Who is it for?
Three groups use the platform, for different reasons. Find yourself below, then pick your path to get started.
Investors:
You hold capital, crypto or fiat, and want access to professional, independent strategies, with transparent reporting and redemptions on a predictable schedule. You might be a crypto-native putting an idle balance to work, a treasury or family office wanting active exposure without an in-house desk, or someone who wants crypto exposure without feeling over-exposed.
This is not a savings account, and returns are not guaranteed. If you want direct access to asset managers you know, their strategies, and honest reporting, the platform is built for you.
Asset managers:
You run a quantitative or systematic crypto strategy and want distribution and operational infrastructure without building, or funding, a hedge-fund stack. Administration, audits, prime brokerage, investor onboarding, regulatory filings: these costs eat returns and make a fund structure uneconomic for smaller or newer strategies.
MakeBanc replaces that stack with one connection. You get trade-only access to a sub-account at an institutional custodian; the platform handles allocation, redemption, NAV, performance-fee crystallisation, and reporting. You focus on the strategy. More in Why MakeBanc.
Who it is not for:
- People expecting guaranteed returns. These are real trading strategies. They carry risk.
- People wanting same-day liquidity. Redemptions process monthly, by design. See Redemptions.
- People in restricted jurisdictions. KYC checks during onboarding will flag this before you can allocate.
- People without an invite code. The platform is invite-only. See How to get access.
Getting started: pick your path:
Three paths in. Pick yours.
You run a systematic crypto strategy
You operate a trading strategy with a track record and want distribution without setting up a fund.
- Schedule a call with our CEO via this Calendly link.
- Complete Know Your Partner (KYP) verification: company documents, beneficial ownership, team identification. See Know Your Partner.
- Agree your strategy's operating terms inside the SMA account. These are set in the Infrastructure Agreement. See Onboarding.
- Sign the Infrastructure Agreement.
- Receive trade-only API credentials for the SMA account. See SMA account setup.
Typical asset manager onboarding: 1 to 3 business days.
You are an investor that already holds USDC
You have USDC or another supported stablecoin in a wallet, exchange, or protocol.
- Get an invite code. See How to get access.
- Connect your wallet. MetaMask today, embedded Privy wallets soon. See Connecting a wallet.
- Complete KYC through Noah via Sumsub. Usually minutes. See Identity verification.
- Open the strategy you were invited to. Performance history, type, asset manager, and fees, all in plain language.
- Allocate. Stablecoins move into the vault. The vault records your share.
Invite to first allocation: usually under thirty minutes if KYC clears on the first pass.
You are an investor that has USD or EUR
You have funds in a bank account and want to access MakeBanc without opening a crypto exchange account.
- Get an invite code.
- Complete KYC through Noah. If you have verified through another Sumsub-powered platform before, it is faster.
- Receive your virtual fiat account details, issued in your name.
- Send a bank transfer. Noah converts incoming fiat to stablecoins on arrival.
- Stablecoins land in your wallet. From here, the same as the USDC path above.
Noah supports virtual accounts and instant stablecoin settlement across 138+ countries and currencies, with EUR via SEPA in 27 European countries and payouts to 100+ countries. The platform shows your options during onboarding.
What happens next:
Each path leads into the rest of the docs. Investors: allocation to redemption. Asset managers: tier program, fees, operations. How it works: the underlying architecture. Read what is relevant, skip the rest.