Staynex (STAY) - Web3 Social Travel with AI and RWA

Travel Loyalty That Expires Into Nothing#

You book a hotel through Booking.com, Expedia, or Agoda, and quietly pay a 15 to 25 percent markup baked into the price. You earn loyalty points that expire, get devalued, or lock you into a single brand you may never use again. Crypto rarely makes it to checkout, so your digital wealth has zero buying power when you actually want to travel. The entire stack is built to extract margin from travelers, not reward them.

A Travel Platform Where Every Stay Rewards You#

Staynex flips the model with zero-markup pricing on 2.65 million hotels, a token-gated membership that pays you for using it, and payment rails that accept 100+ cryptocurrencies alongside cards. Backed by Priceline and Booking.com co-founder Jeff Hoffman, endorsed by Patrice Evra, and featured among Forbes’ top Real-World Asset projects for 2025, Staynex is already live, already generating revenue, and now tokenized through STAY.

What is Staynex coin?#

What does Staynex do?#

🏨 Zero-Markup Hotel Booking: Staynex opens access to 2.65 million global hotels at rates with no platform markup and no hidden middleman fees, delivering average savings of 15 percent compared to traditional booking platforms. Users can also book resorts, flights, cruises, tours, and experiences through the same interface.

🤖 AI Travel Wingman: The platform’s AI-powered travel agent builds personalized itineraries, optimizes budgets, and plans trips in real time based on user preferences. The assistant is voiced by football legend Patrice Evra and presented as the world’s first celebrity-voiced AI travel concierge.

🛡️ Shield Protocol Buybacks: Staynex directs 20 percent of net platform revenue toward quarterly on-chain buybacks of STAY. Half of every buyback is permanently burned and the other half is added to liquidity, with pre-announced execution seven days ahead and post-buyback transparency reports published within 48 hours.

🌊 Ocean Club Tiered Membership: Holding STAY unlocks five tiers (Koi, Dolphin, Shark, Manta Ray, Whale) that grant access to hotel day passes, JetSET event access (F1, Super Bowl, concerts), Anantara and RCI vacation clubs covering 4,000+ resorts, staking APY up to 15 percent, airport lounge access, and exclusive community events.

💳 Travel-to-Earn Rewards: Every dollar spent on the platform earns 1 percent loyalty points plus on-chain rewards, with flight cashback paid directly in STAY. Rewards never expire and convert into real token value rather than closed-loop points.

🌐 Hybrid Payment Infrastructure: The platform accepts credit cards, debit cards, digital wallets, and 100+ cryptocurrencies at checkout, removing the usual friction between crypto wealth and real-world travel spending.

Who are behind Staynex?#

Yuen Wong - Group CEO and Founder

• Named to the Forbes Top 40 Tech Leaders list for 2025 for his work revolutionizing the digital future
• Holds an MBA in Corporate Entrepreneurship from the University of Louisville and brings 8+ years of Web3 experience
• Previously served as Managing Partner at crypto exchange BitMart and has led multiple startups across e-commerce and Web3
• Self-funded Staynex for three years and secured partnerships with Arsenal FC, Huawei, and Tencent Web3 before issuing a single token

Jeff Hoffman - Chairman

• Co-founder of Priceline.com and Booking.com, the platform now valued at over $160 billion that redefined how the world books travel
• Chairman of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, working with entrepreneurs across 180+ countries
• Founder of uBid.com (another multi-billion dollar company), bestselling author of SCALE, and inductee of the Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame
• Frequently featured on Fox News, CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal as a business innovation expert

Patrice Evra - Global Ambassador

• Champions League-winning former Manchester United and France national team captain
• Serves as Staynex’s global ambassador, business partner, and the voice behind AI Travel Wingman
• Brings mainstream consumer reach and brand credibility to the platform

Michael Ros - CEO of Europe

• Founder of Sleap.io, the Swiss Web3 hotel booking platform acquired by Staynex in a $15 million deal one week before TGE
• Built Sleap into a multi-award-winning brand (five industry awards) with partnerships including Gate Travel and Coinbase
• Won his season of Killer Whales, the Web3 investment show available on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video

Why This Team Inspires Confidence#

Proven travel industry pedigree: Jeff Hoffman didn’t just advise travel companies, he built Priceline and Booking.com from the ground up. Having the architect of modern online travel chair Staynex signals that the leadership understands the industry’s economics at the deepest level.

Self-funded, builder-first approach: Yuen Wong spent three years building Staynex with his own capital, no VC pressure, and no private rounds. This discipline meant the team had to earn every partnership on merit, resulting in deals with Arsenal FC, Huawei, and Tencent Web3 before tokenization was even on the table.

Acquisition-backed execution: Most crypto projects launch tokens and promise product. Staynex acquired Sleap.io for $15 million one week before TGE, bringing in a proven team, live booking infrastructure, and an award-winning product. This is a travel company that added a token, not a token looking for a use case.

Institutional-grade credibility: Forbes ranked Staynex among its top Real-World Asset projects for 2025 and named Yuen Wong to its Top 40 Tech Leaders list. Forbes-level recognition is a meaningful external signal that this project stands apart from the typical RWA narrative play.

Celebrity endorsement with substance: Patrice Evra isn’t a passive ambassador collecting a fee. He voices the AI Travel Wingman product and actively promotes Staynex across his global audience, giving the platform mainstream reach that most crypto projects can’t achieve.

What to Know Before You Buy Staynex#

1. Live revenue-generating business

Staynex enters public trading with $600,000 in recurring revenue, 2.65 million hotels onboarded, 40+ ecosystem partners, and 65,000 users already active on the platform. This is rare in crypto, where most new tokens launch against a roadmap rather than a live product.

2. Fair launch with no VC discounts

There were no private rounds, no VC allocations, and no pre-sale discounts. Everyone buying STAY on the open market is getting the same terms, which removes the typical early-investor overhang that crashes so many new tokens.

3. Low initial circulating supply

Only 3 percent of the 100 billion supply circulates at TGE, with team tokens locked under a 12-month cliff. This dramatically reduces dump risk at launch and signals long-term alignment from the team.

4. Audited smart contracts

Beosin, a leading blockchain security firm, audited the STAY token and vesting contracts. Two low-severity issues were identified and both have been fully fixed, giving holders confidence that the on-chain infrastructure is clean.

5. Shield Protocol creates real demand

20 percent of net platform revenue flows into quarterly STAY buybacks, with 50 percent burned and 50 percent locked in liquidity. As bookings grow, so does buyback pressure, creating a direct link between real-world platform usage and token demand.

6. Tokenomics designed for long-term holders

Ocean Club tier qualification is based on 3 to 6 month rolling average holdings rather than one-time purchases, which systematically rewards committed believers over short-term traders chasing tier perks.

7. Forbes-validated RWA positioning

Staynex is featured among Forbes’ top Real-World Asset projects for 2025, placing it in a category that remains one of the strongest narrative drivers in crypto as institutional capital continues rotating into tokenized real-world assets.

How to buy Staynex?#

Staynex can be purchased directly on Binance through the Binance Alpha section. Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, trusted by over 280 million users globally for its deep liquidity, strong security track record, and extensive token selection. The Binance Alpha section is specifically curated to give users early access to promising emerging tokens before they hit the main spot market. To buy STAY through GMGN instead, move your BNB from a centralized exchange like Binance to your GMGN BSC wallet and swap it for STAY.

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