Taoshi Launches Decentralized Trading Platform
Taoshi, a decentralized finance company on the Bittensor Network, has launched Vanta Trading, a new platform for proprietary trading evaluations. The service offers traders simulated profit payouts via the blockchain, aiming to provide greater transparency and a simplified evaluation process for aspiring traders.
- Vanta Trading is built on Bittensor's Subnet 8, also known as the Vanta Network, which is designed to identify and support high-performing traders through a transparent, blockchain-based infrastructure. All trading activities are conducted in a simulated environment, meaning no actual customer funds are used for live market trades. - The proprietary trading industry was valued at approximately $20 billion as of 2025. Vanta Trading aims to address common criticisms of the traditional prop firm model, such as opaque and frequently changing rules, by offering a more transparent alternative with verifiable performance records and payouts tracked on the blockchain. - Taoshi was founded in 2023 by Arrash Yasavolian, who serves as the company's CEO and has over 15 years of experience in the technology sector. The company specializes in creating blockchain subnetworks on the Bittensor network to innovate financial market trading. - The Bittensor network functions as a decentralized marketplace for artificial intelligence and machine learning models, rewarding participants with its native TAO token based on the value of their contributions. This structure is intended to democratize access to AI and accelerate its development by fostering global collaboration. - Vanta Trading offers a simplified one-step evaluation process with an 8% profit target, a contrast to the multi-phase evaluations common at many prop firms. Successful traders are eligible for a 100% profit split from their simulated funded accounts, subject to program rules. - Traders on the Vanta platform can engage with a variety of asset classes, including forex and cryptocurrencies, with plans to add equities in the future. The platform provides signals for futures-based trading (long/short) and evaluates miners based on their returns, while enforcing a maximum drawdown limit of 10%. - In addition to Vanta Trading, Taoshi has also launched a decentralized exchange called 0xMarkets on Coinbase's Base blockchain, targeting the $7.5 trillion foreign exchange market. The company also developed a subsidiary named Glitch Financial, a SaaS platform designed to provide automated, AI-powered trading strategies to a broader audience.
