Introduction of DeFi project and stablecoin by founder of struggling crypto asset unicorn Babel

Flex Yang, the former CEO and creator of Babel Finance, is leading attempts to rebuild the already troubled unicorn cryptocurrency asset in the hopes of avoiding some of the shortcomings of his last endeavour.

Yang is promoting Hope, which combines centralised finance (CeFi), decentralised finance (DeFi), and traditional finance (TradFi) to deliver the kind of transparency and security that come with DeFi but provide the easy access offered by CeFi. This is in response to the failure of centralised crypto services like FTX, Gemini, and Babel itself.

The project has a namesake token that, as acceptance increases, will eventually be valued close to one dollar. However as opposed to other stablecoins’ preferred assets of cash and currency equivalents, the Hope token will initially utilise reserves of Bitcoin and Ether. The strategy might cause some scepticism.

Hope is likened by Yang to MakerDAO, the creator of the well-known stablecoin Dai, but with “a number of new functionalities.”

For instance, HopeConnect, one of Hope’s protocols, is a DeFi settlement and clearance programme that enables users to trade derivatives inside of significant centralised exchanges (CEXs) without deposing assets on CeFi platforms.

“It implies providing CEX trading experiences to DeFi without introducing CEX custody or user credit risk. Consumers have decentralised and anonymous access to CEX liquidity, according to Yang, who spoke with TechCrunch.

Today is the launch of hope. Yang affirmed that while the ecosystem will initially be funded by other investors, he will personally contribute $10 million out of his own pocket.

In the midst of the market slump in June, institution-focused cryptocurrency asset management Babel halted withdrawals and redemptions, citing “exceptional liquidity concerns.” Just one month after it declared its valuation had hit $2 billion in a $80 million Series B financing, it began to have financial difficulties.

Babel, a company with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, requested permission to restructure on March 6 by filing a moratorium of protection with the Singapore High Court.

According to sources cited by Bloomberg, Babel intended to pay off creditors with earnings from a different stablecoin dubbed the Babel Recovery Coin (BRC).

Yang responded to the Bloomberg article by saying that while Babel will finance Hope, creditors won’t be paid immediately. Instead, a BRC coin will be given to creditors.

Yang claims that the Hope team, which is made up of former Babel employees, will be given 30% of the leveraged tokens (LT) with a four-year vesting schedule. To elect escrowed tokens (veLTs) to run Hope’s decentralised autonomous organisation, the team will lock all of their LTs (DAO). They will thus receive a portion of the DAO’s earnings as part of their veLT rights.

The founder indicated that two years following the court-approved restructuring of Babel, 10–20% of the team’s earnings will be used to repurchase BRC.

As Hong Kong proclaims its desire to become the next regional hub for digital assets, a swarm of Asian crypto businesses are hurrying to ramp their activity there. Hope is “riding the wave of the welcoming atmosphere and increasing regulatory clarity in Hong Kong, which frankly makes it one of the many ideal markets for the Hope ecosystem,” said Yang, despite the fact that it does not intend to participate in Hong Kong’s stablecoin ecosystem, which includes initiatives to create offshore yuan-pegged stablecoins.

The inventor said, “Furthermore, take into account that the Hong Kong Dollar is essentially the largest USD-pegged stablecoin in the world, Hong Kong officials know how these things function, and critically, how to control such currencies. We don’t want to pass up the chance to capitalise on Hong Kong’s revived interest in supporting Web 3.0 developments because there is a clear trend there, the world’s financial centre.