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YNG Token Q1 2026 Report

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What happened in the first quarter of 2026? What lies ahead in the coming months? How many YNG tokens were issued, bought and sold — and what are the next steps?

2026 began with the same spirit that closed the previous year: the drive to turn promises into action. If 2025 was the year we redefined our horizon, this first quarter saw that horizon become concrete. The standout event of these months was undoubtedly the rollout of the payment account and debit card.

Despite the milestones achieved, the context in which we have operated has been anything but simple. Early-year expectations pointed to a decisive recovery, but we have had to contend with a global market held back by a tense international climate. In this uncertain scenario, our ecosystem has demonstrated lower volatility compared to the main market assets in the reference period: the YNG token has withstood the impact with a stability that confirms how its value is now anchored to solid foundations and to the utility real within the app.

The payment account and the debit card represent only the first version of a much larger project. This foundation is the starting point for building the super app we have in mind, a vision that will take concrete shape in the coming months. In the meantime, we are working to expand the ecosystem through targeted marketing activities: capturing an ever-growing share of customers is vital for the token and for the ecosystem which, in our view, still presents wide margins for development and organic growth relative to the expressed value.

The climate for the coming months is one of great momentum. The MiCA authorisation deadline is approaching and our dossier is under review by the authorities, while prize competitions and engagement mechanics continue to evolve. We are also working on a new feature, previewed exclusively to Club members during the Winter Summit 2026, which adds a further element to our offering. Welcome to the report on the Young (YNG) token for the first quarter of 2026. Happy reading!

Price Analysis: YNG’s Resilience

To frame YNG’s performance this quarter, look at the market’s ‘king’: Bitcoin lost around 15% year-to-date, with a drawdown exceeding 30% at its worst point in February. Against this backdrop, YNG moved in the opposite direction, limiting losses to 5%. Despite being roughly halfway from the October 2025 all-time high, volatility was well below the sector average.

Key technical levels:

  • Resistance: the barrier to break sits at €0.49, the peak reached after the Uniswap listing.
  • Support: the €0.41 zone proved a solid floor, holding throughout the quarter.

How long this consolidation phase lasts will depend largely on easing international tensions. A de-escalation could restore confidence in risk assets and Bitcoin, reigniting retail investor enthusiasm that has been absent for some time. We will not simply wait. We continue working to be ready when the wind changes. Details on new listing plans and our expansion strategy are reserved for Club members.

Payment Account and Young Card

The launch of the Young payment account and debit card is the first concrete step toward the super app we want to build — a financial ecosystem that brings together everything a user needs, from daily cash management to the crypto world, all under one roof.

At the heart of this vision is a simple idea: there is no app today that addresses two deep needs of the Italian saver. The first is the safe custody of personal finances, with immediate access to the sector’s most advanced tools. The second is financial education — ongoing guidance that asks the right questions about spending habits and encourages saving and investing in a conscious, safe way. This direction was central to the workshop presented at the Starting Finance Investment Meeting, where the team shared Young Platform’s vision as an active financial education tool.

The technical core of this first version is the Italian IBAN assigned to every user. The strategic advantage lies in the integration with the exchange: transferring funds between the account and the crypto wallet is instant and commission-free.

The physical debit card introduces a new dimension for the YNG token. Every purchase generates a YNG cashback, transforming the token from a simple digital asset into a strategic resource that can be accumulated every day. The tokens earned are not just a reward — they are the key to levelling up in the Clubs.

To accelerate adoption, we activated a dedicated promotion: the first 1,000 users who sign up in April will receive a 3% cashback for 90 days, regardless of their Club tier.

From Layer 0 to Future Evolutions

What we released is what we call the “Layer 0“: a solid foundation to build on. The roadmap is already defined:

  • Integration of the digital card with Apple Pay and Google Pay
  • Analytics tools for conscious spending monitoring
  • A dedicated Save section for savings

The goal is not marketing for its own sake, but building a financial model that genuinely simplifies users’ lives by bringing accounts and exchanges together. Each new feature will be another step toward an app that does not yet exist in the market.

Tax Services: Zero Stress, Full Clarity

It’s that time of year nobody particularly enjoys, but which must be tackled with the right tools: the tax return. Italian crypto tax regulation has become a maze, which is why for three years we have been turning what was a simple Excel file into a complete ecosystem of tax solutions. Our tools are ready to cover every need for the 2025 tax year.

Young Platform Tax Report

For users of our exchange only:

  • Standard user: from €19.99 (under 50 transactions) to €49.99 (over 500 transactions)
  • Club Essential: from €15.99 to €39.99
  • Club Silver: from €13.99 to €34.99
  • Club Gold: from €11.99 to €29.99
  • Club Platinum: from €3.99 to €9.99

Young-Okipo Tax Report

For users active on DeFi, NFTs and other exchanges:

  • Standard user: €79
  • Club Essential: €69
  • Club Silver: €59
  • Club Gold: €49
  • Club Platinum: €44

The New Rules: 26% or 33%?

The 2026 Budget Law introduced a key distinction:

  • 33% rate: for exchanging crypto for euros, dollars or dollar-pegged stablecoins (USDT, USDC).
  • 26% rate: for euro-pegged stablecoins (such as EURC).

Crypto-to-crypto swaps (e.g. BTC to ETH) remain tax-neutral. However, with the abolition of the €2,000 allowance, every euro of capital gain must now be declared.

Using YNG tokens to activate a Club not only brings cashback on the card — it also cuts the real costs of tax management. Proof that the token is not just an asset to watch on a chart, but a tool that saves real money every time you deal with bureaucracy.

Real-World Presence

As previewed in the Q4 2025 report, 2026 was set to mark a decisive shift in our physical presence. We delivered on that commitment, building a plan for ongoing community engagement through direct interaction and institutional participation. What you are reading is only the first chapter in a series of events we will continue to promote.

Young Platform Winter Summit: The Way to the Top

On 8 March 2026, the Platinum Experience launched with the “The Way to the Top” summit at Skyway Monte Bianco. The event, reserved for partners and the most committed Club members, took place at 3,466 metres above sea level — an exceptional setting to preview the YNG ecosystem roadmap in an authentic networking environment.

The energy and feedback from participants confirm that direct closeness between the team and the community is essential for building something that lasts.

Starting Finance Investment Meeting

Young Platform participated as Gold Sponsor at the Starting Finance Investment Meeting 2026 in Rome, one of Italy’s leading events dedicated to financial education and markets. Two key moments:

  • The team presented Young Platform’s development strategy toward the super app model and the vision for active financial education.
  • A workshop explored the cognitive biases that influence investment decisions, focusing on practical tools to recognise and reduce their impact.

The success of the 5% cashback promotion at our stand demonstrated strong interest in the new integrated features. These events are the starting point of a journey to make Club membership a tangible advantage.

Arcade: Tap to Play

On 10 March, the Young Platform contest trilogy concluded with the end of The Reveal. After the success of The Box and The Unbox, this final phase marked the community’s engagement peak, with iconic prizes such as Rolex watches and KTM motorcycles.

With the trilogy complete, we launched Arcade: the new permanent gamification hub. Arcade is not just a prize draw — it’s a section of the app designed to turn every saving and investment choice into concrete rewards. The philosophy remains to incentivise virtuous financial behaviour through fun and consistent participation.

The key innovation is the Tap to Play mechanic:

  • Daily interaction: users are encouraged to open the app and engage with the ecosystem, keeping attention on their assets and the platform’s latest features.
  • Democratised rewards: following the tier system already tested successfully, Arcade lets anyone be competitive — what matters is consistency, not just financial capacity.
  • Future vision: Arcade is the tool we are using to dismantle the boredom of traditional finance, one tap at a time.

With Arcade and Tap to Play, managing your financial health stops being a passive obligation and becomes an active, rewarding experience.

Exclusive Content for Club Members

As always, the most strategic analyses and sensitive data are reserved for Club members. In the Club-exclusive version of this report you will find:

  • Updates on the Young Platform payment account and debit card
  • Exclusive Club data: updated membership figures and analysis of the impact of member purchases on token performance
  • Future roadmap: strategies and plans for upcoming listings on other centralised exchanges

Your support as Club members remains our most valuable resource.

Promotional content: the information contained in this report is for purely informational and educational purposes. Data regarding distribution, treasury reserves, and liquidity reflect the situation recorded in the first quarter of 2026 and do not constitute a guarantee of future price stability or the value of the YNG token. Access to DeFi protocols via third parties involves risks inherent to smart contracts and the volatility of crypto-assets. Buybacks and liquidity activities are carried out at the Company’s discretion and do not obligate the latter to any future market support interventions. We recommend consulting the Terms and Conditions and acting with awareness (DYOR). Young Platform does not provide financial advice.

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Tournaments and Tickets: prizes up for grabs

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Arcade: Guide to Tournaments, Tickets, and ways to get extra gems for the win

Tournaments are internal mini-championships within the Arcade Championship, where competitors must complete Quests to obtain Gems and therefore the Tickets needed to participate in the draw and try to win the prizes up for grabs. There are three Tournaments and they last four weeks each, with the exception of Hall of Fame, the Special Tournament we will discuss in a dedicated article.

You have various ways to accumulate Gems at your disposal:

  • Completing Missions
  • Finding Combo challenges
  • Collecting Trophies 
  • With gifted Gems
  • Holding YNG 

What are the prizes up for grabs, how do the Tournaments unfold, and how do the Ticket accumulation methods work?

Tournaments and prizes up for grabs

There are three Tournaments, each lasting four weeks. So:

  • First Tournament “Insert Coin”: from April 20 to May 18;
  • Second Tournament “Checkpoint”: from May 18 to June 15;
  • Third Tournament “Final Stage”: from June 22 to July 20.

From June 15 to June 22, Hall of Fame is scheduled, a Special Tournament with different features compared to the other Tournaments: far fewer participants and different prizes – here is the article: Prizes and rules of the Special Tournament.

Prize pool for Insert Coin – first Tournament

The prizes planned for the Tournaments will be revealed over time: on May 18, when Insert Coin ends, we will publish the rewards planned for Checkpoint, the second Tournament.

Insert Coin Tournament: from 2:00 PM on April 20 to 2:00 PM on May 18

Prizes up for grabs:

  • 2 Google Pixel Tablets
  • 3 Apple AirPods Max
  • 5 Apple AirPods 4
  • 30 Official Young Platform merch T-shirts

How to increase your chances of winning: get as many Tickets as possible

To have a better chance of winning one of the 40 scheduled prizes, you need to get as many Tickets as possible. It’s a matter of mathematics: at the end of each Tournament, a notary will draw the winning Tickets, so the more Tickets you have, the more likely yours is to be drawn.

To get Tickets you need to accumulate Gems. How?

Completing Missions

Missions are specific activities within the app. By completing a Mission, you will receive Gems. The number of Gems obtained is proportional to the difficulty of the Mission. Missions are distinguished by their duration:

  • Daily: they last 24 hours and update every day.
  • Weekly: they expire after 7 days and reset every week.
  • Permanent: they have no expiration and can be completed at any time.

Finding Combo challenges

Some missions, whether daily, weekly, or permanent, require the same action. It is possible to complete more than one with a single action, thus obtaining more gems. Activate the newsletters to receive Combo challenge notifications via email. You will still easily find them by exploring the missions of the ongoing tournament and championship.

Collecting Trophies

Trophies are the absolute novelty of this edition and represent an extra way at your disposal to increase your personal Gem stash.

These are badges unlocked only through active and constant participation and are divided into eight categories.

How many Gems are up for grabs as a reward? It’s up to you to find out. The only way to reveal it is to unlock a Trophy.

Attention: to secure the Trophy, don’t forget to cash in the Gems by tapping the Claim button! Imagine losing the winning Ticket over such an oversight.

With extra gift Gems

Some special daily missions offer the opportunity to get extra gems.

These do not require the completion of specific objectives, but are a gift for players who show higher activity and open the app more frequently. This allows them to collect more Tickets, as well as gain better positions on the Leaderboard compared to those who play less intensely.

We recommend turning on notifications to receive alerts and ensure you don’t miss out on these extra gems. Since they are daily missions, their validity is limited to 24 hours.

Holding YNG

Every Monday, players holding the Young (YNG) token receive extra gifted Gems: the more YNG you own, the more Gems you receive. You can check your YNG Hodler level by scrolling to the bottom of the “Tournament” section.

Do not underestimate this boost: these weekly gems provide a significant advantage both in obtaining Tickets and climbing the Leaderboard compared to those who do not receive them.

The Ticket distribution mechanism

The more Gems you accumulate, the more expensive obtaining Tickets will be. The Ticket distribution system is structured as follows:

  • Tier 1 – from 0 to 500 accumulated Gems: 1 Ticket every 30 Gems
  • Tier 2 – from 501 to 1,500 accumulated Gems: 1 Ticket every 100 Gems
  • Tier 3 – from 1501 to 3,000 accumulated Gems: 1 Ticket every 200 Gems
  • Tier 4 – from 3,001 accumulated Gems onwards: 1 Ticket every 300 Gems

Thus, all it takes is a single 30-gem mission to get a Ticket and be in the running for the prize draw of that Tournament. At the end of each Tournament, meaning every four weeks, the counter and the Gems are reset.

Example: if at the end of the first Tournament you were at Tier 2 with 80 Gems accumulated out of the 100 needed to unlock a Ticket, at the start of the second Tournament you will start over from Tier 1 with zero Gems. Along with you, the rest of the participants.

3% Cashback and Missions

The first chapter of Arcade is tied to the launch of the Young Account with 3% Cashback for everyone: you will find a series of Missions focused exactly on the Young Account and Card (making a deposit, executing transactions, and so on).

By using the Young payment Account you can optimize your daily expenses in two ways: by receiving 3% Cashback and earning Gems by completing Missions.

Watch out, though: the 3% Cashback is a promo intended exclusively for the first 1000 (one thousand!) users who open the Account and activate the Card.

For now, the Cashback is only available to users with tax residency in Italy.

Arcade is live from 2:00 PM: have fun and try to take something home!

There is nothing else to say, the article ends here: Arcade is live from 2:00 PM on April 20, all that’s left is to wish you the best of luck. Catch us on our social channels for updates on Arcade, the Championship, and the Tournaments, including draws, new prizes, and fresh updates.

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Championship and Leaderboard: prizes up for grabs

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Arcade: Guide to the Leaderboard, Championships and earning extra Gems for winning

The Championship is Arcade’s overall leaderboard, where all players compete to reach the top positions and win the prizes on offer. The most coveted rewards are awarded, in order of merit, to the top 20 players with the highest number of Gems. Therefore, your position on the leaderboard depends exclusively on the Gems you accumulate during gameplay. You can accumulate Gems more easily in 6 ways:

  • Completing Quests 
  • With Bonus Gems
  • Finding Combo Challenges
  • Collecting Trophies
  • Holding YNG
  • Taking part in all Tournaments

Let’s take a look at the prizes on offer and how the Gem accumulation methods work.

Prizes up for grabs

The Arcade Championship offers 20 unmissable prizes for the top 20 players. Winners will be determined based on their position on the Leaderboard as of 20 July at 14:00.

  • 1st – Rolex Oyster Perpetual 2023 Green 
  • 2nd – Django Classic 125
  • 3rd – MacBook Pro 14
  • 4th – MacBook Air 13
  • 5th – Volagratis Gift Card – €1.000 value
  • 6th – iPhone 17
  • 7th – Google Pixel 10
  • 8th – Volagratis Gift Card – €700 value
  • 9th – AirPods Max
  • 10th – PlayStation 5
  • 11th – Amazon Gift Card – €500 value
  • 12th – Pixel Tablet
  • 13th – Apple Watch Series 11
  • 14th – Amazon Gift Card – €300 value
  • 15th – Sony WH-1000XM5 Headphones
  • 16th – Volagratis Gift Card– €250 value
  • 17th – AirPods 4
  • 18th – Amazon Gift Card – €200 value
  • 19th – Volagratis Gift Card – €150 value
  • 20th – Volagratis Gift Card – €120 value

Championship duration

The Arcade Championship runs over a period of 91 days:

  • Start: Monday 20 April at 14:00
  • End: Monday 20 July at 14:00

You have this time to accumulate enough Gems and reach the top of the leaderboard.

How to climb the Leaderboard

Quests

Quests are specific objectives within the app. By completing a Quest, you will receive Gems, which act as experience points. The more Gems you accumulate, the higher your position on the overall Leaderboard. The number of Gems earned is proportional to the difficulty of the Quest.

Quests are divided according to their duration:

  • Daily: last 24 hours, refreshed every day.
  • Weekly: expire after 7 days and reset each week.
  • Permanent: have no expiry and can be completed at any time.

Bonus Gems

Some special daily quests offer the opportunity to earn extra Gems.

These do not require completing specific objectives but are a reward for players who show higher levels of activity and open the app more frequently. This allows them to achieve better leaderboard positions than those who play less intensively.

We recommend enabling notifications to receive alerts and ensure you don’t miss these extra Gems. As daily quests are only valid for 24 hours.

Finding Combo Challenges

Some quests—daily, weekly and permanent—require the same action. It is possible to complete more than one at the same time with a single action, earning multiple Gems.

Enable newsletters to receive Combo Challenge alerts via email. You can also easily find them by exploring the ongoing tournament and championship quests.

Collecting Trophies

Trophies are the major new feature of this edition and provide a valuable boost to increase the number of Gems you hold.

They are badges that can only be unlocked through active, consistent participation and are divided into 8 distinct categories.

The number of Gems available as a reward is a mystery—it’s up to you to discover it. The only way to reveal it is by unlocking a Trophy.

Note: to secure your Trophy, don’t forget to claim the Gems by tapping the “Claim” button! Skipping this step could cost you dearly, allowing others to overtake you on the Leaderboard.

Holding YNG

Every Monday, players who hold the YNG token receive bonus Gems in proportion to the amount of YNG in their wallet.

Holding a minimum amount of YNG from the start is a significant advantage. These weekly Gems allow for a “quantum leap” on the Leaderboard, helping you progress more quickly throughout the Championship.

You can check your YNG Holder level by scrolling to the bottom of the “Tournament” section.

Taking part in all Tournaments

During the championship, competition is intensified by tournaments. These are additional competitions alongside the championship, but with a shorter duration: each lasts four weeks, at the end of which the winners are announced. Unlike the championship, tournaments also involve an element of luck, although a good strategy can still improve your chances of success.

Each time you accumulate a certain number of Gems, you also earn tickets. These tickets are used to enter the current tournament’s prize draw. It is therefore a matter of luck, but the more tickets you collect, the greater your chances of winning.

If you don’t end up among the winners, there is still good news: you will earn new Gems to move up the leaderboard. In short, you gain Gems by taking part in every tournament, i.e. by completing quests during the four weeks. If you’re lucky, you win a prize; otherwise, you still earn a solid number of Gems to climb the leaderboard.

3% Cashback and Quests

The first chapter of Arcade is linked to the launch of the Young Account with 3% Cashback for everyone and features a series of quests focused on the Young Account and Card: making a deposit, carrying out transactions, and so on.

In short, by using the Young payment account, you can optimise your everyday spending in two ways: by receiving 3% Cashback and earning Gems by completing quests.

For now, the Cashback is only available to users with tax residency in Italy.

We almost forgot one very important detail: the 3% Cashback is a promotion reserved exclusively for the first 1,000 (one thousand!) users who open the Account and activate the Card.

Arcade is live from 14:00 today, Monday 20 April: good luck!

It will be three intense months of healthy competition, fun, and gaining greater awareness of the financial environment around you. If you haven’t done so already, we recommend reading the rest of the rules (link below) to avoid making mistakes that could cost you dearly—have you seen the prizes?

If you already know everything, then all that’s left is to open the Young Platform app and, from 14:00 on 20 April, start collecting as many Gems as possible: good luck!

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Special Tournament “Hall of Fame”: prizes up for grabs

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Arcade: how does the Special Tournament work? How to gain access, and what are the prizes up for grabs?

The most exclusive and highly anticipated moment in Arcade is, without a doubt, the Hall of Fame: a “behind closed doors” Special Tournament, conceived as the game’s very own red carpet.

Unlike standard tournaments open to everyone, the Hall of Fame is a VIP arena accessible only to a very select group of users who are particularly active. The goal? Completing the dedicated quests to secure the final prizes with incredibly high chances of winning.

Exclusive prizes for the Hall of Fame

Being among the chosen few offers a significant statistical advantage: there are 23 prizes available to just 120 participants. This means having a nearly 1-in-5 chance (20%) of taking home a reward. Three of these involve gold, whose market value has performed incredibly well over the last year (up by around 50% at the time of writing). Here is the summary:

Prizes

  • 3 Gold Jewellery pieces (Unoaerre “Lingotto della Fortuna”)
  • 20 Young Platform hoodies

Hall of Fame: the Special Tournament that’s different from the rest

The Hall of Fame is a Tournament with certain features that make it Special compared to the other three standard Tournaments: its duration, number of participants, entry requirements, and Ticket handling.

One week to find the lucky Tickets

Unlike standard tournaments,which last four weeks, the Hall of Fame is all about speed: the Special Tournament will begin on the 15th of June at 14:01 and end on the 22nd of June at 14:00. Seven days to complete as many quests as possible.

Special Tickets (and no Gems)

During this week, participants must complete quests to collect Special Tickets, which a notary will draw at the end of the competition.

An important note: during these seven days, the Tournament removes Gems from the rewards. Why this choice? To ensure fairness among competitors. If the 120 Hall of Fame users received Gems and the others didn’t, the former would gain a significant and unfair advantage in the overall Championship Leaderboard.

Reserved for 120 participants: how are the Passes allocated?

Entry to the Hall of Fame is strictly limited to 120 users. But how do you get in? We wanted to favour those who participate right from the start, dividing the spots into two methods:

  • 20 Golden Tickets drawn at random: from all those participating in Insert Coin (the first Tournament), 20 lucky winners will be drawn to receive guaranteed access.
  • 100 Golden Tickets on merit: the top 100 users positioned on the overall Leaderboard before the event begins will be selected. Naturally, the 20 users who have already won a Pass will not be counted among the top 100: the calculation will be made excluding those who already have one, giving more people the chance to qualify.

What happens to those who aren’t in? (The Claim block)

If you don’t make the top 120, you won’t be able to participate in the Special Tournament draws, but you lose nothing and can continue playing. You will still be able to complete your basic Championship quests normally. However, you will notice a technical quirk: the buttons to redeem rewards (the “Claim” for Gems and Tickets) will be temporarily blocked for everyone.

As explained earlier, this serves to keep the leaderboard fair throughout the week. No worries, everything you do is recorded in the background: you’ll just need to wait for the end of the Hall of Fame (the 22nd of June at 14:00) to redeem all your backlogged loot in one go!

Arcade is live: let the games begin!

That’s everything, there’s nothing more to add: Arcade has been live since 14:00 on the 20th of April, so all that’s left is for you to participate in Insert Coin and try to gain access to the Hall of Fame!

We’ll catch up on our social channels for updates on Arcade, the Championship, and the Tournaments, including draws, new prizes, and fresh updates. Good luck!

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Leagues: prizes up for grabs

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Arcade: how Leagues work based on your leaderboard position

Leagues are a huge new feature: a parallel competition to the Championship, based on the same Leaderboard but with prizes awarded through a lucky draw. This means more chances to win!

To qualify for a League, you must rank among the top 2,000 players. The higher your rank, the more prestigious the League, and the better the prizes up for grabs. Discover the 3 Leagues (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire) and what you can win.

Prizes up for grabs

League prizes are distributed via a lucky draw once the Championship ends (July 20th). Here’s what you can win in each League:

Diamond League (1st – 100th place)

You have a 21% chance of winning!

  • 1 experience at Villa Crespi with Chef Cannavacciuolo
  • 20 Young Platform hoodies

One in five is guaranteed to win.

Ruby League (101st – 500th place)

You have an 11% chance of winning!

  • 40 Young Platform t-shirts
  • 5 annual Forbes subscriptions

One in ten wins.

Sapphire League (501st – 2,000th place)

You have a 4% chance of winning.

  • 60 Young Platform caps
  • A special extra surprise prize!

When do the Leagues take place?

The Leagues run parallel to the Championship:

  • Start: Monday, April 20th at 2:00 PM
  • End: Monday, July 20th at 2:00 PM

Your final ranking on July 20th will determine which League you fall into.

The lucky draw system

Once your League is determined, prizes are distributed through a random draw. This means:

  • Your rank within the League doesn’t matter — the 1st place has the exact same odds as the 100th place
  • The odds are equal for all participants in the same League
  • The higher the League, the better your chances of winning

For example, if your final ranking on July 20th is 78th, you would enter the Diamond League.

While in the Championship the first-place winner would get a Rolex Oyster and the 78th place nothing, the mechanism in the Leagues is different: you and the first-place winner have the exact same chance of winning a final prize.

1 game, 3 separate prize pools

Arcade offers you a “three-in-one” experience. What does this mean? By completing Quests and collecting Gems, you are simultaneously working to climb the Championship Leaderboard, gain access to one of the three Leagues, and collect Tournament Tickets.

Simply put: you are traveling down three distinct paths leading to three separate prize pools at the same time, all fueled by a single activity.

  • Championship — win based on your rank (fixed prizes for the top 20)
  • Leagues — win via a lucky draw (odds vary by League)
  • Tournaments — win via a lucky draw using the Tickets you’ve earned

The most crucial element: collecting Gems

Both the Championship and the Leagues depend on your position on the Leaderboard, which in turn depends on your accumulated Gems. You can collect Gems in 6 ways:

  1. Completing Quests
  2. Receiving Gift Gems
  3. Finding Combo Challenges
  4. Collecting Trophies
  5. Holding YNG (having YNG Tokens in your wallet)
  6. Participating in all Tournaments

Find out more: Championship and Leaderboard: prizes up for grabs

The race begins April 20th at 2:00 PM!

Leagues offer an extraordinary opportunity: even if you don’t make it to the top 20 in the Championship, you still have a great chance to win incredible prizes simply by climbing the Leaderboard.

Remember: it’s not about where you place within your League, it’s about making it into one. Luck will take care of the rest!

There’s nothing more to add, we’ll wrap it up here: Arcade goes live at 2:00 PM on April 20th, so all that’s left is to wish you good luck. Catch you on our social channels for updates on Arcade, the Championship, and Tournaments, including draws, new prizes, and the latest news.

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Arcade: Win a Rolex, MacBook Pro 14 and much more!

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Arcade is about to begin: from 20 April, you can combine optimal management of your finances with the chance to win real prizes. How does it work?

Arcade: Tap to Play, or simply Arcade, is a new feature of the Young Platform app that addresses a real need: having a clear understanding of how you manage your finances. But since we hate being bored, we’ve decided to reward good behaviour with the chance to win incredible prizes. So: how does Arcade work? 

How do you take part in Arcade: Tap to Play?  

Let’s start with the basic rules: who can take part and how. There are three key requirements: participation in Arcade is open to anyone who:

  • Of legal age; 
  • Residents in Italy or in one of the Member States of the European Union;
  • Have completed the registration process on Young Platform, by opening an account and completing the necessary procedures – including KYC;

If you, the reader, meet all these criteria, all you need to do is open the app, go to the Arcade section at the bottom right, and sign up by simply clicking ‘Accept’. 

Well done! From now on, you can start completing quests, redeeming Gems to climb the Championship Leaderboard and collecting Tickets to enter the Tournament draws and try to win a Rolex Oyster, a MacBook Pro 14, an iPhone 17 or one of the other roughly two hundred prizes up for grabs.  

If you’ve no idea how all these game mechanics work, don’t worry: in this article, you’ll discover the basics and, if you want to delve deeper, you’ll find detailed explanations for the Championship, Tournaments and the Zealy ‘trick’. 

If, on the other hand, all this sounds familiar, that’s great: it means you’ve taken part in The Box, The Unbox or The Reveal. But don’t take anything for granted! Have you ever heard of Leagues before? Or the Special Tournament? Or Trophies? The answer is surely no, because these are brand-new features introduced specifically with Arcade. 

So, newbies and veterans alike, let’s start with the rules of Arcade: Tap to Play. Just to give you an overview, this article will begin with a description of the Championship and Tournaments, then move on to Gems and quests, and conclude with a more detailed look at how the Championship and Tournaments actually work – don’t despair: your attention span will easily cope with a 6-minute read.

Arcade is structured around two parallel tracks: the Championship and Tournaments.

We particularly liked the dual-track approach – already implemented with The Unbox and The Reveal – simply because our Community liked it: indeed, it’s not a bad idea to ‘kill two birds with one stone’, i.e. compete in two separate competitions at the same time. 

The Championship and Tournaments are, in fact, two simultaneous and independent competitions: 

  • Championship: starts on 20 April at 2 pm and ends on 20 July, also at 2 pm. It is based on the Overall Leaderboard, which is active and valid from the start to the end of the competition. It is used to determine the final positions of the participants and, consequently, the rewards, which are calculated based on their positions in the Leaderboard.
  • Tournaments: these are internal competitions within the Championship. Each Tournament lasts four weeks and offers different prizes than those of the Championship. From 20 April to 20 July, there will be three Tournaments, each lasting four weeks. Please note that there is no leaderboard here: at the end of each Tournament, the winners will be chosen by random draw – we’ll see how this works shortly.

Hold on a minute! Something doesn’t add up: we said that Arcade will last exactly 91 days, from 20 April to 20 July. At the same time, we’ve just written that three Tournaments are scheduled and that each lasts four weeks. 

If maths isn’t a matter of opinion, if we multiply three tournaments by four weeks – that is, 28 days – we get 84 days. But, as we said, the Championship lasts 91 days: is there a gap of one week? Not exactly. This week is dedicated to the 

  • Special Tournament: in short – we’ll go into more detail later – the Special Tournament is an event in which a fairly limited number of people can take part, 120 to be precise. How? Either by ranking in the top 100 of the General Leaderboard at the start of the Special Tournament, or by winning one of the 20 Passes, which will be distributed by lottery exclusively to those who took part in the first Arcade Tournament, starting on 20 April.

Right, we’ve just looked at the structure of Arcade and how it works. Now it’s time to answer the questions: 

  • How do you climb the Championship leaderboard? 
  • How can I win the Tournaments? 

The answer is simple: by collecting and redeeming Gems.

Arcade and its beating heart: Gems

Gems, in a nutshell, are the central element around which Arcade revolves: only by redeeming Gems can you both climb the overall Leaderboard and try to secure a place in the top 20, and unlock Tickets, which are essential for trying your luck and taking part in the prize draws that will take place at the end of each Tournament. 

How do you collect Gems? By completing quests

Quests are in-app activities that generate Gems. They can be daily or weekly: as you might expect, the former lasts 24 hours whilst the latter lasts seven days. Naturally, completing daily quests will be easier and will yield a smaller reward in terms of Gems; similarly, weekly quests will require greater effort, which will, logically, result in a larger quantity of Gems. 

Warning! As daily and weekly quests expire, remember to manually claim your Gems as soon as you complete the quest; you risk losing them forever: when the quest disappears, any unclaimed Gems disappear too.

The trick is to stay active and on the ball, checking the Young Platform app daily and tapping the button straight away to claim the unlocked Gems: you can’t imagine how many participants have missed out on taking home at least one prize simply because they didn’t claim their Gems—such a shame.

Is there a way to earn extra Gems? Yes, with YNG

Throughout the duration of the Championship, anyone holding Young (YNG) in their main Wallet on the Young Platform receives a weekly bonus of Gems. It’s an automatic reward for those who support the project and choose to hold the YNG token.

Please note: YNG tokens locked for Club membership are excluded from the calculation. Only those held freely in the Main Wallet are counted.

It’s simple: every week, the amount of YNG you hold is recorded, and based on that, you’re awarded several extra Gems. No manual actions or tasks are required: the Gems are credited directly to your balance.

There are 7 bonus tiers, each linked to a holding range. If you buy a new YNG and move up a tier, the number of weekly gems will increase. Conversely, if you sell or transfer YNG, you may drop a tier and receive fewer gems the following week.

The system is dynamic: each week, you can move up or down depending on movements in your portfolio.

What’s new in Arcade compared to the past: Trophies

As we mentioned earlier, Trophies are one of the brand-new features introduced with Arcade. What are they? In a nutshell: another way to boost your Gem haul and, with it, your chances of winning one of the many rewards. 

To get straight to the point, Trophies are challenges you complete by finishing quests. Think of them as a digital loyalty card: for every set number of quests completed, Gems collected, Tickets gathered, and so on, you unlock a badge that rewards your activity with more Gems. How many? Surprise! It’s up to you to find out. 

Tickets: your entry tickets for the prize draws 

We realise that Gems are the fuel for this whole Arcade engine, as they’re needed to climb the Leaderboard and earn Tickets, which you’ll need to get on the list of potential winners of the prizes up for grabs. 

The draw in question – needless to say – will be entirely random: at the end of each Tournament, we will physically go to our notary’s office, where he will personally draw the winning tickets. Each Ticket has a unique code, which we will use to identify the lucky winners.

A very important detail: the fact that each Ticket has a unique code does not mean each participant has only one chance to win; in fact, the opposite is true. How so? The aim is precisely to secure as many Tickets as possible to increase the probability of winning. 

It’s purely a matter of maths: given a certain number of tickets available—that is, those collected by individual participants in individual Tournaments—the more tickets a participant has, the greater the chances that their ticket will be drawn. 

So, let’s get on with these quests! 

The mechanism behind Ticket distribution

Given that the fundamental rule, as we have just seen, is that the more Tickets you collect, the better your chances of winning prizes, we have democratised the process of obtaining Tickets: the more Gems you have, the ‘more expensive’ it will be to obtain Tickets. 

The aim was to avoid centralisation – we’re big fans of decentralisation – i.e. the concentration of large numbers of Tickets in the hands of those who can spend the most. 

In short: since Tickets are obtained using Gems, and Gems are earned by completing quests which are often linked to financial activities (card transactions, deposits, etc.), those with greater capital could complete more quests and, consequently, accumulate more Gems. The result: over the long term, a heavily skewed number of Tickets ends up in the hands of just a few users. 

We have resolved this issue by creating a tiered system, structured as follows:

  • Tier 1 – 0 to 500 Gems accumulated: 1 Ticket for every 30 Gems 
  • Tier 2 – 501 to 1,500 Gems accumulated: 1 Ticket for every 100 Gems
  • Tier 3 – 1,501 to 3,000 Gems accumulated: 1 Ticket for every 200 Gems
  • Tier 4 – 3,001 accumulated Gems and above: 1 Ticket for every 300 Gems

In short, with the new system, all you need is a 30-Gem quest to enter Tier 1, get a Ticket and be in with a chance of winning the prizes for that particular Tournament. 

But that’s not all: at the end of each Tournament, i.e. every four weeks, the counter and the Gems are reset.

Example: if at the end of the first Tournament you were in Tier 2 with 80 Gems accumulated out of the 100 needed to unlock a Ticket, at the start of the second Tournament you’ll start again from Tier 1 with zero Gems. Along with you, the rest of the participants. 

Championships and Leagues, Tournaments and Special Tournaments

Before moving on to the prizes, a brief note on Championships and Tournaments: we’ve written dedicated articles, the links to which you’ll find just below this paragraph, to avoid turning this guide into an instruction manual for building a washing machine.

Our advice, of course, is not to take anything for granted. We’ll say it again: Arcade features mechanics we’re introducing, and you can’t possibly know how they work. 

These new features should be of interest to you, as they are simply an additional way to earn Gems and, ultimately, significantly increase your chances of getting your hands on a Rolex, an Apple Watch or a PlayStation 5. 

By the way, let’s finally move on to the prizes. 

Arcade is giving away a whole host of prizes

By now you’ll have realised that Arcade’s philosophy is simple: to offer members of our community – and beyond – a new and optimal way to manage their finances, guiding them towards financial awareness whilst ensuring they have fun. The essence of all this is: showering you with prizes. 

Championship prize pool based on the final standings

1st: Green Rolex Oyster Perpetual 2023

2nd: Django Classic 125

3rd: MacBook Pro 14

4th: MacBook Air 13

5th: Volagratis Gift Card – value: €1,000

6th: iPhone 17

7th: Google Pixel 10

8th: Volagratis Gift Card – value: €700

9th: AirPods Max

10th: PlayStation 5

11th: Amazon Gift Card – value €500

12th: Pixel Tablet

13th: Apple Watch Series 11

14th: Amazon Gift Card – worth €300

15th: Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones

16th: Volagratis Gift Card – worth €250

17th: AirPods 4

18th: Amazon Gift Card – worth €200

19th: Volagratis Gift Card – worth €150

20th: Volagratis Gift Card – worth €120

League prize pool, based on the final standings

Please note: to find out how to join the various Leagues, please refer to the dedicated article on the Leagues 

Diamond League (1st – 100th place): you have a 21% chance of winning!

  • 1 experience at Villa Crespi with Chef Cannavacciuolo
  • 20 Young Platform hoodies

One in five is guaranteed to win.

Ruby League (101st – 500th place): you have an 11% chance of winning!

  • 40 Young Platform t-shirts
  • 5 annual Forbes subscriptions

One in ten wins.

Sapphire League (501st – 2,000th place): you have a 4% chance of winning.

  • 60 Young Platform caps
  • A special extra surprise prize!

Tournament Prize Pool

Note: this table refers only to the first of the four tournaments, including the Special Tournament, scheduled for Arcade. We will reveal the remaining details in due course in the article dedicated to the Tournaments and the Special Tournament, as soon as the current tournament concludes – in this case, on 18 May at 2 pm.  

Insert Coin: from 20 April 2026 at 14:01 to 18 May 2026 at 14:00

Prizes: 

  • 2 Google Pixel Tablets
  • 3 Apple AirPods Max
  • 5 Apple AirPods 4
  • 30 YP official merch T-shirts

Younger, have fun and learn!

That’s all there is to say, the article ends here: all that’s left is to wish you the best of luck. We’ll catch up for updates on Arcade, including prize draws, new prizes and the latest news. 

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Zealy: The “Cheat Code” to Earn Gems on Arcade

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Want to dominate the Arcade leaderboard? Discover how to use Zealy to convert XP into extra Gems by completing simple, zero-cost social quests.

The new Young Platform prize competition, Arcade – Tap to Play, is live (from April 20th to July 20th, 2026). As you probably know by now, to climb the Championship leaderboard and qualify for the exclusive Leagues (Diamond, Ruby, and Sapphire), you need one thing above all else: Gems.

The Young Platform app rewards you for your financial habits. But what if we told you there’s a “shortcut” to farm Gems at zero cost, even without opening the app? This shortcut is called Zealy. Here’s what it is and how you can use it to your advantage.

What is Zealy?

Zealy is an external platform (not found in the Young Platform app, but on the web) dedicated to community building. It works very simply: crypto and tech projects use it to offer small “social quests” to their users.

In exchange for completing these quests, Zealy rewards you with experience points, called XP.

How did we link Zealy to Arcade?

The mechanism is the perfect definition of maximum result, minimum effort. For the entire duration of Arcade, our team will upload daily or weekly micro-activities to Zealy. We’re talking about very simple actions, such as:

  • Following Young Platform’s official social profiles.
  • Liking or retweeting a post on X (Twitter).
  • Leaving a comment under an Instagram or TikTok post.
  • Actively participating in discussions on our Discord server.

Every time you complete one of these actions, your Zealy profile earns XP. And here’s where the magic happens: the XP you accumulate on Zealy will then be converted into Gems directly on your Young Platform account.

Why use Zealy? The advantages of a Smart Player

If your goal is to win the Championship prizes, Zealy is an opportunity you can’t ignore, for three key reasons:

  • It’s free: it requires no transactions, crypto exchanges, or card usage. It’s the perfect way to accumulate Gems if you don’t plan to move funds on that day.
  • It makes you soar through the Leagues: all the Gems generated on Zealy are added directly to your in-app balance, making them decisive for your strategy. In fact, they can guarantee you a “Level Up” from the Sapphire League to the Diamond League, where the pool of participants drops significantly and, consequently, your chances of winning skyrocket. Fewer players mean much higher chances of taking home the Villa Crespi experience. Not to mention that hitting the gas on Zealy is the perfect shortcut to break into the global Top 100 and gain access to the exclusive Special Tournament (Hall of Fame).
  • Ideal for newcomers: if you are taking your first steps into the crypto world and want to participate in the contest, Zealy’s social quests are the easiest and most immediate starting point.

How to start earning XP (and Gems)

Participating is incredibly easy. Just follow these steps:

  1. Go to the official Zealy website and create an account using the same email address associated with your Young Platform account.
  2. Search for the official Young Platform community and join. You can do this now by clicking on this link.
  3. On the dashboard (called Questboard), you will immediately see a list of available quests and the XP value for each.
  4. Complete the quest (for example, by clicking on the link to leave a like on Twitter).

Click on “Claim Reward” to get your XP credited!

Join Zealy

Signing up to Zealy is Simple!

Signing up to Zealy is very straightforward; here are the six steps to take:

  1. Visit the link and register with your email (use the same one as your Discord account, if you already have one).
The Box: earn extra gems with Zealy
  1. Confirm your account using the code sent via email, then choose a username.
The Box: earn extra gems with Zealy
The Box: earn extra gems with Zealy
  1. Go to ‘Account settings’ (top right) and connect Discord and X.
The Box: earn extra gems with Zealy
  1. Complete the Quests: every like, piece of content created, or quiz completed gives you points. For automatic tasks, these are credited immediately, whereas you must wait for an admin to approve those requiring a check. P.S. Check often: new challenges are added regularly!
The Box: earn extra gems with Zealy
  1. Convert Points into Gems: in the “Crew” Quests section of Young Platform, transform Zealy points into Gems and climb the leaderboard!

Don’t you have Discord or X yet?

Discord is the heart of the Young Platform community. On our server, the most active users discuss crypto, finance, and macroeconomics, share strategies, and support one another.

Join Discord

X (formerly Twitter) is the reference social network for Web3. If you define yourself as a crypto investor, you simply cannot be without an account.

Join X

Are you ready to grind?

Tap to Play, the first chapter of Arcade, lasts for three months. If you want to maximise your chances of winning, don’t just limit yourself to using the card: keep a close eye on Zealy to scrape together extra Gems and never yield your leaderboard ranking to anyone else.

Let the climb begin!

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With Arcade, we offer a fresh approach to managing your personal finances

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Does personal finance bore you? With Arcade, we make it fun: Quests, Tournaments, and Rewards will guide you towards financial awareness. It starts on April 20

Arcade is the new face of Young Platform, a feature that will let you learn how to manage your finances in a completely different way: who said a banking app has to be boring? We certainly didn’t. But what is Arcade?

The final stage of a journey that began a year ago

On 18th March 2025, The Box was launched, the first episode of a trilogy designed to engage and guide our Community towards financial independence. Why was there a need for this? For a very specific reason: we are born and raised in an environment where everything revolving around money must be approached with caution, spoken in hushed tones, as if it were a taboo subject. Consequently, believing this to be the norm, we lose interest in managing our savings and leave our future to chance. But that shouldn’t be the case. Or rather: that’s not the case in the rest of the world.

In fact, as shown by OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) data, Italy ranks 36th out of 39 countries in financial literacy: four out of five Italians cannot distinguish between simple and compound interest. This difference could potentially add a few zeros to your net worth.

Once we acknowledged the existence of these behavioural chains that have always limited our financial initiative, the second step arrived: The Unbox, the phase of breaking free from the virtual Box.

Once the Box was removed, concluding the phase of The Unbox, it was time for The Reveal: here, we paved the way for the grand revelation, the reality beyond the veil of uncertainty.

Ladies and gentlemen, dear Young Platform Community, let Arcade: Tap to Play begin!

What is Arcade: Tap to Play?

Let’s get straight to the point: Arcade: Tap to Play, or simply Arcade, is a new feature in the Young Platform app. You can find it in the bottom-right corner of the menu bar, alongside the Home, Market, Crypto, and Cash sections.

It is not a new competition: although the mechanics might remind you of the prize draws that have recently ended, Arcade is here to stay. And that is exactly the point: unlike The Box, The Unbox, and The Revea,l which, as we mentioned earlier, were designed as a phased journey, Arcade represents the natural conclusion of this path.

Arcade is the grand revelation; it is the destination reached after a long journey. It is what we promised you: a new way to experience finance free from prejudices, stereotypes, and financial advisors who only look out for their own interests.

Arcade is the tool that helps you regain control of your financial independence.

If it’s boring, it doesn’t work: that’s why Arcade was born

“If it’s boring, it doesn’t work” is one of the mantras that guide us when brainstorming new features for our ecosystem. Our goal, we reiterate, is to give you the tools to live a free and independent financial life, built on education and awareness of the risks and benefits.

The main problem: a high risk of boredom. After all, all the major banking apps, traditional or otherwise, try to teach financial literacy using tired, rehashed topics with poor results – as the OECD tells us. This only means one thing: there is no real desire to engage users – meaning the clients – and generate a concrete impact on their financial management.

How do we want to solve this problem? Very simply, by taking boredom out of the equation, we want you to have fun with Quests, Tournaments, Leaderboards, and Prizes. Yes, because Arcade rewards financially virtuous behaviours with incredible prizes: Rolex Oyster, MacBook Pro 14, iPhone 17, PlayStation 5, AirPods Max and about thirty other rewards – the main financial apps try to make you spend, while we want to help you save: funny, isn’t it?

To give a concrete dimension to what has been written so far, the first Chapter of Arcade has been dedicated to the new integration into the Young Platform ecosystem, which includes the payment account and the debit card.

Arcade grows with you, because no one is born knowing everything

We try our best, we come up with ideas, and we work hard to make them a reality. Arcade is the synthesis of this process. However, it doesn’t mean that what we imagine is always absolutely perfect: no one holds all the answers by birthright.

Why this philosophical introduction? Because Arcade is and will be a product in constant evolution, we will strive to improve the feature over time, innovating and updating its mechanics. All this thanks to the feedback and real-world experience of the Young Platform Community – and therefore, thanks to you too.

Arcade is about to start: have a read of the rules

On 20th April, at 2:00 PM, we will officially get the ball rolling: by logging into the app and signing up through the Arcade section, you will be able to start completing Quests to accumulate Gems, collect Tickets, enter the Tournament draws, and climb the Leaderboard.

At the end of this section, you will find links redirecting you to specific articles where you can learn – in no time at all – how Arcade works. If you have participated in previous competitions, you might already know the basic mechanics, but don’t take anything for granted: Arcade introduces some very exciting new features, such as the limited-entry Special Tournament, which features completely different dynamics.

Naturally, you will find all the details about the Special Tournament in the dedicated article below explaining how Tournaments work. Still, please note: as previously mentioned, participation is limited to 120 people. There are two ways to join the group of 120: by ranking in the top 100 on the leaderboard or by trying to win one of the twenty exclusive entry Passes.

A very important detail: to reward those willing to get involved, the 20 winners of these Passes will be drawn exclusively from participants in the first Tournament.

So, don’t waste any more time! If you are reading this article, you already have a head start over everyone else. Best of luck!

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Young (YNG) economic model: buyback in February

In February 2026, the first YNG buyback begins. Discover how we intend to anchor the value of the token to the growth of the ecosystem.

In February 2026, we officially activate the economic model of YNG. The fundamental step of this phase is the launch of the first official buyback, an operation designed to directly link the commercial growth of the platform to the health of the token. This milestone marks the evolution of Young Platform toward its current mission: building a solid infrastructure that unites traditional and decentralized finance. 

However, to understand the scope of this change, it is necessary to dismantle one of the most persistent myths in the sector: the idea that the most effective way to grow an asset is “burning” and the digital scarcity connected to it. Discover everything about the YNG buyback and its economic model, and delve into the details of the reasons that led us to prefer this setup.

Beyond the burn myth: YNG as a capital asset

To design a truly sustainable tokenomics, we must first stop looking at digital assets only through the lens of “currencies.” In the crypto sector, the almost obsessive tendency toward burning stems from the fact that tokens are mistakenly treated as if they were currencies (like the dollar or the euro). In that case, the only way to counteract inflation and devaluation caused by the uncontrolled issuance of money by central banks is, theoretically, to forcibly reduce its supply, even if this never actually happens. But YNG is not a currency or a coin; it is an utility token. 

Conceptually, YNG belongs to the category of capital: it is more similar to equity than to currency. Its fundamental value does not derive from a bureaucratically imposed scarcity, but rather from the ability to reintroduce the wealth generated by Young Platform’s real services—such as staking, the debit card, and banking activities—back into the system. 

From this perspective, destroying tokens would be a technical contradiction: it would be as if a startup decided to burn its own shares instead of using them to attract liquidity, finance growth, or reward those who support the project. While the burn model limits itself to reducing supply in a vacuum, our system uses repurchases to actively fuel the market.

The value flows fueling the system

The monthly budget allocated to this operation does not arise from speculative assumptions, but from real and measurable revenue flows generated by the entire ecosystem. The revenue sources fueling this engine are: 

  • Staking Fees: the fees paid for the feature that allows users to receive rewards on the cryptos they hold on our platform. 
  • DEX pool fees: the fees generated by our liquidity pools (such as YNG/WETH and YNG/USDC on Uniswap). 
  • Card transaction fees: the 0.15% generated by every single expenditure made with the Young Platform debit card. 
  • Step Contribution: 50% of the value of the YNG issued by the Step app (up to a maximum of €5,000 monthly).

How the model works: alternation between buyback and liquidity

The mechanism aims to maintain the balance of the ecosystem through a strategic alternation between repurchase and pool rebalancing, following a bimonthly logic. Let’s look at a practical example describing how the model will act over the next two months. 

  1. February – buyback focus: the first month is dedicated to the repurchase of YNG directly from the market using the euros derived from the features listed above. This buying pressure directly reflects the commercial growth of the platform and accumulates tokens in the treasury. 
  2. March – focus on liquidity: since the buyback could unbalance the reserves, next month the primary activity will be the injection of new liquidity into the decentralized pools. This increases market depth, making YNG exchangeable with greater ease and reducing volatility. 
  3. Rollover: the repurchased YNG are not burned but return to the Treasury to fuel subsequent cycles. If there is a remaining Euro budget, this enhances the buyback; if there are remaining tokens, these enhance the liquidity of the following month.

Conclusions: building instead of burning

At Young Platform, we have chosen a different path from many crypto projects, one more oriented toward real capitalization. While burning simply reduces supply (often without a real impact), our model uses repurchases to ensure that the ecosystem is always liquid and solid. We are excited to start this engine in February. 

However, we will maintain a dynamic approach: we reserve the right to calibrate this mechanism based on the real evolution of the market and the depth of the pools. We will always act with the necessary prudence to ensure long-term sustainability. The future of YNG is not being “burned,” but built day after day, transaction after transaction.

Information regarding the YNG Token is for informational purposes only. The Token does not represent a financial instrument. The purchase and use of the YNG Token involve risks and must be carefully evaluated. This does not constitute a solicitation for investment, nor a public offering under Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998.

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Token YNG: Q4 2025 Report

Token Young (YNG): updates and news Q4 2025

What happened? What are the next steps?

The YNG token report for Q4 2025. What happened in a 2025 full of news? What are the next steps to take? What happened in the last quarter? What were all the goals achieved in 2025? What awaits us in 2026, a decisive year for our future? How many YNG tokens were issued, bought, and sold, and what are the next steps to take?

Young Platform’s 2026

2025 was not just the year of the breakthrough we promised: it was the year in which we redefined our horizon. Twelve months ago, our roadmap was an ambitious outline; today, it has become the backbone of an ecosystem unparalleled in Italy. We did not limit ourselves to following a pre-established path; we chose to evolve at the pace the market requires. 

As Peter Thiel teaches in the famous Zero to One, true progress does not lie in copying what exists, but in going from zero to one, creating something entirely new. Aiming high allowed us, despite missing a few intermediate targets, to reach an unimaginable position compared to the start. 

The most radical evolution concerns the payment account and the debit card. Officially released in November for the Platinum Club and contest winners, the rollout will begin for the other Clubs in the second week of February.

What will you find in this Report? As the title suggests, the protagonist is the Young token (YNG). After years of construction, 2025 marked its consecration. The listing on Uniswap sparked the most explosive expansion phase in its history. 

And then? Much more: from the contests that accompanied us to the launch of the card, to the birth of a new Club, today the privileged gateway to our ecosystem. Finally, an institutional milestone: the official filing of the MiCA license application. You will find the details of this journey and the next strategic steps in the Q4 2025 Quarterly Report. As always, the most exclusive content is reserved for Club members.

Account and card: here we go!

The first chapter of this report should be dedicated to the functionality that consumed nearly all of our energy in 2025. If you follow us on Discord, you know the path was anything but downhill: between supplier delays, legal complexities, and notably frustrating technical bugs—such as entire batches of cards with non-functioning contactless—the road was uphill. 

We are currently opening access to the other Clubs gradually and expect to make the functionality public to everyone between mid and late February. Why not immediately? A progressive release allows us to identify bugs in a controlled manner without overloading the infrastructure, ensuring the stability ofthe other sections of the app.

We already know what you are asking yourselves: “When are Apple and Google Pay arriving?” or “How will we distinguish ourselves from competitors?” At the moment, the product is in what we define as Layer 0 (the basic version), but we already have a defined roadmap for future integrations. Some of these answers and technical previews are reserved for the Club version of this report. If you are not yet a part of it, the ideal starting point is the new Club Essential. 

Join the Club Essential

MiCA: formal filing deposited

2025 concludes with the achievement of a fundamental regulatory objective, confirming our position as a leader in the regulated market. We are proud to announce that, following extensive preparatory work across all areas of the company, we formally filed the MiCA license on December 5, 2025, and are currently awaiting responses from the competent Supervisory Authorities. This passage marks the natural closure of a path begun months ago. It reaffirms our commitment to operate within the most advanced regulatory framework in Europe, with transparency and investor protection as top priorities. 

It is important to note that, under the transitional regime provided by Italian legislation, our operations continue withoutinterruption and in full compliance. For you, this means you can continue to use every platform service with maximum peace of mind, without taking any action, and with the assurance that your assets are managed in accordance with the highest security standards. We will keep you constantly updated on the outcome of the procedure, proud to have honoured our commitments to our community, and ready to inaugurate 2026 under the sign of full European compliance.

In parallel with the MiCA path, work continues on the functionality dedicated to Futures, which is closely linked to it. Technical development is complete, and the service, along with other platform features, has been fully documented in the MiCA dossier submitted to the authorities. We are therefore awaiting the relevant response to define the final operational framework. Committed to our principle of maximum user protection, we are managing this passage with due caution to launch the service only when every aspect of compliance is fully aligned with the required standards.

Club Essential: The gateway to the ecosystem

The launch of this new level in Q3 2025 is driven by an objective observation: the success of the YNG token. The year-over-year price appreciation is a positive signal for the health of the ecosystem, but it has made entry into OGs Clubs much more expensive. Despite our dynamic rebalancing mechanism, the Bronze Club threshold at times approached €1,000, creating an obstacle for new users. 

The Club Essential is our answer: an entry threshold of 130 YNG that allows anyone to start getting serious without having to wait to reach higher levels. 

Essential advantages:

  • Trading: 5% discount on commissions.
  • Staking: +1% additional APY.
  • Cashback: 0.10% on card purchases.
  • Operations: 2 activatable Smart Trades.
  • Information: access to market reports and the full quarterly report

Consider Essential as a starting point, not a destination. It is the perfect way to test the advantages of the Young Platform world with a limited commitment. Once the benefits have been tested in your daily operations, the transition to the “OG” Clubs (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) will be the natural next step for those seeking exponentially higher bonuses, discounts, and cashback.

For all other levels, the 130 YNG required are not a cost; they are simply locked on the platform and remain your property. 

Strategic events and the future of Young Group

If we had to choose a keyword to describe a part of Young Platform’s 2026 vision, it would undoubtedly be “presence in the real world.” In the past, we organised live initiatives sporadically, but this year we decided to change our approach by moving to a structured, recurring plan. We are deeply aware that everything we have built is owed to our community, and we feel compelled to give back something tangible, cementing a relationship that, too often in the crypto world, remains confined behind a screen. 

Our strategy is articulated in two main directions that aim for maximum inclusivity and, at the same time, the valorisation of our most loyal supporters. On one hand, we are organising informal meet-ups open to all, designed to meet, discuss the market and get to know each other without filters. On the other hand, we are designing a series of exclusive events for Club members and selected investors. 

We want Club membership to be a tangible advantage that lets you break the fourth wall and be directly involved in our daily work. Putting our faces in it is not just a statement but an act of responsibility: each of us, from management to the technical team, wants to meet with you to show you the commitment and passionwe put into building the Young ecosystem. Furthermore, making the Clubs increasingly attractive through human contact is our priority, as we believe trust is built by looking into each other’s eyes and sharing a vision of a more accessible and transparent financial future. 

I concorsi: “The Reveal”

The saga of Young Platform’s contests was one of the main engines of our 2025, transforming into a real narrative journey that involved the community well beyond the simple reward aspect. Everything started with The Box, the chapter dedicated to addressing financial prejudices, followed by The Unbox. This crucial stage served as a strategic bridge to the launch of the account andcard. The success of the latter was extraordinary: thanks to the Boost Holder mechanism, which rewarded holding YNG with bonus gems, platform activity recorded participation peaks comparable to the market’s moments of maximum euphoria. This commitment translated into a performance of economic significance, with a total trading volume of 19.7 million euros, representing an 8,000% increase from Q3 2024.

On December 9, 2025, we inaugurated the last and most ambitious episode of this trilogy: The Reveal. If the previous chapters prepared the ground, this new phase represents the “Revelation” of reality beyond appearances, with the richest prize pool in our history. For this contest, which ends on March 10, 2026, we decided to refine the game mechanics based on experience. The structure is divided into two parallel competitions: the Championship, based on a general ranking that rewards consistency with iconic prizes such as a Rolex Submariner or a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle, and the Tournaments, six bi-weekly mini-challenges that allow a much wider range of participants to win rewards through random draws.

The real innovation of The Reveal lies in democratising the system. Analysing the Unbox data, we found that those with greater economic availability held a disproportionate number of tickets. To resolve this imbalance, we introduced a Tier system for the unlocking of the lucky tickets: now, the more gems accumulate, the more “expensive” it becomes to obtain new ones. This mechanism in bands also allows those with fewer gems to compete, making even a single mission sufficient to participate in prize extraction. In this way, The Reveal is not just a contest but the culmination of a path of transparency that remains very high toward the ecosystem and the token YNG, which continues to benefit from demand generated by the missions and the advantages reserved for holders.

Young Platform Pro

Parallel to the expansion of our banking services, we have continued to refine the operational core for market professionals. Young Platform Pro has undergone a profound transformation. We adopted the analogy of surgical instrumentation: just as a surgeon needs highly precise instruments to operate safely, an expert trader requires a platform that guarantees instantaneous reactivity, granular control, and absolute operational continuity. 

The interface has been optimised in line with international standards for accessibility and visual comfort, reducing fatigue during night sessions and maximising information density on modern monitors. The real revolution, however, lies in the total customisation of the work environment: thanks to a modular tab system, each user can now build their own ideal setup, with layouts and TradingView graphic analyses automatically synchronising in the cloud. This flexibility is now complete thanks to the integration of the new mobile-responsive version, which makes the full power of Young Platform Pro accessible directly in the smartphone browser. This means being able to switch from desktop to mobile without any discontinuity, with indicators, trendlines, and graphic studies saved on our servers. 

We have also radically enhanced the order panel to deliver unprecedented execution speed, introducing percentage selectors for rapid capital allocation and total flexibility in calculating amounts, now settable in the base currency of the pair. Under the hood, the integration of API v4 has reduced latency and improved stability, enabling today’s systems to meet the needs of those automating their strategies or requiring real-time data flows. In summary, Young Platform Pro is now a mature, high-performance trading environment designed for those who take the market seriously and professionally. 

As always, we have chosen to reserve the most strategic analyses and the most sensitive data solely for our Club members. They are the true protagonists of our ecosystem and deserve unprecedented transparency into the decisions that shape its future.

For this reason, in the report version reserved for Club members, you will find:

  • News about the Young Platform payment account and debit card;
  • Exclusive Club data: updated member numbers and an analysis of the impact of their purchases on token performance;
  • A look at the future roadmap: our strategies and plans for upcoming listings on other centralised exchanges.

These strategic insights are exclusive to those who serve as protagonists in the Young Platform ecosystem and want to deeply understand the levers that will drive future growth. Your support as a Club member is and remains our greatest resource. We appreciate your trust and invite you to continue following us in this exciting chapter of our journey.

Information regarding the YNG Token is for informational purposes only. The Token does not represent a financial instrument. The purchase and use of the YNG Token involve risks and must be carefully evaluated. This does not constitute a solicitation for investment, nor a public offering under Italian Legislative Decree no. 58/1998.