Key Takeaways

• Ventuals is a decentralized derivatives platform built on Hyperliquid’s high-performance infrastructure, enabling users to trade perpetual futures on the valuations of pre-IPO private companies using USDC with up to 10x leverage, democratizing access to a multi-trillion-dollar asset class previously reserved for elite investors.

• Its innovative “optimistic oracle” mechanism allows anyone to submit collateral-backed valuations for unchallenged consensus or community-voted resolution on disputes, converting opaque off-chain estimates into transparent, on-chain pricing signals driven by product velocity, user traction, and market perception.

• Currently in testnet phase with potential airdrop rewards for early engagers, Ventuals leverages tools like Privy for seamless wallet creation and HIP-3 standards for permissionless market creation, positioning it to reshape private equity trading with fast execution and global liquidity.

What Is Ventuals?

Ventuals is building the market structure for the new innovation economy, where product velocity, user traction, and public perception move faster than traditional capital markets. Just as commodities have futures and crypto has tokenized perps, the project believes the metrics of technological progress and adoption should have their own native derivatives.

Today, investors wait over a decade, which means most of the gains in companies like OpenAI, SpaceX, and Stripe have been locked away for insiders, funds, and backroom deals. Everyday investors see state-sponsored lottery ticket billboards on their highways, but are locked out of investing in the next Facebook, Tesla, or Coinbase. Meanwhile, the world is changing faster than ever. AI labs, rocket companies, and robotics startups dominate news headlines and permeate everyday conversations. People see innovation happening and want real ways to get exposure. They don’t want to get left behind. But today, there’s no real way to act on that interest.

And Ventuals is looking to change that. Go long or short the valuation of private companies without waiting for an IPO.

How To Qualify For An Airdrop?

To join:

👉 STEP 1: Head over to https://testnet.ventuals.com/trade and log in with Privy, email address, or a Web3 wallet.

👉 STEP 2: Trade the markets and try to climb the leaderboards.

👉 STEP 3: Next, head over to https://app.hyperbeat.org/earn and connect your wallet.

👉 STEP 4: On the Earn page, click on the Ventuals VLP Vault.

👉 STEP 5:  Deposit USDC or USDT.

👉 STEP 6:  Keep an eye on official announcements and hope for the best!

Author’s Notes

• Ventuals provides a unique use case for traders by allowing them to long or short pre-IPO companies, such as OpenAI. I’m personally bullish on most platforms that allow people to speculate.
• For questions, you can join Ventuals Discord/Telegram channel.
• Always remember that airdrops are never guaranteed with any platform.