Tokenomics

Executive summary

YieldGuard issues yTBill under ERC-4626 that represents a pro-rata interest in curated tokenised United States Treasury wrappers. The platform judges instruments on net yield that remains after issuer expenses and frictions. A clear five-basis-point rule governs rebalancing with a benefit test that checks switching costs. Fees stream on a public ladder with a firm floor, rebates reward tenure and balance, and an exit levy sits inside the vault for the benefit of holders who remain. Access is eligibility-gated and sits within a Luxembourg RAIF with AIFM oversight and a regulated depositary that co-signs sensitive movements. Reporting draws from a single per-share NAV canon that is reproducible and that aligns APY with valuation.

What yTBill is

yTBill is a vault share that mints on deposit and burns on redemption. It accrues income from a set of Treasury wrappers that pass an allow-list and a reserve policy. Transfers respect a non-transferable eligibility pass. Treasurers receive government exposure through an auditable on-chain receipt that reconciles with custody records and fund terms.

Reconciliation

Treasurers receive government exposure through an auditable on-chain receipt that reconciles with custody records and fund terms.

How allocation works

The Strategy Router compares wrappers on net APY that already reflects issuer fees, gas, spread and settlement friction. It applies hard caps per issuer and instrument that hold concentration in check. Deposit intake pauses when proof-of-reserve feeds fall outside policy or when NAV divergence appears, while withdrawals remain honoured under mandate. This keeps behaviour predictable and keeps disclosure credible.

[Exhibit] Allocation inputs: Wrapper net yield • Issuer cap usage • Proof-of-reserve health • Execution friction bands

Substance

Headline APRs can flatter. Net APY is the figure committees defend.

Rebalancing in one rule

Rotation occurs when the expected advantage reaches five basis points and when the benefit test clears the switching-cost allowance. Execution uses atomic bundles with min-out guards and private relays where routes support that feature. Each event leaves a concise memo that records the edge, the realised frictions, the allowance draw, and any levy credits that flowed to holders who remained. The rule captures small durable edges without needless turnover.

[Exhibit] Rebalance decision path: Edge detected → Benefit test → Route plan → Execute → Memo + credits

Discipline

A crisp threshold captures durable basis-point edges while tempering turnover.

Fees and holder alignment

A streaming fee accrues per second inside the vault and follows a published ladder that compresses with scale and tenure through monthly rebate mints. A firm floor protects unit economics through cycles. The exit levy equals 1.5 basis points (0.015%) and remains in the vault rather than the treasury wallet, which improves fairness during flow churn and discourages opportunistic switches.

[Exhibit] Fee ladder (illustrative): Bands • Effective rate with rebates • Floor

Alignment

The exit levy benefits holders rather than the treasury wallet.

Trust architecture

The legal wrapper is a Luxembourg RAIF in SCSp form that is managed by an authorised AIFM and safekept by a regulated depositary. The depositary reconciles positions and co-signs sensitive movements through a Safe multisig. Distribution addresses professional investors and transfers respect the eligibility gate. This frame places recognised institutions between keys and assets, which reduces operational surface and improves audit readiness.

Oversight

AIFM and depositary oversight sit between keys and assets, which reduces operational surface and improves audit readiness.

Risk controls

Concentration receives hard caps per issuer and per instrument that the Router cannot cross. Liquidity management uses RFQ paths, private relays where available, staged execution for size, and min-out protections. Data hygiene rejects stale or outlier inputs and surfaces visible flags across the interface and exports. Order fairness uses official NAV strikes with swing at valuation points during large flows, and queues form under policy where conditions warrant. The result is a control stack that committees can examine without hand-waving.

Prudence

Caps prevent overexposure; flags prevent silent degradation; order discipline protects holders during stress.

Disclosure canon

The platform publishes one per-share NAV series that drives charts, factsheets and exports with matching as-of stamps. Realised APY links the daily net returns from that series through a geometric method that annualises with the proper day count. Indicative APY shows assumptions and friction bands without theatrics. Rebalance memos form a tidy trail of decisions and costs. Status banners mark provisional or restated figures, which keeps archives honest.

[Exhibit] Dashboard anatomy: Live net APY • Allocation mix • Fee ledger • Alerts • Memo log

Canon

Every surface tells the same story, which reduces reconciliation effort across teams.

Treasury operating flow

Onboarding includes KYC or KYB that results in the eligibility pass. Orders receive clear cut-off treatment and settlement windows that match wrapper calendars. Issuance and redemption update the registry with idempotent tags and signed hashes that allow replay. Support replays APY and NAV snapshots with permalinked reports that carry job identifiers and input hashes. The path from ticket to archive remains short and testable.

Why treasuries select this rail

Treasurers value instruments that boards recognise, that require little ceremony to reconcile, and that do not hide economics behind opaque spreads. YieldGuard keeps the centre of gravity on net results, deterministic valuation, visible fees and enforceable gates. The system leaves most of the government income with the client while preserving a transparent revenue line that keeps the business sturdy through cycles.

Questions that come up

Do you take crypto risk?

The vault allocates across tokenised Treasury wrappers that meet the allow-list and the reserve policy. The Router evaluates net yield and respects caps. The design does not wander into unrelated assets.

Can I exit?

yTBill burns on redemption under fund terms. Swing factors and queues can engage under stress, and the interface communicates that state with clear labels. The combination protects holders from flow-driven slippage.

Why not select one wrapper and sit?

Wrappers differ in net yield, expense lines and frictions. A disciplined Router that respects caps can harvest small edges without style drift, which compounds into a modest but durable advantage.