A gated path from EVM research to user-controlled execution.

Decisions & foundations

Non-custodial, EVM-first system design

Documented the custody model, initial EVM chain scope, allowlisted token universe, strategy horizon, reliability definition, and legal posture before building execution features.

ESTIMATE

2–3 weeks

EXIT GATE

Six core decisions documented and signed off.

Market analysis engine

Building a validated EVM market-state engine — no signals yet

Ingest and retain allowlisted EVM pool state, prices, flows, liquidity, token-risk data, and feature-engineered market context. AI reasoning is grounded in compact evidence, not raw candles or price predictions.

ESTIMATE

10–12 weeks

EXIT GATE

Versioned analysis schema, 99% data-collection uptime over four weeks, and clean raw snapshots.

Simulation & evaluation

Replay, cost modeling, and paper trading

Replay raw market snapshots through the production feature pipeline, model realistic gas, fees, slippage, and MEV costs, then run a continuously tracked virtual portfolio before real-money execution.

ESTIMATE

6–8 weeks

EXIT GATE

Replay determinism proven and cost model within 15% of reference swap costs.

Signal engine

Evidence-backed buy and sell candidates

Combine regime-aware hard filters, quantitative scoring, and bounded AI adjudication to produce typed, expiring signal candidates. Staking remains a separate yield workflow in Phase 6.

ESTIMATE

8–10 weeks

EXIT GATE

Out-of-sample paper-trading evaluation must beat the documented baselines net of modeled costs.

Risk & policy layer

Deterministic controls outside the model

Enforce token and venue allowlists, sizing and loss limits, liquidity and slippage thresholds, rate limits, pre-flight simulation, and circuit breakers. AI never authorizes a transaction.

ESTIMATE

4–5 weeks

EXIT GATE

The adversarial test suite passes and kill-switch behavior is proven end to end.

User-directed execution

Review-and-sign first; bounded automation later

Integrate established routing, Permit2 approvals, transaction simulation, and MEV-aware delivery. Version one remains user-signed; any later session-key automation is scoped, revocable, and contract-enforced.

ESTIMATE

8–10 weeks

EXIT GATE

Paper trading precedes capped live rollout; realized costs must remain within 15% of the model.

Yield & staking

Risk-adjusted yield research and execution

Keep yield separate from directional trading. Evaluate sustainable yield sources, lockups, smart-contract exposure, impermanent loss, depeg risk, and reward-token dilution rather than ranking by headline APY.

ESTIMATE

6–8 weeks

EXIT GATE

Risk-adjusted ranking must outperform naive highest-APY selection in evaluation.

Multi-chain expansion

EVM fan-out first; Solana as a dedicated adapter

Extend the complete analysis, signal, policy, and execution workflow one chain at a time. Additional EVM networks are configuration plus data QA; Solana requires a separate account, routing, and transaction adapter.

ESTIMATE

2–3 weeks per EVM chain / 10–12 weeks for Solana

EXIT GATE

Per-chain data, policy, and execution-parity tests pass before enabling a new network.