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| type | entity_type | name | domain | status | parent_entity | platform | proposal_url | proposal_date | resolution_date | category | summary | funding_target | total_committed | token_symbol | token_mint | tracked_by | created | key_metrics | ||||||||||||||||
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| entity | decision_market | Hurupay: Futardio Fundraise | internet-finance | failed | hurupay | futardio | https://www.futard.io/launch/HT3ScC7gyo3zTn95s9jR7J3ez5u8HrRfFwD33YjMHLy3 | 2026-02-03 | 2026-02-07 | fundraise | $3M raise for stablecoin payments platform with 30K users and $36M processed volume; refunded after reaching $2M committed | $3,000,000 | $2,003,593 | HUR | HURUsdbnMfQSi6khLigf5As8wh2CGNnS2fxHDDXCmeta | rio | 2026-03-11 |
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Hurupay: Futardio Fundraise
Summary
Hurupay launched a $3M futarchy-governed fundraise on Futardio to scale its stablecoin-based cross-border payments platform. Despite having real business traction (30K+ users, $36M+ processed volume, $500K+ revenue, 32% MoM growth), the raise entered REFUNDING status after reaching $2M+ in commitments. This represents the first major refund event on Futardio, testing whether the platform's "unruggable ICO" mechanism protects its brand reputation when projects fail to reach their funding targets.
Market Data
- Outcome: Refunding (failed to reach $3M target)
- Capital Committed: $2,003,593 / $3,000,000 (66.8% of target)
- Launch Date: 2026-02-03
- Resolution Date: 2026-02-07
- Token: HUR (HURUsdbnMfQSi6khLigf5As8wh2CGNnS2fxHDDXCmeta)
Significance
This is the first documented case of a futarchy-governed raise on Futardio entering refund status despite the project having substantial operational traction. The refund mechanism operated as designed — all committed capital was returned — but the case raises questions about whether market-based fundraising can distinguish between "bad projects" and "good projects at wrong valuations." Hurupay had verifiable metrics (30K users, $36M volume, $500K revenue, partnerships with Circle, Stellar, Base, and a top U.S. bank), yet failed to attract sufficient capital commitment.
The token allocation structure (42.66% to team on 3-year lockup, 39.02% to ICO) and $250K monthly spending allowance suggest aggressive growth plans, but the market rejected the terms. This tests the core futarchy thesis: does conditional market pricing produce better capital allocation than traditional VC diligence?
Relationship to KB
- futardio — platform for this fundraise
- hurupay — parent entity
- futarchy-governed-liquidation-is-the-enforcement-mechanism-that-makes-unruggable-ICOs-credible-because-investors-can-force-full-treasury-return-when-teams-materially-misrepresent — refund mechanism in practice
- futarchy-governed-permissionless-launches-require-brand-separation-to-manage-reputational-liability-because-failed-projects-on-a-curated-platform-damage-the-platforms-credibility — tests reputational impact of failed raises