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ICP-4 · The Sleep-Test Degen (crypto-native)

Does Kestrel let me trade perps yet?

Crypto trade execution is not built. What is live is the notary wedge: point the CLI at any published proof URL and certify re-projects that trading record on your own machine, byte-for-byte, so a "market-neutral" flex stops being a croppable screenshot and becomes a receipt anyone can re-run. Mint your own the same way: run a BTC or ETH spot strategy against free Coinbase candles for a signed, certified grade, or pull a signed coverage-gap report over the spot tape. Your wallet authorizes commerce only, a human signs anything irreversible, and no custodian ever holds your keys. Crypto trade execution — perps, spot order routing, a live trading venue — is not built; the record you mint here is portable and pseudonymous, and you never doxx yourself to prove it.

The notary wedge, live today

Crypto runs around the clock and you do not, and every "market-neutral" flex out there is a croppable screenshot. Point the CLI at any published proof URL and certify re-projects that trading record on your own machine, byte-for-byte, so a track record gets believed without you doxxing yourself or handing your keys to a custodial black box. Don’t trust it — recompute it.

You mint your own the same way. Run a BTC or ETH spot strategy against free Coinbase candles and it certifies to a signed, publicly readable grade; pull a signed coverage-gap report over the spot tape to see exactly where the data has holes. The proof is portable and pseudonymous — anyone can re-run it, and no name appears that you did not choose to publish.

What is not built

Crypto trade execution is not built. There is no perps venue, no spot order routing, and no live crypto trading seat — the machine surfaces say so, and /.well-known/agents.json declares cryptoExecution: "unavailable". What Kestrel serves the crypto-native today is the ethos, not the venue: self-custody, verifiable receipts, and a record you can prove without a trusted intermediary. Instrument coverage is on the roadmap; the notary that makes any record re-runnable is here now.

Reproduce it

Recompute any crypto flex on your own machine — don’t trust it, re-run it byte-for-byte:

npx kestrel.markets@latest certify <proof-url>