Why Almanak?
The DeFi market is open to everyone, but in reality, it’s not easy to access. Liquidity pools, staking, arbitrage, and countless opportunities exist, yet executing them requires coding skills, financial literacy, and the ability to analyze complex market data. For the average user, the learning curve is steep, and the risks are high.
Almanak aims to solve these problems with AI-powered autonomous agents. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you can run strategies with just a few clicks, while enjoying institutional-grade risk management. The project has already been validated by major investors such as Delphi Labs, HashKey, and the NEAR Foundation, raising a total of $9.45M.
The Beginning — Why Was It Needed?
Almanak is not “just another DeFi tool.” Its origin lies in the structural challenges within the DeFi ecosystem itself.
While DeFi’s biggest appeal is its openness and high yield potential, in practice, beginners and small investors face significant barriers. Moving capital across protocols, optimizing strategies, and managing risks all require expertise. A single mistake can wipe out an entire portfolio.
The problems Almanak set out to tackle include:
- Complex accessibility: Understanding and interacting with multiple chains and protocols is overwhelming.
- High risk: Volatility, smart contract vulnerabilities, and protocol interactions create serious hazards.
- Inefficient yield optimization: Hard to coordinate multiple protocols manually, leading to suboptimal returns.
Almanak’s Solution — The AI Agentic Swarm
What makes Almanak stand out is its AI Swarm, a team of specialized autonomous agents. Unlike static strategies, these AI agents collaborate in real time to design, optimize, and deploy investment strategies.
For example, one agent designs a strategy, another writes the code, a third runs backtests, and others perform risk evaluations. Thousands of simulations are executed to validate the results, so all the user needs is the final output.
- Strategy creation: Designs staking, liquidity, and arbitrage strategies based on market data.
- Dynamic optimization: Adjusts strategies in real time as market conditions change.
- Risk management: Runs 10,000+ simulations to assess stability and expected returns.
- Execution model: Deployed transparently on-chain via SAFE multisig in a non-custodial environment.
The result: users can access quant-level strategies without needing coding or data science expertise.
Gamification and Community — Learning Finance Through Play
Almanak isn’t just a strategy engine. It’s designed to encourage user participation through gamification.
Its points system and mission-based tasks let users learn while they earn, turning complex DeFi interactions into accessible, engaging experiences. This approach is not only fun but also educational, helping Web2 users transition into Web3 naturally.
- Almanak Points: Earned through vault deposits, strategy deployment, and social activity → later converted into $ALMANAK tokens.
- Seasonal campaigns: Season 1 (July–September 2025) drew strong participation.
- Educational element: Missions teach beginners wallet setup, strategy execution, and DeFi basics.
In short, Almanak is a Play-to-Learn-to-Earn platform where users can both profit and grow their knowledge.
Position in the Web3 Ecosystem
Almanak goes beyond being a financial tool—it seeks to become a core part of Web3 infrastructure. Its role can be understood across four dimensions:
First, it lowers the barriers to entry for DeFi mass adoption, with intuitive UI/UX designed for Web2 users.
Second, it provides institutional solutions, enabling hedge funds and asset managers to deploy scalable AI-driven strategies.
Third, it strengthens community governance through DAO participation with $ALMANAK tokens.
Finally, it emphasizes interoperability, supporting Ethereum, NEAR, Solana, Arbitrum, and beyond.
- Mass adoption bridge: Smooth transition from Web2 → Web3.
- Institutional solution: Scalable asset management for funds and enterprises.
- DAO governance: Token holders shape the platform’s direction.
- Multi-chain compatibility: Works across leading blockchains and DeFi protocols.
Competitive Edge
While projects like Yearn Finance, Runloop, and Banksters occupy adjacent spaces, Almanak differentiates itself with AI-powered dynamic automation.
- Yearn Finance: Static yield strategies → Almanak dynamically optimizes.
- Runloop: Focused on gamification → Almanak combines gamification with real investment results.
- Banksters: GameFi-first → Almanak ties game mechanics to real financial performance.
- Security: SAFE multisig + non-custodial asset management ensures stronger protection.
Current Status (as of September 2025)
Almanak is already active in the market with impressive milestones:
- Funding: Raised $9.45M in total from top-tier VCs.
- Season 1 campaign: July 14 – September 21, 2025; missions spanning vault deposits, strategy execution, and social tasks.
- AI Kitchen in development: A tool enabling users to design and deploy strategies directly with AI Swarm.
- Community Vaults: Offering up to 40% APY, with airdrop eligibility for participants.
- IDO complete: Conducted on Legion in August 2025; exchange listings pending.
Almanak represents more than just another DeFi platform—it embodies a new financial paradigm where AI meets decentralized finance. By outsourcing complexity and risk management to AI agents, users effectively place an “AI quant team” inside their wallet.
Its true value lies not only in yield optimization but also in opening the gates of DeFi to everyone, from first-time retail users to institutional investors.
As token listings, multi-chain expansion, and fully autonomous AI agents unfold, Almanak could evolve into a cornerstone of the Web3 financial infrastructure.
