to re-invest into growth? What happens if we divert our time, energy, and resources out of band and circumvent the token altogether? What happens when the team and investors unlock? For many projects, the honest answer to these questions is not pleasant, and you see it in the price chart over and over again. Unless something is completely decentralized to the point where an immutable protocol can function with the team having retired in the Bahamas sipping pina coladas all day, then utility is just a promise. Often that promise is admirable and well intentioned--but ultimately an unenforceable promise nonetheless. Outside of BTC, ETH, SOL, and a few others, nothing really passes this test. Noble new token models have emerged to solve this problem (shout out to MetaDAO), and today, we introduce our own. Users that stake the Backpack token for at least a year will have the opportunity to exchange those tokens for equity at a fixed ratio--20% of the company today. It's such a simple idea, but as far as I'm aware, this is the first time a user has been able to earn the equity of a company by just using the product. So obvious in hindsight, and something I hope others start to adopt as they march on their path to progressive decentralization--both in crypto and outside of the industry. We have a lot more utility coming, things we'll share over the coming weeks, months, and year. As the Backpack community grows, we will decentralize the token, offering new things over time, some centralized like our equity offering, some decentralized as our product evolves. In the limit, I expect the token to represent more than anything a single company has to offer, but in the short run, it's the best we can do to show our long term commitment to our users. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I can't promise anything. The only thing I can promise is commitment. We go big or we go home--together, actually together.

20% of Backpack equity given to users who stake for a year. Don't just use the next big thing. Own it. 🎒

【暗号資産ガチホだけの時代終了】 BackpackのBorrow / Lendが遂にスタート🎊 Backpack Pointの付与対象です！ BTC / ETH / SOL / XRP / USDC などを 「売らずに」活用できる選択肢。 ✅ Lend (貸す) 暗号資産を預け、(変動)利回りを得る仕組み ✅ Borrow (借りる) 暗号資産を担保にUSDC等を借りて、 「売らずに資金化」することも可能 ⚠️ 重要 Borrowは清算（担保の強制売却） のリスクがあります。 まずは仕組みをご理解の上ご利用ください。 今回Borrow / Lendのみ提供開始。 （Spot / Perpは対象外） これまで日本居住者が参加できなかった「Backpack Point」にも参加可能です✨ 「ガチホしながら、利回りも稼げる」 そんな選択肢が、Backpackで始まります🎒

Btw Lads. She said yes.

在不同交易所之间切换了这么久，我后来才意识到，自己一直默认接受了一种很低效的体验：资金明明就在账户里，却不能随时为我所用。 只要把钱放在现货仓位，它就是闲置的；想赚点利息，就得先转去理财账户，但行情变化又快，你得随时做好把它转回来的准备。看似理所当然的流程，其实处处都在考验运气，稍微慢一点就可能错过交易。 但更困扰我的，是浮盈永远只是浮盈，只要不平仓，它就只能躺在屏幕上当个数字，我明知道自己有筹码，却不能用它把握新的机会，只能一边盯着波动，一边无奈地被迫等待。久而久之，我甚至开始怀疑，到底是我在使用平台，还是我在配合平台的结构做事。 @Backpack给我最大的感受就是，它把这种不合理感消失了。资金放进去就开始产生利息，我不需要思考先转去哪、后转去哪，系统也不会因为我没按它的路径操作就给我设障。 更关键的是，盈利可以实时转化为可用余额，不需要平掉原本的仓位，也不用先去处理一堆和交易本身无关的步骤。机会出现的时候，我能直接动手，不必担心资金还卡在另一个账户里。 整个体验没有惊喜感，没有那种“哇，这个平台会魔法”的夸张，而是一种很自然的顺畅——该能用的时候就能用，该省事的时候就省事，让人终于能把精力放回交易本身，而不是花在跟系统对抗上。 回头来看，过去那些让我觉得自己“慢了一拍”的瞬间，其实不是判断不够快，也不是市场太阴险，而是平台机制不站在用户这边。 我以前总觉得自己是输在行情节奏里，后来才明白，很多亏损来自于资金结构不给力。现在这种隐形损耗不存在了，我也就不会再因为一件本不该难的事情而失去主动权。 交易本来就足够复杂，一点点顺畅的改善，都能长期积累成更大的差距。Backpack 并没有改变市场，但它至少让我不再被系统提前拦在门外。对我来说，这就已经是一个很实在的进步。

Story time. Over two years ago we attempted Backpack's first fundraise for the exchange. We had lost most of our money on FTX, and we had to re-invent ourself. With a couple small checks and our personal savings, we bootstrapped the initial exchange team to focus on all the hard things regulated companies have to do--not just engineering, but finance, accounting, compliance, customer support, and importantly, the entire licensing process for our first anchor license in Dubai. From the beginning, it was never just about building a matching engine, it was never just about building an app, it was about being able to re-imagine every layer of the stack of modern finance, where the legal code is just as important as the computer code--a thesis at odds with basically every crypto investor in the world. We had our sites set not just on the UAE but on the entire world, and one place in particular, the European Union. From the perspective of many international exchanges, to put it in their own words, a "bloodbath" was coming. The world's largest derivatives platforms were leaving the EU, and it was getting harder and harder to enter the market. At the time, there was a total of zero exchanges offering a regulated perpetual futures product. So we went out to fundraise. Our goal was simple: get enough money to buy FTX EU, do all the hard work to return customer assets, hire up a world class compliance team, solve all the problems that caused FTX in the first place, and re-activate the license. Turns out fundraising wasn't that simple. The world was in a very different place back then. Most people looked at us like we were crazy. A lot of people questioned me and our team for FTX ties. Who wants to invest in ex FTX and Alameda employees trying to buy back the EU arm of FTX, returning customer funds, and gunning to be the first regulated perpetual futures product in Europe. To many it was the most contrarian of bets and a far fetched dream. Why couldn't Coinbase or any of the other giants just beat you and do this first? A fair question. And honestly, I didn't have an answer to that. All I can say is that I genuinely think our team is the best. No one works harder. Works more hours. Has more experience, more ore battle scars, and a more comprehensive of an understanding of crypto exchanges than us. Others might have more resources. Others might have better brands. Others might have been around for longer than us. They deserve all the respect in the world for pioneering much our industry. However, it's my job to think I can do better. It's my job to compete. It's my job to win. I naively thought I could. Investors did not. We failed. So we didn't buy FTX EU. It ended up being purchased by the previous founders. We missed the opportunity. But we didn't stop. Tunnel visioned. Laser focused. We built our product. We went to market. And, turns out, we were pretty successful. In 2024, we made more money than our entire fundraise. We built our spot product, and with the capital on hand, we were ready to re-invest to climb our next mountain. I don't know if it was luck, divine intervention, or just the universe just doing its thing, but we discovered that FTX EU was for sale--again. This time, we didn't have to fundraise to make an offer. We had the cash ready to deploy. And so we did. But the interesting thing about buying regulated companies is that it's not simply a matter of having cash. There's many more people with much more money than us. It's not just about showing up to someone's door with a bag of cash, and you're off to the races. There's diligence. There's compliance tech. There's reporting requirements. There's the ability to steward the return of FTX EU customer assets. There's custody requirements. There's controls. There's bespoke integrations. There's product changes. There's a million little details that go into getting a regulated company off the ground. Details that very few startups at our stage ever have to think about. Some people think we're making our lives harder than they have to be by doing all of this. But it's precisely the hard things that no one wants to do that are worth doing. And I'm proud to say that we did it, joining the ranks of only a handful of crypto companies in the world that have met the highest standards of compliance to offer a regulated product in one of the largest, most important, and most rigorous regions in the world. And for perpetual futures, specifically, one of the first. It turns out you can just do things, and we're not stopping there. This year, we set our sites not just on Europe, but later to Japan, and ultimately our home, the USA. We've come a long way, but we have an even longer way to go. Every day. Little by little. Brick by brick. 🧱