- Genius uses ‘Ghost Orders’ and MPC to let traders execute large positions privately and securely across multiple chains.
- YZi Labs’ funding accelerates liquidity scaling and privacy protocol development for a late-2026 open-access launch.
- Genius aims to unify DeFi trading, offering professional users a fast, private, and fully non-custodial execution platform.
YZi Labs has made a strategic investment in Genius, aiming to accelerate the development of a private, high-velocity trading terminal for on-chain markets. The move targets professional traders seeking CEX-level speed, liquidity, and discretion while maintaining full user ownership. Genius consolidates trading across BNB Chain, Solana, Ethereum, and six additional networks, addressing the growing challenge of executing large positions without revealing strategies to the market.
Armaan Kalsi, Co-founder and CEO of Genius, emphasized the alignment this investment brings. “The funding is about alignment more than anything else; aligning with YZi Labs means we have the industry’s most thorough and well-resourced backer taking a meaningful swing at creating an ‘on-chain’ Binance, while focusing on what makes CEXs better than DEXs right now: privacy.” Consequently, Genius is positioned to become a central hub for sophisticated traders in a fragmented DeFi landscape.
Ghost Orders and Multi-Party Computation for Privacy
Genius introduces a competitive edge through its unique ‘Ghost Order’ type. Leveraging Multi-Party Computation (MPC), the protocol orchestrates ephemeral wallet clusters simultaneously. This design allows high-value users to execute complex strategies across hundreds of addresses without exposing their funding links publicly. Moreover, the system remains non-custodial, ensuring traders retain complete control over their private keys. Hence, privacy and execution speed coexist without compromise.
Ella Zhang, Head of YZi Labs, praised Kalsi’s vision. “I first met Armaan at the NYC Builder Bunker during a BNB Chain MVB demo. He has the distinct energy of a founder who’s going to win: sharp, articulate, and relentless. Even as a student building complex trading infrastructure, he had already secured an angel round from high-profile investors. I pulled him aside after his demo — and I knew we had to be part of his journey.”
Scaling Liquidity and Institutional Potential
YZi Labs plans to use the newly raised funds to scale liquidity across the ten supported networks and accelerate Genius’s privacy protocol development. Alex Odagiu, Investment Partner at YZi Labs, noted, “DeFi has long been fragmented and complex. By unifying liquidity and prioritizing privacy and high-velocity execution, Genius is well positioned to become a powerful ‘command center’ for the next generation of institutional and power users.”
Additionally, the project anticipates a late-2026 open-access launch, offering an execution platform that merges the best of CEX efficiency with decentralized ownership. As DeFi evolves, Genius could redefine how professional traders navigate on-chain markets.
