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# Roadmap

The story of how we got started

## Q3 2019

* [x] Two of the co-founders, Sy and Mike, met in Cambridge when they were studying their MBA degree at MIT. Sy is a hardcore gamer with a wall street background while Mike has a PhD in Art and History.

## Q4 2021

* [x] Mike was hired as the Head of Research of a NFT project and recruited Sy to be the token economist. They were debating how to add more financial values to the NFT market and published a thought piece on CoinDesk.\
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  [SEE THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON COINDESK](https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/01/13/nfts-are-finance-as-an-aesthetic-medium/)

## Q1 2022

* [x] Inspired by the thought piece, Sy and Mike believed the NFT financialization will be a mega trend in the next 3-5 years. They formed the initial founding team with two degen tech co-founders from Harvard and Cornell.

## Q2 2022

* [x] The team closed a small pre-seed round from a few reputable crypto VCs including Outlier Ventures. The team also got accepted to Binance Chain's incubation program🎉. The ALPHA launch is expected to be around the end of June.<br>

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## Q3 2022

* [x] Partnership Announcements + BETA Launch on the Ethereum Testnet

## Q4 2022

* [x] Mainnet Launch
* [x] Protocol's NFT Drop - Zumerland NFTs

## 2023

* [ ] Multichain Support and Secondary Debt Market DEX for Financial NFTs