Bringing $100 Trillion Onchain#

Financial institutions have been locked out of DeFi for too long. Public blockchains expose every transaction to competitors. Private networks trap liquidity in silos. Regulatory compliance remains a nightmare. Banks need privacy, control, and compliance, but they also need the programmability and liquidity of DeFi. Until now, no infrastructure has delivered both.

A Bridge Between Two Worlds#

Rayls is the first blockchain ecosystem purpose-built to unite traditional finance with decentralized finance. By combining private institutional chains with a compliant public blockchain, Rayls enables banks to tokenize assets privately, settle transactions securely, and access global DeFi markets without compromising on privacy, compliance, or control. The result is a financial system where $100 trillion in traditional assets and 6 billion bank customers can finally move onchain.

What is Rayls?#

What does Rayls do?#

🏦 Rayls Privacy Node: Each financial institution receives its own private EVM chain deployed on-premises or in private cloud. This enables banks to tokenize assets, manage client accounts, and execute high-volume workflows with enterprise-grade security while maintaining full custody and control. Privacy Nodes can operate standalone or connect to both private networks and the public chain, bridging traditional banking infrastructure with DeFi markets.

🔐 Privacy-Preserving Transactions: Rayls Enygma delivers quantum-safe, EVM-compatible transaction privacy using zero-knowledge proofs, Pedersen commitments, and post-quantum cryptography. Institutions can transact confidentially while maintaining selective regulatory disclosure, ensuring sensitive financial data remains private without sacrificing compliance or auditability.

⚡ Institutional-Grade Performance: Built on the Reth execution client with the novel Rayls Axyl consensus mechanism, the network delivers sub-second finality, 10,000+ TPS throughput, and deterministic settlement. This performance is critical for high-frequency institutional operations where settlement uncertainty creates unacceptable counterparty risk.

💵 Fixed Gas Fees in USD: Unlike volatile crypto gas fees, Rayls pegs standard transaction costs to USD, providing predictable operating expenses for institutions. Users pay in stablecoins with automatic conversion to RLS for settlement, eliminating the cost uncertainty that has prevented institutional adoption of public blockchains.

🛡️ Harmful MEV Protection: The protocol implements encrypted mempools, batch transaction processing, and fair ordering mechanisms to eliminate sandwich attacks, front-running, and toxic back-running. This creates a transparent, predictable trading environment where constructive arbitrage improves liquidity without allowing predatory extraction.

🔗 Ethereum Security Inheritance: The Rayls Public Chain posts state root commitments to Ethereum L1, inheriting Ethereum’s proven economic security and censorship resistance. This provides institutions with recovery assurances and external fallback mechanisms while maintaining the performance advantages of an independent L1.

🆔 Onchain Identity Services: Built on cryptographic attestations verified by Rayls validators, the system enables institutions to meet KYC, AML, and compliance requirements without fragmenting the user experience. Retail users maintain anonymity while being incentivized to add identity credentials for benefits like lower fees and priority settlement.

Who are behind Rayls?#

Marcos Viriato - CEO & Co-Founder

• 25+ years in banking and financial technology
• Former Deputy COO and CTO at BTG Pactual, Latin America’s largest investment bank
• Led digital transformation initiatives across retail, corporate, and investment banking divisions
• Deep expertise in building regulated financial infrastructure at scale

Alex Buelau - CPTO & Co-Founder

• 20+ years in engineering and product development
• Serial blockchain founder with multiple successful exits
• Former Global Product Director at Siemens, managing enterprise-scale technology platforms
• Architected distributed systems serving millions of users across global markets

Dr. Jacob Mendel - Co-CTO

• 20+ years in cybersecurity and distributed ledger technology
• Former Executive Director of DLT at J.P. Morgan, where he led institutional blockchain initiatives
• Former Head of Cryptography at State Street, designing security protocols for trillion-dollar asset custody
• Holder of 23 patents in cryptography and blockchain technology
• Published researcher with work cited by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin

Peter Bidewell - Head of Product

• 15 years in finance, 11 years specifically in distributed ledger technology
• Led global CBDC and digital asset products for central banks including UAE and Brazil
• Former senior roles at R3 and Accenture, advising major banks on blockchain adoption
• Expert in translating complex regulatory requirements into practical product solutions

Jiten Varu - Head of Growth

• 20+ years in technology and blockchain ecosystems
• Former Head of Digital Assets at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Built go-to-market strategies for enterprise blockchain adoption across financial services
• Deep network across institutional investors, banks, and DeFi protocols

Why This Team Inspires Confidence#

Production-Scale Institutional Adoption: Rayls is not a theoretical pilot project. The protocol is live in production with over 25 major financial institutions globally, processing real financial transactions and generating significant monthly recurring revenue. Núclea, Brazil’s largest financial market infrastructure provider processing $4 trillion annually, uses Rayls to tokenize commercial receivables. This operational track record demonstrates the team’s ability to deliver enterprise-grade solutions that meet the rigorous requirements of regulated finance.

Central Bank Selection and Validation: Brazil’s Central Bank selected Rayls as the core settlement infrastructure for the Drex CBDC program after evaluating dozens of competing solutions. The protocol is deployed within the Central Bank itself and 16 of Brazil’s largest commercial banks, enabling private wholesale settlement with full regulatory compliance. This endorsement from one of the world’s most sophisticated central banks validates both the technology and the team’s deep understanding of institutional requirements.

Recognition from Global Financial Leaders: J.P. Morgan featured Rayls in their Project EPIC report as one of five leading privacy technology providers for institutional tokenization. The protocol placed second out of approximately 70 entries in the 2023 BIS G20 Tech Sprint competition. These recognitions from the Bank for International Settlements and major Wall Street institutions demonstrate that Rayls meets the highest standards for financial infrastructure.

Strategic Backing from Industry Giants: The project is backed by leading crypto-native investors including ParaFi Capital, Framework Ventures, Valor Capital Group, and Borderless Capital. More significantly, Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer moving over $100 billion in liquidity, has made a strategic investment in Parfin, Rayls’ core developer. Animoca Brands, the leading Web3 investment firm, has also invested. This combination of DeFi expertise and institutional capital demonstrates confidence from both sides of the market Rayls aims to unite.

Proven Technology at Scale: The team has successfully implemented complex cryptographic systems that other projects only theorize about. Rayls Enygma delivers fully EVM-compatible privacy with quantum-safe cryptography in production environments today. The Rayls Axyl consensus mechanism has achieved 250,000 TPS in testing with sub-second finality. These aren’t whitepapers or roadmap promises; they’re deployed technologies processing real institutional transactions.

What to Know Before You Buy Rayls#

1. Deflationary Token Economics

50% of every transaction fee paid across the entire Rayls ecosystem is automatically burned, permanently reducing supply. With a fixed maximum of 10 billion RLS tokens and no ability to mint new tokens, increasing network usage directly increases scarcity. As more institutions deploy Privacy Nodes and more transactions settle on the public chain, the automatic burn mechanism creates sustained deflationary pressure independent of market speculation.

2. Multiple Revenue Streams Driving Demand

RLS captures value from three distinct sources that all drive token demand. Institutional Privacy Nodes pay fixed fees in RLS for transaction processing. Users on the public chain pay USD-pegged fees in stablecoins that are automatically converted to RLS. Validators must stake RLS to participate in consensus and earn rewards. Every transaction across private chains, private networks, and the public chain requires RLS settlement, creating fundamental utility-driven demand.

3. Already Generating Institutional Revenue

Unlike most blockchain projects operating at a loss, Rayls Privacy Nodes and Private Networks are already generating tens of thousands of dollars in monthly recurring transaction fees from major financial institutions. This revenue is visible through the publicly accessible “Proof of Usage” dashboard that shows real institutional activity. The protocol is live in production with banks processing real commercial receivables, CBDC settlements, and cross-border payments.

4. First-Mover Advantage in Institutional DeFi

Rayls is the only protocol that has successfully bridged the gap between institutional TradFi requirements and public DeFi markets at scale. While other projects offer either privacy or performance or compliance, Rayls delivers all three simultaneously. The technology has been validated by central banks, commercial banks, and major payment processors. Early adoption by institutions creates powerful network effects as each new bank onboarded increases the value of the network for existing participants.

5. Massive Addressable Market Entering DeFi

The traditional financial system holds over $100 trillion in deposits, securities, and commercial assets that remain off-chain. Banks serve 6 billion customers globally. Even a small percentage of this market moving onto Rayls infrastructure would drive enormous transaction volume and token demand. The protocol is specifically designed to make institutional onboarding seamless, positioning RLS to capture value as traditional finance gradually adopts tokenization.

6. Governance Rights for All Token Holders

All RLS holders can propose and vote on protocol upgrades, validator thresholds, emission schedules, and grant programs. Voting power is proportional to RLS held. This decentralized governance ensures the protocol evolves to meet the needs of its community rather than being controlled by a central entity. As the ecosystem grows, governance participation allows token holders to influence key decisions affecting the network’s future direction.

How to buy Rayls?#

Rayls can be purchased directly on Binance in the Binance Alpha section. Binance Alpha showcases emerging tokens with strong fundamentals before they receive wider exchange listings. This provides early access to projects that have been vetted by Binance’s listing team. If you already have a Binance account, you can trade RLS using USDT or USDC pairs directly on the platform. Binance offers deep liquidity, secure custody, and familiar trading interfaces that make purchasing straightforward for both new and experienced crypto users.

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