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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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Tariffs and Iran: Markets price in uncertainty

Tariffs and Iran: Markets price in uncertainty

The 15% tariffs and geopolitical tensions frighten the markets: US futures in the red, crypto follows, the dollar loses ground, and gold rises

The Supreme Court’s ruling provokes a reaction from Trump, who introduces global tariffs at 15%. Meanwhile, the United States continues to mass its military fleet in the Mediterranean: is an attack on Iran getting closer? Investors, playing it safe, enter risk-off mode: fleeing from the most volatile assets in search of stability. Here is the situation.

Tariffs and Iran: the macro context

The spark that made the markets lose their nerve has a name: Donald Trump. Indeed, while the potential military escalation in Iran, and the ensuing uncertainty, have occupied the front pages of newspapers for weeks, the move that triggered the sell-off comes from the White House. What happened?

Trump did not appreciate the US Supreme Court’s ruling

The news arrived on Friday, February 20 like a bolt from the blue: according to the US Supreme Court, most of the tariffs imposed by Trump are illegal. The President of the United States, obviously, did not appreciate the ruling and declared that he already has a “backup plan” ready: more tariffs.

The occupant of the White House, on the immediately following weekend, introduced additional 10% global customs tariffs, only to raise the stakes by increasing the threshold to 15%. On his social media platform Truth, Trump literally wrote: “I, as President of the United States of America, will immediately raise the global tariffs by 10% applied to countries – many of which have ‘robbed’ the United States for decades, without suffering consequences (until I arrived!) – bringing them to the 15% level, a threshold fully permitted and confirmed in legal venues.”

Investors in risk-off mode

This combo caused a sharp shift in sentiment: we have entered a phase of strong risk-off, where capital exits very quickly from assets considered volatile or risky to seek safety in traditionally more stable havens.

To give an example, the Fear & Greed Index – the index that measures the fear of crypto investors – is currently sitting at 5, “Extreme Fear”. Conversely, and by the book during geopolitical crises, gold scored a +3% starting from Friday the 20th, returning above $5,000/ounce.

Market update: equities and crypto numbers

On Wall Street, the picture seems clear even at the time of writing, before the stock markets open: Dow Jones futures are down 0.3%, while those on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 are losing 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively.

The price of oil is also feeling the impact: Brent futures are down 0.5% to $71.2 a barrel, while WTI – the US crude – stands at $66.11 a barrel, down 0.6%.

The crypto market follows suit: in the last few hours, the total market cap of the sector managed to shed over $100 billion in two days, only to recover half of it on Monday. Bitcoin recorded a heavy drop of about 5.5%, touching $64,300 but bouncing back and settling, for now, around $66,300.

The situation regarding liquidations is very interesting: about $468 million in long positions were liquidated between Sunday and Monday. But that’s not all: a single trader saw a whopping $61.5 million go up in smoke in a single trade.

Two more pieces of side info, between Ethereum and Nvidia

Let’s close with two news items that could cause further repercussions on the market, given their relevance.

First of all, the on-chain data tracked by Lookonchain indicate a movement that, generally, the community doesn’t like very much, to put it mildly: Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, has gone back to selling ETH. Over the weekend of February 21-22, Buterin sold 1,869 ETH, cashing in more than $3 million. Ethereum, during those same hours, dropped by up to 6.4%, even pushing below $1,850.

Finally, on Wednesday, February 25, Nvidia will publish its highly anticipated quarterly earnings. The reason behind the importance of these numbers should be clear to the whole world: Nvidia is not just a tech company, it is the engine of the entire narrative linked to Artificial Intelligence and, by extension, of the US stock market over the last two years.

If the data were to disappoint and fail to beat the very high forecasts of analysts, the event could trigger a further wave of volatility, dragging down with it the tech sector in general, cryptos included.

What will happen in the coming months? Impossible to say, easier to report on: sign up for Young Platform to stay up to speed!

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Tariffs, the US Supreme Court rules them illegal

According to the US Supreme Court, the reciprocal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump are illegal: the ruling arrived on Friday, February 20

The reciprocal tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump on the occasion of “Liberation Day” on April 2, 2025, have been ruled illegal by the United States Supreme Court. The reason revolves around the methods by which they were applied. Let’s quickly see what happened.

US Supreme Court: “Congressional authorization is required”

On the Italian afternoon of February 20, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the legality of the reciprocal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.

Chief Justice John Roberts drafted the majority opinion, which reads: “President Trump claims the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited magnitude, duration, and scope. Given the breadth, history, and constitutional framework of such claimed powers, he must demonstrate clear Congressional authorization to exercise them“.

In short, SCOTUS – the Supreme Court of the United States – is telling us that the emergency powers Trump attempted to invoke, therefore, “are not sufficient“.

The tariffs, in fact, were introduced by bypassing the standard procedure that requires approval from the United States Congress: to do so, Donald Trump appealed to IEEPA, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

IEEPA, for context, is a US federal law that allows the President to declare the existence of “a threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States” that originates “in whole or substantial part outside the United States” – as stated in Article 50 of the United States Code – and act accordingly.

In this case, according to Trump, the trade deficit between the United States, heavy importers, and the rest of the world, which exports heavily to the US, constituted a threat to the national economy. And tariffs represented the tool to reduce this disparity.

The blocked tariffs are a stinging defeat for Trump

To understand the scale of the event, we must contextualize it politically: this ruling is, according to many analysts, the most significant legal defeat that the second Trump administration has suffered from a conservative-majority Supreme Court. There is, however, one unresolved issue: if the tariffs are unconstitutional, what happens to the money already collected?

The Supreme Court, in fact, while declaring the maneuver illegal, did not specify what should happen to the over 130 billion dollars in tariffs already collected by the federal government. An issue that will most likely translate into an avalanche of lawsuits from damaged importing companies.

What’s next?

According to some sources, President Trump reportedly stated that this decision “is a disgrace” and that “I have a backup plan“. The fundamental point, however, is one: Trump’s trade strategy, based on using tariffs as a negotiating lever against everyone, has just been neutralized by his own country’s judiciary.

How will the markets react to this sharp change? Sign up to Young Platform, and we’ll tell you all about it!

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Iran: Bitcoin as a tool of resistance

In Iran, resistance also involves cryptocurrencies: where the national currency is worthless, Bitcoin is a tool for survival

Iran is experiencing a period of internal revolution. At the end of December, mass demonstrations erupted against the country’s governing regime, which had triggered an unprecedented economic crisis. Here, Bitcoin is a tool of resistance.

What is happening in Iran? The context between inflation and repression

Iran is facing an extremely complex internal situation, with mass protests and outbreaks of civil war, often violently repressed. It all began around 28 December, when a group of protesters, mostly traders from the bazaars of the capital Tehran, took to the streets to protest against the Islamic regime.

The protests are mainly focused on the economic situation: with annual inflation at 40% and the price of necessities skyrocketing, the Islamic Republic of Iran is in the midst of an unprecedented financial crisis. Since 7 January, the rial, the national currency, has been officially valued at 0 (zero) euros.

A few days later, what seemed like a localised street movement took on a national dimension, reflecting widespread discontent.

At the same time, repression is becoming increasingly intense: the number of deaths is rising, although we do not know the exact number, and the regime is blocking access to the internet nationwide.

At the time of writing, the government led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in serious difficulty: many analysts consider this one of its weakest moments since 1979, when the previous ruler, the Shah of Persia, was overthrown. On the other hand, the violence of the Iranian security forces against the demonstrators testifies to their desire to stifle dissent and maintain control.

Iran and Bitcoin: what do the on-chain data say?

In Iran, Bitcoin serves as a means of survival and, by extension, as a form of resistance. This is according to Chainalysis’ report, in the section entitled ‘Inside Iran’s Growing £7.8 Billion Crypto Ecosystem’. What is the on-chain picture? What can be deduced? In the words of the report, ‘the most recent data available to us reveals a significant change in on-chain behaviour during the current mass protest movement‘.

Methodology

To reach this conclusion, the Chainalysis team of analysts examined both the average amount transacted – i.e. withdrawn from exchanges – in dollars and the number of transactions from exchanges to wallets, both daily. In addition, to attribute changes to specific events, the analysis was divided into two periods: “before the protest (1 November – 27 December)” and “during the protest (28 December – 8 January, the day of the internet blackout)“. Finally, transactions were divided into categories: small withdrawals (under £100), medium (under £1,000), large (under £10,000) and very large (under £100,000).

Results

Comparing the period “before the protest” with that “during the protest“, a substantial difference in on-chain behaviour emerges, to quote Chainalysis’ thesis.

During the protest, the £1- £100 range saw a 111% increase in exchange withdrawals and a 111% increase in transactions compared with the pre-protest period. The situation was different for the ranges between £101 and £1,000 and between £1,001 and £10,000, where the growth was even more pronounced: in terms of withdrawals, the former recorded an increase of 228%, the latter 236%; in terms of the number of transactions, however, the £101-£1,000 bracket ‘stopped’ at +128%, while the £1,001-£10,000 bracket saw an expansion of 262%.

What does all this mean?

This behaviour, according to Chainalysis, represents a logical and rational response to the collapse of the Iranian rial, which, as noted, is currently worth absolutely nothing.

Bitcoin, amid this chaos, has taken on the role of a lifeboat on a sinking ship. Bitcoin is the alternative asset that has allowed Iranians to protect their savings from the nefarious policies of a bloody regime. But there is more.

“Bitcoin’s role in this crisis,” the analysts conclude, “goes beyond simple capital protection: for many Iranians, it has become an element of resistance, providing liquidity and freedom of choice in an increasingly restrictive economic environment.”This is thanks to its decentralised, anti-censorship and self-custodial nature.

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Diversification: what it is and why it is important

Diversification

Diversification is one of the fundamental concepts of investing, even though too many people dismiss it. But what is it? And why is it so important? 

Diversification is a fundamental principle that should guide the investment strategy of anyone who wants to enter the world of crypto. It is a concept that belongs to traditional finance, but one that has accompanied humanity throughout the entire process of civilisation. In this article, we will try to answer two questions that are as simple as they are comprehensive: what is diversification? And why is it so important?

Diversification: what is it and what does it mean?

In finance, diversification is defined as a strategy or fundamental principle for minimising risk: in concrete terms, it means spreading financial resources across a diverse range of assets, rather than concentrating capital on a single investment. The prime example, the timeless classic used by those who want to explain this concept in a simple way, is that of eggs in a basket. More precisely, the phrase ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket!‘, accompanied by an index that swings back and forth, solemn as an oracle. 

Joking aside, the comparison is apt: diversification means avoiding putting all your eggs in the same basket. The reason is simple: if all your eggs are in one basket and, unfortunately, it slips out of your hands, you’ll end up with an inedible omelette. In other words, you would have lost everything. But if the same number of eggs had been wisely distributed across several baskets, you would have lost the contents of one of them, preserving the rest. Similarly, as you can easily understand, spreading your investments across several different assets greatly reduces the risk of losing everything in one fell swoop. And your portfolio will thank you for it.

If you think about it, as we mentioned in the introduction, this rule has been around for centuries, since the dawn of civilisation. As early as the Neolithic period, communities raised several types of livestock at the same time – including cows, sheep and goats – in order to have different qualities of food and material resources available, but also to prevent, for example, a single disease from wiping out all their animals. Even during the Middle Ages, farmers understood the importance of growing several types of cereals using a three-year rotation system. The advantages were obvious: improved soil fertility, increased overall production and reduced risk of famine, as losses caused by a bad harvest were offset by the others. 

Among other things, diversification also determines our diet. Obviously, it would be wonderful to eat pizza every day, but it is essential to alternate with healthier, more boring foods to avoid digging our own graves. In short, if diversification guides every aspect of human life, why shouldn’t it do the same for our investments?

Diversification: why is it important?  

Diversification, as previously explained, is an essential criterion from a conservative perspective, i.e. risk reduction. At this point, one might rightly object: ‘I don’t care about risk, I want to put all my money on that meme coin and become a millionaire in three days’. Fair enough, but this is not investing, it is gambling, and the chances of winning when gambling are extremely low. Returning to investing, diversification also makes sense from a profit perspective, as it allows you to avoid missing out on the asset or assets of the decade. 

Let’s take a concrete example from the internet megatrend of the early 2000s, just after the dot-com bubble burst. At that time, the main use case for the internet was search, and Google was the undisputed king. You could have legitimately thought that the Californian company was the only horse worth betting on, as it dominated almost non-existent competition. Today, that choice would have undoubtedly proven you right, as Google’s share price has grown by more than 6,000%, but you would have kicked yourself. Why? Because by viewing the internet as a tool designed exclusively for online search, you would have missed out on other companies such as Netflix and Amazon, which have outperformed Google by carving out their own slice of the market. 

Diversifying in the crypto world

Diversification in the world of cryptocurrencies follows the dynamics of the example just described: it depends on how you understand blockchain and its use cases. Bitcoin is, without a doubt, the dominant player in this world, as it alone accounts for more than 64% of the market. However, its usefulness is ‘limited’ – for now – to payments and being a store of value, although BTCFi could show promise. So, if you believe that blockchain will not go beyond Bitcoin, then it makes sense to invest everything in it, at your own risk. 

It is undeniable, however, that blockchain is slowly but surely making its way into other strategic sectors, and the future could hold surprises in this regard. The key point is to take a step back and look at the situation as a whole: don’t focus on the present so as not to be misled by heuristics and cognitive biases but, as the philosopher Baruch Spinoza would say, consider things sub specie aeternitatis – in the light of eternity – in an absolute and universal sense. This is precisely what diversification means: avoiding overexposure to a single cryptocurrency, both to reduce risk and to avoid missing out on huge opportunities such as Ethereum, which rose by 1,880% between 1 January 2020 and 1 January 2025. 

Clearly, in order to invest wisely, you need to keep up to date and stay on top of what is happening in this constantly evolving world. Our impartial advice is to subscribe to our Telegram and WhatsApp channels or directly below, so that you can receive all the relevant news every day, ready and packaged for you!

The price forecasts in this article are based on sources believed to be reliable, but do not guarantee the market’s future performance. They do not constitute a recommendation or financial advice. Investing in crypto-assets involves risks, including the potential loss – even total – of the invested capital. Users are required to conduct independent evaluations before making economic and/or investment decisions and to consult their own specialised financial advisor.

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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.