How the Rayls foundation uses treasury funds

The Rayls foundation’s mission is clear: to foster community growth, drive Rayls adoption, and maximise long-term network value.

A key part of that mission is disciplined treasury management.

The starting point

At inception, 50% of the total supply of RLS was allocated to the Foundation.

The remaining 50% went to the technology provider, early investors, and team. These tokens are locked in a 1-year cliff and 3 year vesting as explained here: https://www.rayls.com/blog/rayls-tokenomics-a-united-tradfi-defi-economy and also visible in our token transparency portal: https://transparency.rayls.com

From the 50% Foundation allocation:

• 12% was released at TGE for liquidity and early activity
• 38% remains in the treasury

A disciplined release schedule

From the 38% in treasury: 3% is unlocked since TGE and the remaining 35% was locked and released linearly over 48 months (1/48th per month) starting from TGE (the TGE date was 1^st December 2025).

This ensures:

• Predictable supply
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• Alignment with ecosystem growth
• Long-term commitment from the Foundation

Treasury allocation

The total of 38% is deployed across four pillars:

• Exchange Listing fees: 3% (unlocked since TGE)
  This amount is still reserved for new exchange listing fees

• Staking Support: 6%
  Bootstrap validator participation and network security in the early years
• Grants: 10%  
  Funds developers, infrastructure, and strategic integrations to drive adoption
• Operations: 12%    
  Supports core development, security, legal, and ecosystem growth
• Reserve: 7%    
  Maintains flexibility for market conditions and strategic opportunities

Governance and transparency

All allocations follow three principles:

• Long-term sustainability
• Ecosystem-first capital deployment
• Transparency and accountability

Soon, the Foundation will introduce a DAO, enabling RLS stakers to participate in key governance decisions and shape the evolution of the ecosystem over time.

Looking ahead

The treasury is a long-term instrument designed to support sustainable growth.

As Rayls evolves, capital deployment will adapt to network maturity, adoption, and governance input, always with the goal of strengthening the ecosystem and compounding its value