Pump.Horse

Tokenized horse ownership with AI agents, gasless trading, and cross-chain vaults on power.horse

Pump.Horse

Created At

HackMoney 2026

Project Description

power.horse solves the $30M liquidity crisis facing Mantovani Horses' 700-horse operation through three integrated layers of blockchain infrastructure:

The Problem: Mantovani breeds and trains elite Lusitano dressage horses - premium bloodlines that sell for €1-5M ($1.1-5.5M) at full maturity (5-7 years). However, the traditional model forces early sales: €4,200 annual maintenance per horse × 700 horses = $2.92M yearly costs with zero liquidity. Owners face a brutal choice: sell young horses at 30-50% discounts (€300K-500K instead of waiting for €1-2M maturity value) or accumulate crippling cash flow pressure holding illiquid assets for 5+ years.

This is a $30M opportunity cost problem - selling the entire operation early means losing €15-30M in unrealized maturity value.

The Solution: Tokenization unlocks time-value arbitrage. Owners tokenize horses, access immediate USDC liquidity while retaining upside exposure, and shareholders capture the maturity premium when horses eventually sell for full value years later.

Layer 1 - Tokenization Core: Each physical horse becomes 1 billion fractional ERC20 shares. Mantovani mints shares for their 700-horse inventory, retains 20% ownership, sells 80% via bonding curve to raise working capital. When horse sells at maturity (€1-5M), proceeds distributed to all shareholders proportionally. Owners get immediate cash flow, delay forced sales, capture full maturity value.

Layer 2 - Yellow Network (Gasless Trading): Problem: Bonding curve price discovery requires thousands of small trades, but $2 gas per trade makes this prohibitive ($2,000 for 1,000 purchases). Premium horses selling for €2M need granular price discovery from €0.000025 starting price to €0.002 graduation price.

Solution: YellowBondingCurveAdapter enables state channel trading. Users open sessions, execute unlimited gasless purchases off-chain via Yellow's Nitrolite protocol, settle atomically. Gas reduction: 99.75% ($2,000→$5). Critical for premium assets where precise price discovery determines tens of thousands in value.

Layer 3 - Arc Agentic Commerce (AI Portfolio Management): HorsePortfolioAgent deployed on Arc Network autonomously manages USDC portfolios across 700 tokenized horses. Agent evaluates each horse using:

  • Appraisal value (€1-5M range)
  • Current bonding curve price vs eventual maturity value
  • Bloodline quality from ancestry registry
  • Performance data from Stork oracle (competition results, breeding success)

Agent auto-invests in undervalued horses (trading at <50% of appraisal), deposits to prediction vaults (betting on 1-5 year maturity timelines), rebalances based on competition performance. Makes premium horses "productive capital" - Mantovani gets working capital, USDC lenders earn yields from maturity premiums, agent optimizes allocation across 700-horse inventory.

Layer 4 - LI.FI Composer (Cross-Chain Access): CrossChainVaultDepositor enables one-signature deposits from any chain. Global investors on Polygon/Arbitrum/Base can invest in Portuguese dressage horses without manual bridging. Specify: horse + vault tier (1-5 year prediction) + amount. LI.FI orchestrates: bridge USDC → buy shares → deposit to vault. Unlocks international capital for premium European equestrian market.

Integrated User Journey:

  1. Mantovani tokenizes 3-year-old stallion (appraisal: €2M, maturity: €3-4M in 3 years)
  2. Raises €400K immediately selling 20% of shares via bonding curve
  3. Investors trade shares gaslessly via Yellow Network (price discovery €0.0004→€0.0012)
  4. Arc AI agent evaluates: "Excellent value - 60% discount to maturity projection" → auto-invests
  5. Global investors deposit cross-chain via LI.FI
  6. 3 years later: horse sells for €3.5M at maturity
  7. All shareholders receive proportional USDC distribution (7.5x return vs early sale)

Real-World Impact: Without power.horse: 700 horses × early sales = €210-350M lifetime value (selling young) With power.horse: 700 horses × maturity sales = €700M-3.5B lifetime value (waiting for maturity)

Potential value unlock: €490M-3.15B by enabling Mantovani to delay sales and capture full maturity premiums. Three integrated technologies (Yellow + Arc + LI.FI) make this economically viable through gasless trading, AI capital allocation, and global liquidity access.

How it's Made

power.horse integrates three sponsor technologies into a comprehensive horse tokenization platform:

Yellow Network - Gasless Trading: YellowBondingCurveAdapter wraps our BondingCurve contract with state channel sessions. Users lock USDC/ETH, execute unlimited off-chain purchases via Yellow's Nitrolite protocol, settle atomically. ECDSA signature verification authorizes Yellow relayer nodes. Result: 99.75% gas reduction (1,000 trades: $2,000→$5). Technical challenge: maintaining bonding curve pricing integrity across batched trades - solved with upfront locking + atomic settlement.

Arc Network - AI Portfolio Management: HorsePortfolioAgent autonomously manages USDC portfolios of tokenized horses. Custom scoring algorithm: price-to-appraisal (50pts) + graduation progress (50pts) = value score 0-100. Agent scans 700 horses, auto-invests in top candidates (score >70, price <50% appraisal, progress <60%), rebalances on Stork oracle signals (race results, breeding success). Deployed on Arc for native USDC + optimized oracle latency. All decisions logged on-chain with reasoning.

LI.FI Composer - Cross-Chain Deposits: CrossChainVaultDepositor enables one-signature multi-chain deposits. Intent-based architecture: user specifies horse + vault tier + amount, LI.FI orchestrates bridge→buy shares→deposit. Supports batch operations (10+ horses atomically). Eliminates manual 4-step process (bridge, swap, buy, deposit).

Integration Synergies: Three layers compound: Yellow eliminates gas friction → Arc optimizes allocation → LI.FI unlocks cross-chain liquidity. Example journey: Polygon investor uses LI.FI to bridge $10K USDC, Arc agent auto-invests across 3 horses, shares trade gaslessly via Yellow.

Tech Stack: Solidity 0.8.20, OpenZeppelin security, Yellow Nitrolite SDK, Circle USDC on Arc, Stork oracle, LI.FI SDK. Deployed on Sepolia + Arc testnets.

Hackiest Parts:

  • Yellow session nonce management for high-frequency state channel consensus
  • On-chain bubble sort for agent horse ranking (demo; production uses subgraph)
  • LI.FI intent async bridge coordination

Real Impact: 700 Mantovani horses, $2.92M trapped capital → liquid, tradable, AI-managed.

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