YNG Boost Arrives: Buy Young (YNG), Lock It Up, and Get Extra YNG Tokens

With YNG Boost you buy Young (YNG), lock it for a period of your choice, and receive extra tokens up to 30%. The benefit increases further if you’re a Club member. Here’s how it works.

YNG Boost has arrived: the new Vesting Service for the YNG Token.

It works in a very simple way: you buy Young (YNG) at market price and agree to lock it on the platform for a period of your choice — 12, 24 or 36 months. In exchange, you receive an additional amount of YNG tokens, which is added to the amount purchased.

This is not a yield or interest: it is an amount of tokens distributed by Young Platform, as issuer, from its own treasury to support those who choose to stay and bet on the long term.

WARNING! Selling and repurchasing YNG tokens you already hold excludes you from YNG Boost. The Vesting Service applies only to new purchases. This is a simple rule with a precise purpose: to protect the token market, avoiding operations carried out solely to obtain the Boost — such as selling and repurchasing the same YNG — which could artificially alter its price and volumes. In addition, locked tokens cannot be used to access the Clubs.

How much extra YNG you receive

Your Boost depends on three variables that add up together: the amount of tokens purchased, the lock-up duration, and any Club membership.

Extra YNG share based on amount

Extra YNG share based on lock-up duration

You can choose to lock the Young (YNG) tokens purchased for 12, 24 or 36 months. The longer the lock-up period, the higher the boost percentage.

The two shares add together: combining the highest amount with the longest duration, the maximum boost reaches 30%.

In addition, the sum of the two YNG shares (by amount and duration) becomes the calculation base for further extra YNG based on the Club.

Club Premium YNG

If you have an active Silver, Gold or Platinum Club at the time of purchase, you receive a “Club Premium” calculated on the extra YNG for amount and duration (not on the capital):

This means that for a Platinum member — with a purchase of ≥ €250,000 and a 36-month lock-up — the total boost reaches up to 34.5%.

Keep in mind that, at the time of purchase, the Club level you belong to is taken as reference: if you change level afterwards, the bonus already assigned does not change.

Also, remember that the percentages indicate quantities of tokens, not percentages of return. The euro value of the purchased and additional YNG tokens can vary significantly over time, depending on market volatility.

Practical example

• You buy €20,000 of YNG.
• You choose a 24-month lock-up and are a Gold Club member.
• The price of YNG is €0.50.

Here’s what you get:

• YNG purchased: 40,000.
• YNG by amount (+4%) = 1,600 YNG.
• YNG by duration (+8%) = 3,200 YNG.
• Total boost = 4,800 YNG
• with Gold you add 10% = (10% x 4,800 YNG) → another 480 YNG.

The total? 5,280 extra YNG, in addition to the 40,000 already purchased.

YNG Boost: how it works in practice

1. You sign the contract for the Vesting Service
2. You buy YNG at market price on the platform.
3. We credit you with the additional YNG tokens.
4. Both the purchased and additional YNG are placed in vesting.
5. The purchased and additional YNG remain locked for the first 2 months (the so-called cliff): a technical period needed to complete the allocation.
6. From there on, month after month, a share unlocks automatically for the entire chosen duration, slower at the start, faster towards the end (exponential vesting).
7. You’ll find the list of tranches in the “Locked YNG” section of your Young (YNG) Wallet, tagged respectively as “VESTING – PURCHASED YNG” and “VESTING – ADDITIONAL YNG”.
8. When a tranche unlocks, you need to go into this section and click “Claim” to move the YNG to your main wallet and use it as you prefer.

Who can join

You need to complete KYC on the Young Platform and have residency in an EU member state (or an approved jurisdiction). Minimum amount: €5,000 per transaction. Valid only for new purchases: YNG tokens you already hold cannot enter the program.

How to join

The YNG Boost isn’t a button to press: before purchasing, you need to sign a dedicated contract. Just write to us at [email protected]: we’ll guide you from there, step by step. If you want to get an idea before writing to us, you can read the pre-contractual disclosure below.

Information Notice – Vesting Service

What is YNG?

Young (YNG) is the utility token issued by Young Platform, one of the few Italian platforms for the exchange of crypto-assets to have obtained MiCAR authorization and which has just closed a €22.5 million capital increase with Azimut as lead investor.

Today YNG is still, for the most part, a domestic market, with a predominantly Italian holder base; but its accessibility is progressively expanding beyond borders.

The token is already listed on Uniswap, the decentralized exchange where anyone, in any country, can trade it without intermediaries, while MiCAR authorization, with the European passport already active on the French market, opens the way to a wider user base across Europe. What today is mainly an Italian phenomenon could therefore move, in the coming years, towards an international market.

Risks to know

Like any crypto-asset, YNG is subject to price fluctuations, even significant ones: the value of the tokens you receive at the end of the lock-up period may be lower than what they are worth today. Furthermore, for the entire duration of the lock-up, the tokens are not available: you cannot sell or transfer them.

We remind you that no economic result is guaranteed. Crypto-assets do not benefit from bank deposit guarantee schemes or investor compensation schemes. You can find the full risk overview in the General Risk Disclosure and in the dedicated pre-contractual disclosure.

Tax aspects

Young Platform does not act as a withholding agent for income deriving from the Service: reporting and payment obligations remain your responsibility. To support you, Young Platform provides — in partnership with specialized professionals — tax advisory and reporting services for income tax returns, under the terms set out in the relevant Terms and Conditions. For your specific situation, consult a qualified accountant or tax advisor.

The Vesting Service is reserved for registered Young Platform users and is valid exclusively on new purchases of YNG at market price, with a minimum amount of €5,000 per transaction, subject to signing the relevant contract. The percentages of Additional YNG Tokens indicate quantities of tokens and do not in any way constitute a promise of return; their euro value can vary significantly depending on the token’s price performance. For the entire duration of the lock-up, the tokens are neither transferable nor usable and the transaction is irrevocable. YNG tokens are subject to market risk; the value of crypto-assets can decrease rapidly and you could lose the invested capital, in part or in full. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Consult the White Paper for the YNG Token pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, notified to Consob and available at storage.googleapis.com/young-documents/mica-whitepaper-YNG-token.xhtml.

This communication is a marketing communication pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCAR) and does not constitute investment advice. Crypto-assets are not covered by the Deposit Guarantee Fund or by investor compensation schemes pursuant to Art. 38 MiCAR.