OSC LAUNCHPAD ENGAGEMENT · BITCOIN-COLLATERALISED FORWARD

Cash from your Bitcoin. Yield from your dollars.

Loan-Swap™ is two sides of one Bitcoin forward. A Bitcoin holder draws USD-stablecoin liquidity and hedges downside without selling. A dollar holder takes the other seat for a fixed, Bitcoin-denominated yield. Both outcomes are locked in the moment a position opens — so neither side can ever be margin-called or liquidated.

Open, fund, and settle either side in real time, from your phone.
$0Liquidation vector
1:1Per-position segregation
2Outcomes, both pre-agreed
1 of 5Keys held by the operator
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Live transaction
Same trade, both sides.
SIMULATED
Short (BTC)Long (USDC)
Structure the position
Collateral1.00 BTC
Hedge ratio60%
Tenor90 days
BTC spot (illustrative)$84,200
HOADA-BC premium
Annualized7.39%
Long deploys (USDC)$50,520
Premium — BTC carry0.0109 BTC
Open position  ·  as Short
In plain terms

It's a swap. One side wants protection, the other wants yield.

Say you hold Bitcoin but need dollars — and you don't want to sell, trigger a taxable event, or get wiped out if the market drops. You post your Bitcoin, receive USD-stablecoin, and lock in your downside for a fixed term.

On the other side, someone holding idle dollars funds that position. They get synthetic Bitcoin exposure plus a fixed carry paid in Bitcoin. ₿Lending only matches the two and administers the price — it never takes a position itself.

Because the debt is denominated in Bitcoin and fixed at the start, a falling price can't grow what you owe. There's no margin call and no liquidation engine — for either side.

WHAT YOU OWE vs. BTC PRICEILLUSTRATIVEBTC reference $84,200
A normal USD loan — liquidation creeps toward you Loan-Swap™ — fixed, flat, no margin call
The Short side
YOU HOLD BITCOIN · YOU WANT DOLLARS + DOWNSIDE COVER
YOU GETUSD-stablecoin now, without selling your Bitcoin, and protection on the share you hedge.
BEST WHENYou need liquidity, expect or fear a pullback, and want to keep your stack.
The trade-off: on the hedged share you give up the upside if Bitcoin rallies, and you pay the premium. You repay to reclaim all your BTC (Path A), or let it expire and the fixed BTC debt-portion goes to the Long (Path B).
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The Long side
YOU HOLD DOLLARS · YOU WANT BITCOIN EXPOSURE + YIELD
YOU GET1:1 synthetic Bitcoin on the funded notional plus a fixed Bitcoin-denominated carry — the Forward Premium.
BEST WHENYou're bullish or neutral on Bitcoin and want a defined-term position with a known yield.
The trade-off: you're long Bitcoin — if it falls, you take the loss on the synthetic exposure (the carry cushions, but doesn't fully offset). Your capital is committed for the tenor.
The 2022 failure mode

Celsius, Voyager and BlockFi didn't fail from bad luck. They failed from three structural choices.

Each collapse came from a design decision — not a market move. Loan-Swap™ removes all three at the level of the instrument, not with policy.

FAILURE 01

Custodial pooling & rehypothecation

User collateral was commingled into pooled reserves and re-lent, so a single insolvency reached every depositor at once.

Replaced by per-position segregation. One counterparty's capital is never exposed to another's.
FAILURE 02

Liquidation vectors

USD-denominated loans against volatile BTC forced margin calls and fire-sales — pro-cyclical selling exactly when markets couldn't absorb it.

Replaced by a Bitcoin-denominated, fixed obligation. The debt can't grow when BTC falls.
FAILURE 03

Maturity & denomination mismatch

Short-dated, redeemable liabilities funded illiquid, longer-dated assets — leaving the lender exposed to a run.

Replaced by a fully-collateralized forward. No maturity transformation to run on.
Pooled reserveMargin callLiquidation engineRehypothecationMaturity transformationCommingled funds
The instrument · CNDF

One forward. Two counterparties. No house position.

Loan-Swap™ is a bilateral, Bitcoin-collateralized Non-Deliverable Forward between two eligible parties. ₿Lending is never a counterparty — it facilitates the match and administers the premium.

SHORT COUNTERPARTY · SC

The Bitcoin holderPOSTS BTC · SEEKS USD LIQUIDITY

Posts Bitcoin as collateral, draws USD-stablecoin liquidity against it, and sheds a chosen share of net Bitcoin delta — all without disposing of the asset.

  • Reduces net BTC exposure by an elected hedge ratio — keeps the residual.
  • $Receives USDC at open without selling Bitcoin.
  • αEarns alpha when Bitcoin falls — the hedged leg offsets losses on retained BTC.
  • No maintenance margin, no margin call, no liquidation.
₿Lending
matches &
administers
Bilateral match. Administered premium. Never a principal.
LONG COUNTERPARTY · LC

The liquidity providerPROVIDES USDC · TAKES SYNTHETIC BTC

Provides the USD-stablecoin and takes synthetic long Bitcoin exposure, plus a Bitcoin-denominated carry — the administered Forward Premium.

  • Holds 1:1 synthetic Bitcoin exposure on the matched notional.
  • Earns the Forward Premium — a Bitcoin-denominated carry fixed at inception.
  • +Positive P&L when Bitcoin rises; carry accrues regardless.
  • Collateral is escrowed 1:1 per position — no counterparty pool.
Zero‑liquidation invariant
Because the debt and the premium are Bitcoin-denominated and fixed at inception, the obligation does not grow when Bitcoin falls. There is no maintenance margin, no margin call, and no liquidation engine — anywhere. The two settlement outcomes are knowable the moment a position opens, and neither depends on the maturity price moving the Bitcoin split.
On your phone

Hedge your Bitcoin, or deploy your dollars — in real time, from your pocket.

The same position, presented from either counterparty's seat. Structure and open as the Short, fund as the Long while the GOD Network quorum confirms on-chain, then settle from whichever side you're on — all native iOS.

Always ready
Markets don't keep business hours. Open or settle the moment you decide to act.
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Both seats, one switch
Flip the role toggle to move between the Short (BTC) and Long (USDC) views of the same trade.
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Funding you can watch
See the 3-of-5 Guardian quorum attest your funding live, before the position goes active.
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Short (BTC)Long (USDC)
PENDINGLS-00921
GOD Network™ quorum 2/3
Operatorattested
Settlement Attestorattested
Trusteepending
Fireblocksstandby
Recovery Agentstandby
You are the Long counterparty
USDC to deploy$50,520
Synthetic long BTC + carry0.6109 BTC
Deploy USDC & fund position
STEP 02 · FUND
The Long deploys USDC
A 3-of-5 quorum confirms the funding on-chain. At three attestations, the position goes live.
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Short (BTC)Long (USDC)
ACTIVEfunded & live
1.00 BTC ZERO-LIQUIDATION
60% hedge · 90-day tenor
Hedged notional0.60 BTC
Residual (retained)0.40 BTC
Forward premium7.39%
Long's deployed USDC$50,520
Your settlement — Path A
Repay principal + premium in USDC; your full BTC collateral returns from escrow.
Repay  ·  Path A
STEP 03 · LIVE
Active, with no liquidation
Both legs are fixed and knowable. The Short settles via Path A; the Long via Path B.
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Settled
TEMPLATE B · SMART EXPIRE
Your outcome — Long
Long received (BTC)0.6109 BTC
Short received (BTC)0.3891 BTC
No liquidation occurred. Both legs were fixed the moment the position opened.
Settlement recordTemplate B
Conservation check✓ balanced
New position
STEP 04 · SETTLE
Two-sided settlement
Path A returns full BTC to the Short; Path B delivers BTC + premium to the Long. Either way, conservation balances.
Screens mirror the native iOS build · bundle com.lynepass1 · submitting to the App Store this week · simulated, no live funds
Interactive · both sides, live

Drag Bitcoin anywhere. The split never moves.

Set the hedge ratio, then drag the maturity price as far as you like. Watch both counterparties resolve in real time — and watch the place where a liquidation line would be on a normal loan stay permanently empty.

LOAN-SWAP™ POSITION SIMULATOR ILLUSTRATIVE · NOT A QUOTE
Collateral posted1.00 ₿
Bitcoin the Short Counterparty places into a segregated, time-locked escrow.
Hedge ratio60%
Share of net Bitcoin delta the SC sheds. The rest stays exposed.
Entry price$84,200
BTC reference at the moment the position opens.
Tenor / premium7.39%
90-day reference tenor at the day-1 modal HOADA-BC rate. Bitcoin-denominated carry to the LC.
Bitcoin price at maturity $84,200 · 0.0%
liquidation line · N/A
entry
−60%−30%entry+30%+60%
SHORT COUNTERPARTY
+$0
alpha vs. simply holding the Bitcoin
USDC drawn at open$50,520
BTC kept exposed0.40 ₿
Collateral at risk of saleNone
⚡ The SC's hedged leg pays off precisely when Bitcoin drops — the opposite of a margin call.
LONG COUNTERPARTY
+$0
P&L on synthetic BTC + Bitcoin carry
USDC provided$50,520
Synthetic BTC exposure0.60 ₿
Forward Premium (₿)0.011 ₿
↑ The LC is long Bitcoin synthetically and collects the carry whether the price rises or falls.
Path A — Repay: the SC repays the USDC obligation before maturity. Full Bitcoin collateral returns to the SC; the LC is repaid its USDC plus the premium. Triggered by choice, never by price.
Illustrative model for demonstration only — not a quote, offer, or solicitation. Figures simplify carry, fees and rounding. The Bitcoin split delivered on each path is fixed at inception; the price slider changes USD value, never the Bitcoin amounts and never a liquidation trigger, because no liquidation vector exists in the instrument.
Mechanics & lifecycle

A position resolves on exactly one of two pre-agreed paths.

Both are fixed at inception under the HOADA-BC methodology. From onboarding to deterministic settlement, every outcome is knowable before any capital moves.

01

Eligibility

Bank-verified identity, biometric liveness, and an accredited / permitted-client gate.

02

Administered quote

A take-it-or-leave-it HOADA-BC premium and a signed Forward Contract Confirmation.

03

Funding

Capital funds a per-position, segregated, time-locked escrow — 1:1, never pooled.

04

Life of position

Watch-only visibility for both parties and read-only Observer Node visibility for Staff.

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Settlement

Deterministic on Path A (repay) or Path B (smart expire). No price-driven liquidation.

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Recovery

Abandoned positions follow a time-locked path to an independent successor custodian.

Technical architecture & custody

The operator holds one key of five — and never signs the routine path.

Worst case on the automated path is the wrong one of two pre-agreed outcomes. Never theft, never a frozen position, never a liquidation.

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Segregated Position Accounts

Each position is its own 1:1 custody domain. There is no pooled reserve, so the blast radius of any failure is one position — not the book.

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Taproot escrow · Fireblocks MPC

Collateral sits in a per-position, time-locked Taproot escrow with a CLTV recovery path, secured under an MPC transaction-authorization policy. Pre-maturity, Bitcoin's own consensus time-lock governs.

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OSC Observer Node

Read-only cryptographic visibility into aggregate exposure, every settlement event, and custody attestations. Because the feed is GOD-Network-signed, it cannot be selectively manipulated. Staff see what the protocol sees.

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Graduated settlement signing

Tier 0 bound execution runs automatically, verified byte-for-byte against the position's two bound templates. Off-template deviation requires the full quorum. An OSC freeze is a halt-only gate across every tier.

3-of-5 operational quorum

Authority to move collateral is distributed across five neutral roles. ₿Lending holds exactly one.

Lyne Pass operational officerOPERATOR · 1 KEY
Independent settlement attestorSEP. TRUST DOMAIN
Independent trustee / guardianNEUTRAL
Fireblocks co-signer & policy engineMPC
Independent recovery agentNEUTRAL
Because ₿Lending holds one key of five, it cannot reach the 3-key threshold with any single other signer. At least two independent co-signers must act before collateral can move — and on the routine settlement path, no ₿Lending human signs at all.
Pricing · HOADA-BC Forward Premium

The premium is administered, not discovered.

It is derived from an exogenous benchmark and published as a take-it-or-leave-it quote within an expiry window — not negotiated between the parties, and not discovered through an order book.

7.39%
Day-1 modal opening rate, annualized · 90-day reference tenor
CME
40%
Deribit
40%
DeepMarkit
20%

Published ≈ 60 bps below CME basis, reflecting a documented Deribit carry wedge.

Term structureNELSON-SIEGEL · CONTANGO

Interpolated across the curve. 90 days is the modal tenor.

Learn · where it sits in the market

How it compares to borrowing, shorting, and ETFs.

Both sides of Loan-Swap™ have familiar alternatives. Here's an honest, side-by-side read of what each one actually costs, how it's denominated, and — crucially — where the liquidation risk lives.

You hold Bitcoin and need dollars — or want to cover your downside without selling. The usual routes are a Bitcoin-backed loan, shorting via perps or futures, buying a protective put, or an inverse ETF. Each carries a cost and a catch the Short side is built to avoid.

Loan-Swap™ · ShortBTC-COLLATERALIZED FORWARD BTC-backed loan Short perp / futures Protective put Inverse ETF (BITI)
What you get USD-stablecoin now + an elective hedge, BTC kept in escrow A USD / USDC loan against your BTC Short BTC exposure on margin The right to sell BTC at a strike — downside insurance −1× daily inverse exposure
Obligation denom. Bitcoin-denominated, fixed at inception USD-denominated debt — grows in BTC terms as price falls USD-margined, marked continuously Premium paid upfront in USD USD NAV, reset every day
Liquidation risk None — no margin call, no liquidation engine Yes — margin call ≈ 70–77% LTV, liquidation ≈ 80–86% Yes — closed out if margin is breached None, but the premium can expire worthless None, but value decays the longer you hold
Cost / rate Fixed premium ≈ 7.39%/yr, set the moment you open ≈ 9–13% APR, variable (some as low as ~4%) Variable funding — can flip for or against you, paid ~3×/day High option premium + time decay (theta) 1.01% expense ratio + volatility decay
Keep your BTC? Yes — segregated 1:1 Yes, until liquidation No — posted as separate margin Yes — you keep BTC and buy cover No — a separate USD position
Term / outcome Fixed tenor, two pre-agreed outcomes ≈ 12-month, rolling; open-ended risk Perpetual; funding accrues indefinitely Fixed expiry; binary at the strike Open-ended; not a clean term hedge
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You hold dollars and want Bitcoin exposure — ideally with a yield. The usual routes are a spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT, FBTC), the legacy Grayscale GBTC, a BTC lending / earn program, or long futures. Most give you exposure but no income — the Long side pays a fixed carry instead of charging a fee.

Loan-Swap™ · LongSYNTHETIC BTC + FIXED CARRY Spot BTC ETF (IBIT/FBTC) Grayscale GBTC BTC lending / earn Long futures
What you get 1:1 synthetic BTC on the funded notional + a fixed carry 1:1 spot BTC in a brokerage wrapper 1:1 spot BTC (legacy trust) Yield on deposited BTC / USDC Leveraged long BTC exposure
Yield / carry Yes — fixed Bitcoin-denominated premium ≈ 7.39%/yr None — Bitcoin pays no income None Variable APY (~6–15%), with counterparty risk Negative — you pay funding / basis in contango
Ongoing fee None — the premium is your return 0.25% expense ratio 1.50% expense ratio Platform spread Roll / funding cost
Downside 1:1, cushioned by the carry 1:1 (full) 1:1 (full) 1:1 + counterparty / rehypothecation risk Amplified by leverage — liquidation risk
Custody Per-position segregation, no pool Qualified custodian (Coinbase / Fidelity) Qualified custodian Often pooled / rehypothecated — the 2022 failure mode Exchange margin account
Term Defined tenor, two pre-agreed outcomes Open-ended Open-ended Open-ended / variable Expiry + roll, or perpetual
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The short side · 01

USD-denominated debt is the liquidation engine

A normal Bitcoin loan is priced in dollars, so as Bitcoin falls your loan-to-value climbs toward a margin call and a forced sale. Loan-Swap's obligation is denominated in Bitcoin and fixed at inception — it can't grow when the price drops.

BTC-loan liquidation ≈ 80–86% LTV · Loan-Swap: none
The long side · 02

An ETF gives you exposure — but never a yield

Spot Bitcoin ETFs hold coins and track price, but Bitcoin generates no income — and the fund's fee quietly erodes your BTC-per-share. The Long side earns a fixed, Bitcoin-denominated carry instead of paying a management fee.

IBIT 0.25% · GBTC 1.50% fee · Loan-Swap LC: +7.39%/yr carry, 0% fee
Both sides · 03

Funding rates and option premiums move. This doesn't.

Shorting via perps means variable funding that can flip against you; buying puts means a premium that decays. On both sides of Loan-Swap™, the premium is administered and fixed the moment the position opens — knowable, not floating.

Perp funding: variable, ~3×/day · Loan-Swap: fixed at open

Comparison is indicative and for education, as of June 2026; rates, fees and terms for third-party products change and vary by provider, size, and jurisdiction. Loan-Swap™ is available only to eligible counterparties through the OSC LaunchPad sandbox — not to retail — while several alternatives above are broadly available today. Sources: Bitcoin-backed loan APRs and liquidation thresholds per public lender disclosures (Ledn, Nexo, Coinbase); ETF expense ratios per issuer fact sheets (BlackRock IBIT, Fidelity FBTC, Grayscale GBTC); inverse-ETF −1× daily structure and expense ratio per ProShares (BITI); perpetual-futures funding per public derivatives data. The 7.39% figure is the day-1 modal HOADA-BC premium from the V7.4 whitepaper.

Counterparty framework

Caps bound operational risk only — not solvency.

Because the instrument is fully collateralized and has no liquidation vector, position size is tied to counterparty sophistication under existing categories. Retail access is expressly excluded. Phase transitions are gated on audit closure.

PHASE 1
Accredited Investor
NI 45-106
10 ₿
per-position cap
Opening tier. Gated by Trail of Bits audit closure and clean operational performance before escalation.
PHASE 2
Permitted Client
NI 31-103
100 ₿
per-position cap
Above 100 ₿, an internal maker-checker governs use of the operator's single key.
PHASE 3
Designated Institutional Counterparty
SANDBOX-DEFINED
1,000 ₿
per-position cap
Above 500 ₿, an independent trustee co-signature is required. Each onboarding needs written OSC non-objection.
Trust, oracle & oversight

Manipulation-resistance is the moat, not a feature.

Oracle
GOD Network™
A 3-of-5 Guardian quorum with quantum-resistant attestations (ML-DSA, ML-KEM, SLH-DSA). Settlement halts rather than settling on an unverified price.
Smart contracts
Clarity on Stacks
Anchored to Bitcoin via Proof-of-Transfer. Invariants I1–I6 plus 10 / 10 verifier invariants pass. Trail of Bits audit in engagement.
AML / KYC
FINTRAC-aligned
PCMLTFA framework, MSB registration in progress, five-year AML minimum retention. The gate structurally excludes non-human agents.
U.S. status
CFTC forward exclusion
U.S. counsel's analysis is that Loan-Swap™ qualifies for the forward-contract exclusion under 7 U.S.C. § 1a(47) — subject to confirmation.
Counsel of record Miller Thomson LLP — Canadian securities (J. Gebert, M. Caruso) Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP — U.S. (R. B. Levin) Participant, OSC LaunchPad regulatory sandbox

Liquidity against your Bitcoin, without the line that ends positions.

Loan-Swap™ is open to eligible counterparties through the OSC LaunchPad sandbox. Enquiries are reviewed by the team; there is no automated online application on this page.

Written enquiries only. We do not collect personal information on this page, and nothing here is an offer, a solicitation, or a quote.

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